[wellylug] Debian and Gnome 2

[Stephen Judd]

On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 17:31, David McNab wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 15:01, Nigel Walters wrote:
> > Bret,
> > 
> > I run debian on sid. I have Gnome 2 working but my main desktop is KDE.
> > Gnome 2 seems fine and I would be happy to use it (if KDE did not
> > exist). 
> > 
> > Although I love using sid and having the latest of everything; there
> > might be a backport of gnome 2 available for woody ?!
> > 
> > I dont remember too many issues getting things going.
> 
> I've been happily using gnome2 for several months.
> 
> However, a recent upgrade of Galeon triggered the installation of
> several new libraries and bits and pieces, which are not exactly, um,
> stable. Gnome2 is pretty broken on my box now, and I'm running Fluxbox
> instead until a fix is forthcoming.

I have to agree here. (I have a mixed testing/unstable box). For the
first time ever, I've thought about moving to something like Mandrake.
(Or shelling out for Libranet). That's the price you pay for being on
the bleeding edge, I guess.

Definitely stick with testing + Gnome2 backport for now.