----- Original Message ----- From: "MJ Ray" markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk To: earl.brannigan@lindenhouse.co.uk Cc: "ALUG List" main@lists.alug.org.uk Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [Alug] Move over windows once and for all ??
I have to say that with this release RedHat is so difficult to beat. After half an hour we had a system up and running that I am
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I would agree with Earl, the RedHat7.2 release is excellent, and great for a start. I installed it after struggling with an earlier (6.0) release, as it was recomended as a 'desktop' Linux. The difference was amazing - the KDE and Gnome desktops look really good. On my machine though (P133 with 64MB EDO) everything was a bit sluggish. The advice from this group (alug) to use Xfce or Icewm was perfect.Of the two I prefer the Xfce desktop (all KDE and Gnome menus available), just use the Icewm window manager for quick access to files. I'm also using Icewm as the window manager for the KDE desktop. With the really easy install of RH7.2 I wouldn't see a reinstall to upgrade as a problem. When this machine (or elements of it) becomes my second box I'd like to try Debian - sounds like even more fun.
Glen