Hang in there Frank...you'll be a part of the Dark Side (gnome) before
you know it. You can resist young Jedi, but in the end you'll give in!
Dave
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 15:36, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> Oh! I did not by any means mean to imply that it did not work great.
>
> My only reference was that I like the KDE interface better than the Gnome
> because it is easier for me to read. That was all.
>
> By the way I just tried to install RH 8.0 and use only KDE but I still got the
> RH screwed up Gnome interface.
>
> It does appears that RH is trying to convert everybody to Gnome despite your
> liking it or not. Sorta of reminds one of another software organization and
> there peculiar ways.
>
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>
>
>
> On Wednesday 16 October 2002 09:07, David R. Meyer wrote:
> > Frank,
> >
> > I'm sorry to hear about your experiences. I use GNOME on Red Hat 8.0
> > and it works great. I've had no issues with anything in Red Hat 8.0.
> > For me, that's VERY unusual. Normally I re-install at least once within
> > 24 hours.
> >
> > The Install GUI is a little different, but I think once you play with
> > GNOME on Red Hat 8.0, you'll come to like it. I was a KDE man since
> > starting Linux, but once I saw GNOME, I made the change. It took me
> > about 30 minutes to find everything I needed, but I rather enjoy it
> > now. I'll be curious to see how you like KDE.
> >
> > Have a good day,
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 08:50, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> > > I suppose I should update the list on this.
> > >
> > > As most of you are aware RH decided to modify the GUI in RH 8.0.
> > > When you do a standard GUI install the GUI now looks like a screwed up
> > > version of Gnome.
> > > Not being a Gnome person myself but lacking the Gnome GUI login interface
> > > my normal procedure in the past was to install the system as Gnome with
> > > all the KDE components and then switch to KDE.
> > > Following this procedure with RH 8.0 to me did not produce a favorable
> > > viewing screen.
> > >
> > > I have not tried installing RH 8.0 as a pure KDE installation yet so I
> > > can hope at this point that a pure KDE installation is not as screwed up
> > > as Gnome appears to this KDE type to be.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Frank
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 15 October 2002 11:57, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> > > > Thanks for the info.
> > > >
> > > > This gives me a little more confidence that RH will install correctly
> > > > on an IBM thinkpad.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Frank
>
>
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