Thank you so much for your help. This is my 2nd or 3rd attempt at Linux. So far it is going much better than the previous attempts.
I was trying to install it using yum install gnome so I guess I was a little off course! LOL But you got me going. The docs on CentOS give the impression that gnome is indeed installed but I could not find it. My son told me to try setup and look in there but it was not there. I am coming from a Windows background and feel more comfortable using a GUI even though I have been using the DOS command line for years. I have some Solaris experience also. Looking at your commands it looks like I have a lot to learn! But it is going better. Gnome is downloading now. Hopefully I'll have some disk space left as I only have an 8 GB disk and I am trying to set up qmail as a mail server. It is on file 88 of 134 so it should be done soon. Again, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your assistance for helping me to get a good hold on getting started and a great feeling about Linux. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Gezim Hoxha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:08 AM > To: MikeA; [email protected] > Subject: Re: How To Use Live CD > > > Hi Mike and welcome to Linux. > > Since you do have CentOS 4.2 installed on your hard drive trying GNOME > is trivial. Chances are you already have GNOME installed. > (To see if you already have GNOME, when you boot your computer, at the > first login screen (in graphical mode) you should see a "session" > button, if you click on it you'll have a choice of which desktop you > want to run, and GNOME should be there. Just choose GNOME and then > login.) > However if this is not the case, you can install gnome with this > commansds (from a terminal window): > rpm --import /usr/share/doc/rpm-*/RPM-* > yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" > > Happy Linux-ing :) > > -Gezim > > On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 19:43 -0500, MikeA wrote: > > Pardon my stupidity. I am new to Linux and to Gnome. I > appreciate any help to understand how to use > > the CD so I can determine if I like Gnome. > > > > I downloaded the .iso file and put it on a CD. I tried to boot > from it but that would not work. So > > how do I read the CD from Linux? I have Centos 4.2 installed. > > > > Thank you for your help. > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop-devel-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
