ximian desktop
Cyber Source
peter at thecybersource.com
Thu Nov 13 21:16:03 EST 2003
maybe not a must have right now but I want to get familiar with what I
will be dealing with in the future, I am downloading Yarrow right now.
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 20:46, David Mangani wrote:
> Cyber Source wrote:
>
> > incidentally, the ximiam desktop upgrades xmms, evolution, mozilla and
> > yes GIMP!
> > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 09:47, Cyber Source wrote:
> >
> >> /I downloaded the ximian desktop2 via red-carpet the other day, was
> >> about 220MB but it is really nice, it takes Gnome to a new level. For
> >> those of you with the bandwidth, I would recommend checking it out.
> >> NOTE: you cannot revert to your old Gnome after doing so.
> >> Also, I know Anthony has said he downloaded the Fedora Yarrow
> >> release. Did you install it and how do you like it Anthony? I
> >> downloaded Fedora Severn, which I believe was a pre-release of Yarrow
> >> and I installed that the other day. I like it but it leaves out a few
> >> "necessities" for me, like lilo, galeon, etc. So, as we work within
> >> this structure, I'm probably going to have to get good at compiling,
> >> until we start seeing rpm's made for Fedora. Anyway, how is Yarrow,
> >> anyone? Anthony?/
> >
> I ordered/recieved and installed Fedora (yarrow). Only a few bucks on
> CD. I like it. Not a REAL big difference from RH9. Had a bit of trouble
> with the nvidia driver. Wouldn't compile correctly. Googled and found
> the answer. Have to "export CC=gcc32". Other than this one hang up,
> seems pretty good. Not sure if its a "must have" if your using RH9.
>
> Dave
>
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