Re: [luau] Newbies and X Windows

2003-01-22 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 02:29 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That's a personal choice. I think that people who are interested in > learning unix should use the command line first -- if you are just looking > for a free replacement for windows, by all means install gnome/kde. Well said. The

Re: [luau] Newbies and X Windows

2003-01-22 Thread cpaul
That's a personal choice. I think that people who are interested in learning unix should use the command line first -- if you are just looking for a free replacement for windows, by all means install gnome/kde. > I'm still a newbie to Linux and learning as much as I can. > > My question is,

Re: [luau] Newbies and X Windows

2003-01-22 Thread Dennis T. Ching
I'm still a Linux newbie, too, but I've had pretty good results with Red Hat 7.3's GNOME desktop environment and the Nautilus graphical shell.  It's a Windows-like experience.  The command line is still available from the "Terminal emulation program" button.   - Original Message - F

[luau] Newbies and X Windows

2003-01-22 Thread First Last
I'm still a newbie to Linux and learning as much as I can. My question is, does a newbie have to worry about installing or using X Windows when they are first starting to use Linux? Should they learn how to navigate Linux just using the command line before they start using X Windows? __