On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:59:00 -0800 Warren Nagourney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just a heads-up - I discovered that I do indeed have "accelerated" > video. I found out by turning off acceleration and the difference > was immense. I guess the single-buffered windows fooled me: moving a > window quickly sometimes produces artifacts which are not present in > OSX, which uses double buffered windows. > > Not I just need to get a comfortable desktop environment. I hate KDE, > so it must go (too windows like) and I need to find out how to turn > on trackpad tapping and get some of the apps I use in OSX working > (things like RealAudio, a good TeX installation and MOL, for those > programs I need to run in OSX. Also a good mail program - any > suggestions?) I am inclined to use Windowmaker - as an old NeXTie, > it would be probably most comfortable. > > Thanks for the help. > > -wn > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' Hi Warren! Regarding a currently available desktop environment within YDL 4.1 there are 3 others you can try: 1. Gnome 2. XFce 3. TWM All applications available within KDE are available, although their icons and means of accessing them are different according to which desktop one chooses. You may find it easier to first check the projects (here's a one stop reference: http://xwinman.org/vtwm.php) responsible of these different environments and learn more regarding their respective concepts. Of course, by the time you get used to whatever choice you make YDL 5 should be out and it should be published here: http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/hardware/breakdown/ which computers YDL 5 will run on. Trackpad works fine within YDL 4.1. I can easily choose to use either Trackpad or (usb wireles mouse - I use Logitech V500) and even use both at the same time. Pop open bottom to extract and use receiver and turn mouse on. Then use as you please. Scroll wheel replaced by gentle all metallic slope, and so no "gunk" to collect within device. Looks cool with Powerbooks too! Running YDL from a PB using this device confuses everyone! I rather enjoy that almost as much as irking Norberto! There's Helixplayer (https://helixcommunity.org/) which one can download, compile and install on one's own and other apps available under the Sound & Video Menu within Gnome. Any of these should be a good enough replacement for whatever is used in OS X. Regarding TeX here is what is within YDL 4.1 (within my laptop): [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo yum info "*TeX*" Setting up repositories base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Installed Packages Name : gettext Arch : ppc Version: 0.14.3 Release: 1 Size : 3.7 M Repo : installed Summary: GNU libraries and utilities for producing multi-lingual messages. Description: The GNU gettext package provides a set of tools and documentation for producing multi-lingual messages in programs. Tools include a set of conventions about how programs should be written to support message catalogs, a directory and file naming organization for the message catalogs, a runtime library which supports the retrieval of translated messages, and stand-alone programs for handling the translatable and the already translated strings. Gettext provides an easy to use library and tools for creating, using, and modifying natural language catalogs and is a powerful and simple method for internationalizing programs. Name : gettext-devel Arch : ppc Version: 0.14.3 Release: 1 Size : 2.9 M Repo : installed Summary: Development files for gettext Description: This package contains all development related files necessary for developing or compiling applications/libraries that needs internationalization capability. You also need this package if you want to add gettext support for your project. Name : jadetex Arch : noarch Version: 3.12 Release: 13 Size : 6.3 M Repo : installed Summary: TeX macros used by Jade TeX output. Description: JadeTeX contains the additional LaTeX macros necessary for taking Jade TeX output files and processing them as TeX files (to obtain DVI, PostScript, or PDF files, for example). Name : latex2html Arch : noarch Version: 2002.2.1 Release: 3 Size : 11 M Repo : installed Summary: Converts LaTeX documents to HTML Description: LATEX2HTML is a convertor written in Perl that converts LATEX documents to HTML. This way e.g. scientific papers - primarily typeset for printing - can be put on the Web for online viewing. LATEX2HTML does also a good job in rapid web site deployment. These pages are generated from a single LATEX source. Name : passivetex Arch : noarch Version: 1.25 Release: 5 Size : 331 k Repo : installed Summary: Macros to process XSL formatting objects. Description: PassiveTeX is a library of TeX macros which can be used to process an XML document which results from an XSL transformation to formatting objects. Name : perl-Text-Kakasi Arch : ppc Version: 1.05 Release: 10 Size : 19 k Repo : installed Summary: kakasi library module for perl Description: This module provides libkakasi interface for perl. libkakasi is a part of KAKASI. KAKASI is the language processing filter to convert Kanji characters to Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji and may be helpful to read Japanese documents. More information about KAKASI is available at <http://kakasi.namazu.org/>. Name : tetex Arch : ppc Version: 3.0 Release: 6.FC4.ydl.0 Size : 47 M Repo : installed Summary: The TeX text formatting system. Description: TeTeX is an implementation of TeX for Linux or UNIX systems. TeX takes a text file and a set of formatting commands as input and creates a typesetter-independent .dvi (DeVice Independent) file as output. Usually, TeX is used in conjunction with a higher level formatting package like LaTeX or PlainTeX, since TeX by itself is not very user-friendly. Install tetex if you want to use the TeX text formatting system. If you are installing tetex, you will also need to install tetex-afm (a PostScript(TM) font converter for TeX), tetex-dvips (for converting .dvi files to PostScript format for printing on PostScript printers), tetex-latex (a higher level formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX), and tetex-xdvi (for previewing .dvi files in X). Unless you are an expert at using TeX, you should also install the tetex-doc package, which includes the documentation for TeX. The Red Hat tetex package also contains software related to Japanese support for teTeX such as ptex, what is not a part of teTeX project. Name : tetex-afm Arch : ppc Version: 