I can't even get ximian gnome to install. Tried autodownload but keeps complaining about dependency's Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Expert List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:39 AM Subject: [expert] Re: [newbie] Ximian Gnome > Ok...but what about the insanely huge amount of resources this things > takes up while running? I've got Mdk 8.0 running on a > developement/workstation at work and when Gnome is running it's a hog! > this machine is a Dell 800Mhz Celeron machine with 128MB of RAM. > > -- > daRcmaTTeR > =/\=??? > |%C++ > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 00:18, Dave Sherman wrote: > > > This message comes from Evolution, and based upon my couple hours of > > > use, I like it. That may change, since I have not yet tried out all the > > > features I normally use (or miss) in Kmail, but we'll see. I was never a > > > big Outlook fan (the security holes always gave me the screaming > > > heebee-jeebees, although I like the GUI interface), but Evolution looks > > > quite similar, and I think that Outlook users will really like it. > > > > Remember, Evolution is still in beta, so don't blame it for crashing, ruining > > your mail, etc. The final is due in October, I believe. > > > > > If anyone is interested in upgrading Mandrake 7.x's standard version of > > > Gnome, I highly recommend it (I think Mandrake 8.0 comes with Ximian, so > > > you've got it on CD). The only downside is, the download size is quite > > > big. The *minimal* install, which was basically an upgrade of Gnome to > > > version 1.4, was 95 MB. It's a good thing I have DSL ;-) > > > > Mandrake has taken a few elements from Ximian GNOME for Mandrake 8.0. > > However, Ximian's official Mandrake 8.0 packages are even better. Things are > > smoother and faster than in 8.0 (especially Nautilus), and there are a few > > extra little niceties like Doorman and Red Carpet. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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