On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 9:41:52 -0500 Harold E Vine III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i did the install last night. i ran all the updates this morning. > it was actually easier than a rh install, and i've run rh since the 2.0 days....up > and including fedora. at that point i gave up. the bugs were unbelievable. i tried > lindows and while the install went flawless, i didn't agree with the cnr thing one > bit, especially for softyware that i KNOW i can download leagaly and freely on any > other distro. > > so i tried mandrake, 9.2. > > i do have one small disappointment. > > real player plugins for mozilla were not installed automatically. > so i'll have to do those myself. no biggie, but i noticed that lindows had all the > video plugins already installed for mozzilla. that was a nice bonus. > But you have to PAY for it. :-) > i am downloading the ut2k4 demo that was just released. > I'll have to check into that. > i'm crossing my fingers that mandrake and i did the right install for the video > stuff and that the 3d hardware drivers will work correctly. rh was NEVER able to do > it, and i spent days, hours and weeks trying to get the right drivers installed, to > no avail. > > i've just gotten to the point where my time is valuable and i want to enjoy my > computer expeirences, not spend all my time fighting to configure something that > won't work. > > so tonight, or tommorow, i'll install my ut2k4 game and see if its a GAME, or a > slide show presentation (grin) :-) > > > thanks for the help so far, and for the points y'all gave to make this install a > particularly good one! > > in the default windowmaker environment, is it possible to add programs to the task > bar (if thats what its called) that appears on the right side of the screen when you > log in, on the desktop? i really hate digging through menus for the 6-8 programs > i'll be using ALL the time, ya know what i mean? > WindowMaker is the default environment? It was KDE the last time I checked. I personally use XFCE4. You might wanna give that a try, cause it has a task bar like thing that u can add programs to, and even menus to each program in it. That might sound a bit confusing, but visit http://xfce.org for more information. Charles A. Edwards has the RPMS for it at http://eslrahc.com. > thanks! > > Harold, a convert to mandrake :-) Nice to have you here. John -- Sat Feb 14 11:05:27 CST 2004 ------------------------------ Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
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