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| 171382 | 2003-08-29 08:32:00 | Being the GNOME fan that I am, I would recommend GNOME. Beats the socks off KDE imo. :P Btw, its GNOME, not Gnome or however you want to spell it. Reason being that its an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment. |
segfault (655) | ||
| 171383 | 2003-08-29 08:42:00 | <slashdot.org has some interesting views on GUIs . Scroll down to Linux v Windows | Rod ger (316) | ||
| 171384 | 2003-08-29 08:52:00 | Gentoo.. I got everything on CD.. No need to D/L. |
Rank32 (3732) | ||
| 171385 | 2003-08-29 09:37:00 | As mentioned if you are using run level 5 (GUI) you can change between GNOME and KDE at login time. If you are using run level 3 (command prompt) then go to System tools-> More system tools ->Desk top switching tool. I agree with Graham that the command shell is a great tool for setting up servers and general configuration - but definitely not for day to day productivity work using a word processor, graphics programs, etc. There is a definite place for both! |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 171386 | 2003-08-29 13:24:00 | > I got everything on CD.. No need to D/L. Err.. Dont most? Nobody's mentioned XFCE? That's quite nice for the under-powered desktop... Ran nicely on my Pentium 133Mhz with only 24MB RAM :-O *Yes.. they do exist.. lol* |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 171387 | 2003-08-30 03:39:00 | But I've still got my first Linux box going: a 20 MHz 386SX with 6 MB of ram and a 40 MB disk. Let's see you do that with a GUI. B-) I even occasionally boot an 8086. That's only a "minimal system", but shows that there are clever people around. ;-) I use simple text editors for preference ... joe is a good one for Linux; ae for DOS. mc is the easiest, quickest, and most useful way to navigate around disks in linux. It's even got a useful text editor, can show you what's in RPMs (and install them) ... |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 171388 | 2003-08-30 04:53:00 | > > > I got everything on CD.. No need to D/L. > > Err.. Dont most? Most of them do. Gentoo and Debian (others as well no doubt) install over the web. So you'll do partitioning/formatting then it can download the latest packages from different servers so you get the most up to date installation possible. Not something for dialup though. |
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