Hi I grabbed all the 99.2 rpm's and alien -d'd them. there were error messages here and there, but the packages were debianized successfully (I had updated GTK and GLIB from the source to 1.1.11, so I didn't need those rpms). The first time I started 'gnome-session' I was flooded with messages "You are using png2.0.1, which has a known bug. use png1.0.1. After I got the rpm for the proper version (the version gnome 99.2 wants), all went smooth....BUT....it seemed to slow down considerably. I mean WAY slow. 99.2 has some nice features, but I got rid of it and 'downgraded' gnome to 30-2. I, too, suffered from 'should I move to RH' syndrome. Debian slink..(potato is too broken for my tastes....that and the fact that I'm doing dial up in Germany, so time on-line is at a premium for the cost) seems to get updated SO SLOWLY, whilest RH moves along at a brisk pace. But, I have tried out RH and Caldera OpenLinux, and for myself I can say that Debian is arranged the best, makes the most sense, and, if you stick to the .deb format for updates, will not get broken. A lot of stuff I expected to see in /home/user/ wasn't there....the X configuration files are all buried in /usr/X11R6/bin/X11/, versus the easy to find and use /etc/X11/, I can configure X under Debian...can't find the files on RH/Caldera, and the video drivers and other hardware-interface stuff in Debian 2 is, in my opinion, much better than what I get from RH and Caldera(especially caldera). Stick with Debian....updates may be slow, but you can be sure that anything you put on your system will work.
my 2cents >From: "Paulo J. da Silva e Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 11:40:50 -0300 >To: "Jeff Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: Switch to Red Hat? > >Jeff Miller writes: > > Hello Debian users, > > > > I have been using the Debian distribution of Linux for many months now, but am starting to recognize deficiencies in available, up-to-date packages. For example, the latest GNOME files are 0.99.2 but I cannot find .deb files for it anywhere. The best I could find was 0.30. This wouldn't be an issue if I could actually make my own, but many times the packages simply won't build for me. The *other* major distribution, Red Hat, has .rpm files available for the GNOME project and they are pretty much up to date but I can't get them to install on my Debian system. I am torn because I like the fact that Debian packages are easy to find and download, but it seems that Red Hat is more up-to-date. Are there others that have found this as a problem? Can someone convince me not to *cross over*? I am tempted to just run out and purchase Red Hat 5.2 and wipe my Debian system and leave it all behind me. Is there an alternative? > > > > Regards, > > > > Jeff > > > >Dear Jeff, > >Do you have other examples? I really agree with you that, at this moment, it >is easier to fing .rpm's gnome files. But you can't forget how much effort >RedHat is putting on Gnome, so it is natural that they should be ahead in this >arena (on the other hand I think "in the old days of 0.30" Jim Pick have >released Gnome .deb's before RedHat had done her .rpm's). If this problem is >restricted to Gnome, wait a little, till 1.0 is out and there'll be no need to >package a new version once a week. I am sure Debian will have gnome 1.0 in >their unstable distribution preaty soon. > >Meanwhile, I am planning to try using alien to install gnome 0.99.2. Have >anyone tried this? My idea is installing libgtk1.1.12 and libblib1.1.12 >(required by the new gnome) from unstable (they are already packaged, as you >can see Debian can be fast too) and the give 0.99.2 a try. > >Best regards. > >Paulo. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
