The Linux Advocate
by Scott Dowdle
Linux Advocate
LOGIN: The 20 Red Hat 6.0 CDs and the Official Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 that I ordered from www.cheapbytes.com. I upgraded my desktop to RHL 6.0 without any incident. I've been playing with the Gnome environment some but decided to switch back to KDE. The cool think is that I have access to KDE apps in Gnome as well as access to Gnome apps in KDE. I also gave OpenLinux 2.2 a shot... and boy is the
install slick. It is very slow on machines with 16MB of RAM
or less but it works. On a machine with 32MB of RAM it is
fine. OpenLinux has something called Lizard which stands for
Linux Wizard and it has to be the easiest thing yet. An
install I did at the Yellowstone Valley Linux User Group
last night required me to type in a new password for the
root account twice (to verify that it was correct)... and
that's all of the typing I had to do during the install. The
install is totally graphical and I remember mostly having to
hit the [Next ->] at every screen. That's about all there
was to it. Look for more info on OpenLinux and RHL 5 in
future columns. Item #1: LinuxExpo - The LinuxExpo in Durham, North
Carolina is this week and it is too early for any reports
back... well, almost. The first report I'vefound can
be found at the following URL: http://lwn.net/daily/linuxexpo1.html
Item #7: Gnome is no Windows dwarf - Speaking of Gnome, a
UK newspaper ran a piece about it. I guess it does have a
shot at catching up to KDE but I think the comment by the
team leader of it... the one about thinking that KDE doesn't
have much of a future because of Gnome... I don't know what
the dude has been smoking. Red for yourself at the following
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_321000/321433.stm
Item #9: linuxnewbie.org - A decent site for beginners
has been up for a month and a day. Yeah! Check it out for
yourself at the following URL: http://linuxnewbie.org/ I registered for, downloaded, and installed VMware 1.0. It actually shipped on a Saturday (shipped as in ... was available for download on the Internet)... on the date set. Wow. Amazing. Now if Microsoft could do something like that. :) But seriously though gang, I haven't had enough time to
play with it yet so no review this column. I continue to be
amazed by this product but I just haven't installed
enough software under it yet to get past the honeymoon.
Expect more soon. LOGOUT: As Always, Thanks for reading.... Any feedback would sure be appreciated! Scott Dowdle
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