[lug] further Red Hat 6.1 info

[Doug Dew]

Does the RH 6.1 distribution still install the GNOME desktop by default?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us 
> [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of Calvin Dodge
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 4:07 PM
> To: Boulder Linux Users' Group
> Subject: [lug] further Red Hat 6.1 info
> 
> 
> For those who asked (I just upgraded my 6.0 system with the 6.1 disk):
> 
> 1) RH 6.1 does a GUI install by default if it recognizes the 
> video card (like
> my embedded Riva 128) - during boot-up you can select a text 
> install if you
> prefer.
> 
> 2) It has a "new hardware detect" phase during bootup - and 
> it saw my Tekram
> SCSI card, my Yamaha SCSI CD writer, and the embedded ESS 
> sound chip (which Red
> Hat has no drivers for, but it pointed me to a URL for a beta 
> sound driver).
> 
> I'll be sure to holler to the group if I see anything else 
> interesting.
> 
> Calvin
> 
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