3.0 Release: 6.FC4.ydl.0 Size : 25 M Repo : installed Summary: A converter for PostScript(TM) font metric files, for use with TeX. Description: Tetex-afm provides afm2tfm, a converter for PostScript font metric files. PostScript fonts are accompanied by .afm font metric files which describe the characteristics of each font. To use PostScript fonts with TeX, TeX needs .tfm files that contain similar information. Afm2tfm will convert .afm files to .tfm files. If you are installing tetex in order to use the TeX text formatting system, you will need to install tetex-afm. You will also need to install tetex-dvips (for converting .dvi files to PostScript format for printing on PostScript printers), tetex-latex (a higher level formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX), and tetex-xdvi (for previewing .dvi files in X). Unless you are an expert at using TeX, you should also install the tetex-doc package, which includes documentation for TeX. Name : tetex-doc Arch : ppc Version: 3.0 Release: 6.FC4.ydl.0 Size : 93 M Repo : installed Summary: The documentation files for the TeX text formatting system. Description: The tetex-doc package contains documentation for the TeX text formatting system. If you want to use TeX and you are not an expert at it, you should install the tetex-doc package. You also need to install the tetex package, tetex-afm (a PostScript font converter for TeX), tetex-dvips (for converting .dvi files to PostScript format for printing on PostScript printers), tetex-latex (a higher level formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX), and tetex-xdvi (for previewing .dvi files). Name : tetex-dvips Arch : ppc Version: 3.0 Release: 6.FC4.ydl.0 Size : 1.8 M Repo : installed Summary: A DVI to PostScript converter for the TeX text formatting system. Description: Dvips converts .dvi files produced by the TeX text formatting system (or by another processor like GFtoDVI) to PostScript(TM) format. Normally the PostScript file is sent directly to your printer. If you are installing tetex, so that you can use the TeX text formatting system, you will also need to install tetex-dvips. In addition, you will need to install tetex-afm (for converting PostScript font description files), tetex-latex (a higher level formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX), and tetex-xdvi (for previewing .dvi files in X). If you are installing TeX and you are not an expert at it, you should also install the tetex-doc package, which contains documentation for the TeX system. Name : tetex-fonts Arch : ppc Version: 3.0 Release: 6.FC4.ydl.0 Size : 58 M Repo : installed Summary: The font files for the TeX text formatting system. Description: The tetex-fonts package contains fonts used by both the Xdvi previewer and the TeX text formatting system. You will need to install tetex-fonts if you wish to use either tetex-xdvi (for previewing .dvi files in X) or the tetex package (the core of the TeX text formatting system). Name : tetex-latex Arch : ppc Version: 3.0 Release: 6.FC4.ydl.0 Size : 20 M Repo : installed Summary: The LaTeX front end for the TeX text formatting system. Description: LaTeX is a front end for the TeX text formatting system. Easier to use than TeX, LaTeX is essentially a set of TeX macros which provide convenient, predefined document formats for users. If you are installing tetex, so that you can use the TeX text formatting system, you will also need to install tetex-latex. In addition, you will need to install tetex-afm (for converting PostScript font description files), tetex-dvips (for converting .dvi files to PostScript format for printing on PostScript printers), and tetex-xdvi (for previewing .dvi files in X). If you are not an expert at TeX, you should also install the tetex-doc package, which contains documentation for TeX. Name : tetex-xdvi Arch : ppc Version: 3.0 Release: 6.FC4.ydl.0 Size : 1.9 M Repo : installed Summary: An X viewer for DVI files. Description: Xdvi allows you to preview the TeX text formatting system's output .dvi files on an X Window System. If you are installing tetex, so that you can use the TeX text formatting system, you will also need to install tetex-xdvi. In addition, you will need to install tetex-afm (a PostScript font converter for TeX), tetex-dvips (for converting .dvi files to PostScript format for printing on PostScript printers), and tetex-latex (a higher level formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX). If you are not a TeX expert, you will probably also want to install the tetex-doc package, which contains documentation for the TeX text formatting system. Name : texi2html Arch : noarch Version: 1.76 Release: 2 Size : 1.4 M Repo : installed Summary: A highly customizable texinfo to HTML and other formats translator Description: The basic purpose of texi2html is to convert Texinfo documents into HTML, and other formats. Configuration files written in perl provide fine degree of control over the final output, allowing most every aspect of the final output not specified in the Texinfo input file to be specified. Name : texinfo Arch : ppc Version: 4.7 Release: 4 Size : 1.6 M Repo : installed Summary: Tools needed to create Texinfo format documentation files. Description: Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both online information and printed output from a single source file. The GNU Project uses the Texinfo file format for most of its documentation. Install texinfo if you want a documentation system for producing both online and print documentation from the same source file and/or if you are going to write documentation for the GNU Project. Name : x3270-text Arch : ppc Version: 3.3.2.p1 Release: 3.ydl.1 Size : 303 k Repo : installed Summary: IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator for text mode. Description: The c3270 program opens a 3270 terminal which emulates the actual look of an IBM 3278/3279 terminal, commonly used with mainframe applications. x3270 also allows you to telnet to an IBM host from the x3270 window. Install the x3270-text package if you need to access IBM hosts using an IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator without running X. Name : xmltex Arch : noarch Version: 20020625 Release: 2 Size : 2.4 M Repo : installed Summary: Namespace-aware XML parser written in TeX. Description: Namespace-aware XML parser written in TeX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ Regarding an email program, I've become partial to something called Sylpheed-Claws (http://www.sylpheed-claws.net//features.php). _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
