[newbie] Trying to get GNOME panel to look more like KDE
Hi I've been a Linux user for all of 5 days now, during which time I've installed and deleted Red Hat 7.3, Mandrake 8.2, Red Hat 8.0 and Mandrake 9.0 !! Mandrake 9 is my fave so far, since it's the only one that my soundcard worked in (SB Live with digital speakers) Anyway, my problem is this: I've been using KDE everytime I've used Linux, but after looking at GNOME, it seems faster, plus it has Ximian Evolution, which I rather like (blows Outlook XP away completely) But in Mandrake 9, GNOME looks weird, there's a blank (ish) panel at the bottom of the screen, and another Mac-stylee panel at the top, how to I get all this stuff to the bottom of the screen (like in Red Hat / Mandrake 8.2) ? I really want to sort this out, since I'm so impressed with Linux I can't tell you. For instance, I'm an ASP developer by trade, and am used to Windows NT/2K, IIS, SQL Server etc... But to build a new Windows server from nothing, getting the database server up and running, and installing, for instance, an ASP based web forum, would take at least a day, yet I installed Linux, set-up apache mySQL, created a virtual host, and installed phpBB2 in about an hour! (I'm extra impressed with phpBB, it took like 5 minutes to get going!) Enough of my rambling, but Linux is pretty damn cool :-) Rob. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trying to get GNOME panel to look more like KDE
Rob wrote: Anyway, my problem is this: I've been using KDE everytime I've used Linux, but after looking at GNOME, it seems faster, plus it has Ximian Evolution, which I rather like (blows Outlook XP away completely) But in Mandrake 9, GNOME looks weird, there's a blank (ish) panel at the bottom of the screen, and another Mac-stylee panel at the top, how to I get all this stuff to the bottom of the screen (like in Red Hat / Mandrake 8.2) This is being recalled from memory as I'm currently using a Windows NT machine ;) The trick is to use the right mouse button on the existing panels. There's a plethora of options in the pop-up menu that appears; you can remove panels completely, move them around, change their width or add or remove a variety of applets to or from the panel. Probably one of the first things you want to do is add the GNOME Menu to the existing panel at the bottom; that gives you a 'foot' icon which pops up a near-replica of the Mandrake and Actions menus in the top panel. Alastair This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
