I thought I might join in on the Linux software discussion... I use Galeon, then Konqueror. I've never tried Opera, although I keep hearing good things. I like the look and feel of Galeon. Since Mozilla is at its base, it take the best of that and then makes it ever more usable. Konqueror is nice and seems to handle javascript better, but has no tabbed browsing, which I absolutely love. Once Konqueror gets tabbed browsing, it will really give Mozilla/Galeon a run for the money. On low resource computers I use Icewm. It is easy to configure and offers what I need without a lot of overhead. On my home computer, a Duron 750 (overclocked to 900), I currently run KDE3. I will alternate between Gnome and KDE, depending upon the latest release and if I feel like a change. I use Redhat 7.2 with many of the packages upgraded with newer versions. I had used Mandrake, which I really liked. I soured on it however, when I went looking for rpm packages for my Mandrake 7.2 system and found that Mandrake was only supporting packages for 8.x. This was only six months after I had installed 7.2! I looked in the usual places (Mandrake's servers and mirrors, rpmfind.org, etc.) and found very little. On the other hand, I could easily find packages for Redhat 5.1 and earlier. Thus when I decided to upgrade my computer's OS to a newer version, I went with Redhat 7.2, which is kind of full-circle, since I started with Redhat 5.1, before switching to Mandrake. In comparing the two, both have good install programs. Mandrake has better GUI configuration programs. Its easier to find 3rd party rpm's for Redhat than Mandrake, although often Redhat rpm's will work on Mandrake. New versions of KDE or Gnome will always produce a Redhat package. If I want real bleeding edge for other smaller apps, I don't go looking for a package, I just get the sourcecode from CVS and compile it myself, sometimes making my own packaged rpm. Another distro that I have liked was Slackware. It's easier to install than Debian, yet maintains a nice, stable, simplicity, which is desirable for servers I maintain. A low-end Pentium will sometimes choke on installing a new version of Mandrake or Redhat, but Slackware installs just fine. Configuring Slackware takes more knowledge, but it is good that I know exactly what is running. I like how far Linux has come in the past couple of years. Whether in terms of hardware support, browsers or video players, what was once barely functional (if at all) or just tolerable, has now become quite usable and aesthetically pleasing. I look forward to what the next few years will bring. John Clement ----Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Glen Stewart <root@...> Reply-To: glen_stewart@... Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 17:58:29 -0400 >No, I stick with Mozilla first, Konqueror second, and Opera when I have to >fake being an Explorer user. Dansguardian takes care of all the Opera ads >(-; > >I hear RedHat pushed the envelope with 7.3, getting more current apps in it. >That was my biggest gripe and reason for switching to Mandrake years ago. >When I compared Mandrake to RedHat, Mandrake was the closest to setting up my >box the way I'd do it myself, all apps/utilities considered. I live closer >to the bleeding edge. > >I've avoided Mandrake 8.2 because they released without KDE 3.0. I've never >tried (or even heard of?) FluxBox. I tried a lot of Window managers in the >early days, following what other thought was cool, etc - but in the end, I >need something that's close to my Mac origins and doesn't require >customization. KDE is it. > >RedHat 4.2 was my first too. Crude beginnings... it was such a pain to get a >Compaq ethernet card working for my employer. I prefer Mandrake's GUI >installer and disk tools over RedHat (7.1 or .2 was the last I tried, and >they still used the text installer interface). > >Have fun with the install! > >Glen > >On Tuesday 28 May 2002 05:38 pm, Topher wrote: >> > To date, my software investment for three computers over the past three >> > years has been $0.00. Stability, flexibility, performance, and no >> > viruses - priceless. >> >> Excellent. I've been running redhat since about 96, I started with 4.2. >> I'm going to put 7.3 on my laptop this evening. >> >> I use Fluxbox as my window manager, it's REALLY fast and small. I'm a >> minimalist. :) >> >> Do you use Galeon at all? > > >-- >Associate.com - THE Place to Associate! http://associate.com >Is Your E-mail Group Here? Visit http://associate.com/faq/your-list-here.shtml > >-- >To unsubscribe, send ANY message to <c_lug-unsubscribe@...> > >