On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 13:41, Joe Polk wrote: > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: Andre Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:29:46 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Newbie Question(s) > > > I'm looking at "crossing over" from Mandrake to RedHat; but I have a > > few questions: > > > > 1. I've already installed Mandrake, and would like to install RedHat > > over it. Can this be done?
Depends on whether or not you have a lot of stuff you want to keep. Did you make a seperate parition for your home directories. If not you can't without wiping out your personal stuff. On the other hand, if you did, I installed RH8 over an old SuSE 8.0 install. I wiped out my .gnome* dirs after backing up nautilus scripts and then put them back on my first login and it was fine. > > > > 2. Is OpenOffice compatable with MS Office? Star Office? It is very compatible. One problem I see often is that I get documents that open up with no issues whatsoever EXCEPT I have some errant odd character repeating in the document. I usually just find and replace the character and it is fine and I can re-save to doc format for the Office folks. > > > > 3. I read somewhere (a LOOOOOOOOONG time ago) that Linux requires an > > external modem, for setup. Is this still true? No not really depending on the type of internal modem you have. Most winmodems I have run up against have been lucent technology winmodems and driver support for those are excellent. Here is the link: http://www.sfu.ca/~cth/ltmodem/dists/redhat/ > > > > > 4. Are there drivers for all the different (major) brands of > > printers? If I have a printer for which there are no internal > > drivers where could I get the drivers? There are two ways to set up printing for linux -- CUPS and LPR. Do NOT worry about it though. Just looks at Redhat's hardware compaitibility and use the gui to set up the printer. As long as you confirm here: http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/ That the printer is supported you should be fine. Do NOT go out and buy anything for your computer hardware-wise without doing a quick check first for compatibility. Especially for newer all-in-one printer/scanner machines and USB devices like scanners. Check first before you buy. It is not like being a mac head and being able to spot out the mac symbol on the side of the box for compatibility. > > > > Ok, I think that's all Ihave for now. Any help you could give would > > be greatly appreciated. > > Hope you have fun with linux. > > > Andre--- > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > ------- End of Original Message ------- -- Johnathan Bailes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
