[lug] new distro

j davis davis_compz at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 8 00:03:11 MDT 2002


BTW...the new fonts really look nice...even though i dont see conga
i am still impressed...anyone know how to change the color of nautlis
the purple on the title bar when using the bluecurv?

jd


>From: "j davis" <davis_compz at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>Subject: Re: [lug] new distro
>Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 05:54:48 +0000
>
>
>After ny inital discust with rh8 i am warming up....I still
>hate the fedora on my "start bar" and i cant find the
>sawfish configurator that was in 7.3 and Xconfigurator
>appers to be gone and pine is not in the default pakages
>and i cant move the redhat update applet blue check around the
>way i used to could.But, the bluecurve is pretty smooth...and
>it just feels kinda good. Maybe im just wishing this but i think
>the mouse server has gotten better....and this is the only thing
>that i thought other versions of redhat need. Sometimes
>I like to play with the mouse on a windoz box...but I have to
>take 3 showers afterwords. Anyway ...gnome2 and redhat8 are pretty
>smooth.Just copy over the icons from /usr/share/pixmaps on a 7.3 box
>to your current box....old icons better i think. And i cant
>seem to figure out how to build src rpms anymore...proably just me :)
>
>jd
>
>
>
>>From: "Ian S. Nelson" <nelsonis at earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>>Subject: Re: [lug] new distro
>>Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 18:35:03 -0600
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>>I've wondered that myself.  It looks and feels like an impressive 
>>improvment for desktop linux, Redhat has been falling behind in that area. 
>>  I haven't seen a lot of bugs,  most of my machines run Mandrake and this 
>>is the first redhat release in a long time that is making me question if 
>>that's the best choice.
>>
>>neelsmith74 at netscape.net wrote:
>>
>>|I have yet to try RH 8.0, but what is all the fuss about.
>>|Is it that bad, should I be looking for another Distro now?
>>|I would try it out myself, except for lack of time.  Can someone point 
>>out the cons of the new RH.  Is KRUD going to use RedHat 8.0 in it's 
>>upcomming Distro's?
>>|Any help would be great.  |I too think Mandrake is RedHat like, but it 
>>has seemed a bit buggy to me.
>>|Any feedback would be great!
>>|Thanks Nate-the other one.
>>|Do it better with Linux!
>>
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>thanks,
>jd
>
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thanks,
jd

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