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| Thread ID: 40654 | 2003-12-14 02:07:00 | RedHat Linux 7.2 on a Pentium S 133mhz, 64mb RAM | somebody (208) | Press F1 |
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| 200273 | 2003-12-14 22:38:00 | YAY!!!! IT WORKED!!! IT'S INSTALLED!!! Sorry for yelling, but i'm just very excited. It's finished installed!! Now to have a play with Linux, and see what it's like. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 200274 | 2003-12-14 22:47:00 | IF you're running a GUI, I'd strongly advice against KDE on that PC.. even GNOME will be slow... xfce should be on the CD, unless you wanna use twm ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 200275 | 2003-12-14 22:52:00 | Thanks Chill. I'm using KDE at the moment - next job will be to configure it so it can access the network/internet etc. Great learning experience for me. | somebody (208) | ||
| 200276 | 2003-12-14 23:01:00 | Ok... KDE is slow.. but tolerable. How do I install xfce? | somebody (208) | ||
| 200277 | 2003-12-14 23:12:00 | Hope you have a hardware modem :0) | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 200278 | 2003-12-14 23:51:00 | Goto: www.xfce.org Get all the files from here and save them into a folder Open a console and type: su - [enter root password now] type: cd /folder/you/saved/rpms/to then type: rpm -Uvh *.rpm That should install Xfce 4.01 for you. Im not sure what 7.2 is like coz I only used command-line (no gui) until 8, but if you logout, there should be a "session" button somewhere, click that and choose Xfce. Another option (this may be better) is Xfce 3.8.18 prdownloads.sourceforge.net Get that 1 rpm file as opposed to all the others. I _know_ this will work on RH 7.2, as opposed to using the Redhat 8 files for Xfce4. I use Xfce 3.8.18 on a Vector Linux 4 box here at the Cybercafe and its fine :-) See here: xfce.org Xfce should be lightning fast compared to KDE!!!! Hope this helps Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 200279 | 2003-12-15 00:18:00 | Thanks Chill. My biggest concern is getting the LAN set up properly. So far I have: WinXP Machine: 192.168.0.1, Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Linux Machine: 192.168.0.2, Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 However, I can't seen to ping each other. I know the NIC on the WinXP machine is set up fine, as it works in a windows-windows network. The linux machine is using a NE2000 compatible network card, which is theoretically working. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 200280 | 2003-12-15 00:57:00 | Ok. I've had enough of Linux now - although it seems quite good, it's not suitable for me at this stage. Time to pack the computer up and put it away until I decide to dig linux out again. Once again thanks for all your help everyone, especially Chilling_Silently. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 200281 | 2003-12-15 01:07:00 | Before you try next time, see if you can find a 3com, SMC/WD, or Intel network card. "NE2000 compatible" is often "difficult" on anything but DOS/Netware. :D They often need to be set up with a DOS routine each boot time. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 200282 | 2003-12-15 01:34:00 | Thanks Graham. Next time when I try I'll probably do it on a newer PC, and try a newer distro, which should solve some of my present worries. | somebody (208) | ||
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