From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 14 07:52:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8711065672 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 07:52:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E86A8FC12 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 07:52:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4E7qMkS002827 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 00:52:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 00:52:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 00:52:20 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20100514075217.GA17972@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, GUARANTEED_100_PERCENT,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Subject: notes on kde4.4 and pcbsd... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 07:52:26 -0000 my 17 pennies' worth {allowing for inflation}, i just thought i would tell anybody who is thinking of trying pcbsd to be careful of jumping. it is a bare min of two days for me to install a new OS and get it even slightly close to customized. awhile earlier i tried to get the kde4 version of festival/kttsd. it strikes me as worse--maybe a resource hog--than on this 7.3 system. i finally gave up and powered down. time to reinstall ubuntu or try freebsd on the thinkpad. kde4 has some new type of audio that i think sux. back to my copy edit with ears and eyes. and OOo :-) cheers, people, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 87/100% Guaranteed Novel