Hi, I haven't been here for awhile. I used antiX with Fluxbox on an older laptop; I think Crazy Horse was my last version, so I have some questions. It looks like you've done lots of great work on the distro! __{{emoticon}}__

Is there still a script for installing kde? And if I do install kde, will I be able to keep the upgrades rolling or will it cause issues? I haven't done much command line lately, spoiled by kde in Mepis11, but I guess I can pick it up again. My main reason for looking at antiX again this time is that it upgrades frequently, so I should be able to get a graphics table to work, rather than old hardware.

Thanks!

__{{emoticon}}__ Howdy and Welcome back mariel77. I know you from Mepis forums. I don't install and run KDE myself, (I am not a big fan)
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is a KDE fan in Antix.
You might want to PM him at Mepis forums or Here and ask how he has fared with KDE. Just some info below on my 64 bit test2 AntiX 12.5 (I am guessing at version number install)

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Nice to 'see' you again mariel77.

There is a meta-installer app that gives 3 kde install options, lite, standard and full. From what Danum told me over at MEPISLovers, standard is the one to choose.

The problem in terms of a 'rolling' release is that there are sometimes issues especially with the big desktop environments such as kde/gnome. Having said that, kde seems to be quite reliable in Testing.

An install of standard kde will download well over 300MB, possibly more.

@rokytnji Thank you for the package list! I had forgotten how much kde really"needs."

@anti Thank you. I'm going to try antiX in a VM for now to see what I can do with it without kde. I'm not sure I'm really up to installing kde right now. If I do try, I'll look up Danum at MEPISlovers then. Thanks again!

Rather late in the day! I have used SuSE w. KDE since 6.1 (1999? - the last Millenium. Wow!) but things have gone to Hell in a handcart since late November (there'll be a post here shortly) and I really find KDE4 irritating.

I have been using antiX since September on my netbook and find it excellent. I seldom use graphics applications & when I do it's usually for something simple like hi-lite or annotation of a screen shot. I looked at a number of Gnomey type things and eventually loaded Kolourpaint thru' Synaptic as well as Ksysguard - another program withot which I feel bereft - sweet as a nut!

If you don't want to do a full blown install, try loading just your favourites an see how it goes.

dmk

anticapitalista wrote:Nice to 'see' you again mariel77.

There is a meta-installer app that gives 3 kde install options, lite, standard and full. From what Danum told me over at MEPISLovers, standard is the one to choose.

The problem in terms of a 'rolling' release is that there are sometimes issues especially with the big desktop environments such as kde/gnome. Having said that, kde seems to be quite reliable in Testing.

An install of standard kde will download well over 300MB, possibly more.

Dear anticapitalista,

I hope this finds you well.

A thousand thanks for your invaluable instructions!

My venerable old Dell tower, and my ancient little Fujitsu portable have been transformed into state-of-the-art, 21st-Century-like computers, thanks to you!

So, please accept my thanks, along with my

Best regards,
carlnyc