...but is nvidia any better?

[M. Lewis]

Claude Jones wrote:
> On Wed November 15 2006 12:57 am, M. Lewis wrote:
>> Claude Jones wrote:
>>> On Tue November 14 2006 9:41 pm, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> Huh, I have installed the livna nvidia driver, can the effects be turned
>>>> on from KDEor do I have to fire up gnome? Ric
>>> Just try it. Open a terminal and type "desktop-effects" - it will pop a
>>> little window asking you if you want to turn it on, if they're installed
>>> - this from KDE - I just tried it. I personally don't give a thwack for
>>> them, but, different strokes for different folks...
>> And when you do this, even if you cancel, you will lose settings on KDE.
>>   Grrrr. And like you Claude, I probably don't give a thwack about them
>> either.
> 
> We must be using different settings, Mike. I have a pretty customized KDE 
> environment. I don't remember losing any of my settings.

Perhaps. I don't know. I do know that my 'desktops' were renamed to 
'workspaces' and everything ended up in 'desktop 1'. Also, instead of 8 
desktops, I magically dropped to 4 desktops. Fortunately, a restart 
cleared most of it though.

HTH,
Mike

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