Yeah, red carpet is pretty nice, but I prefer Suse's yast2 online update. Yast2 was a nice icon on my screen, plus it was in my path, so I could just type in yast2 in the terminal. Now with ximian, the icon is gone, and it's not in my path anymore. It's not a problem, I'm a big boy and I just put yast2 in my path again. Plus red carpet wanted me to install drivers for my video card that were a whole 6 months older than the ones I already have. And it detected my proper drivers, I guess it just thought the older ones were better or more stable, but I like mine just like they are.
My opinion, would be that Red Carpet would be great for a newbie, if of course they used it from day one. On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 10:29, john beamon wrote: > There's only one problem I've had with Red Carpet. Well, maybe two. I've > seen it "recommend" a list of packages including Courier, Tux, and > OpenSSH, when my machine already had working installations of Sendmail, > apache, and SSH. The absence of a product in the catalog is not a reason > to install it when the user selects "update me". > > Second, I got out of the RPM update routine for a few months, and it bit > me in the buttocks like a big, hairy dog. When you build your openssh > from source, including openssl, it largely accepts the versions of > whatever adequate libs and dependencies you've got and does the job. If > you come back later and try to upgrade your glibc.... This version of > glibc required for <list of apps>. Upgrade of <apps> fails because all > the new ones require upgraded glibc, and all the new versions use ssl, and > a specific version of ssl that you do not have installed. Never mind that > I ssh and tunnel in and out of my net all day, I can't upgrade PINE > becuase it says I don't have good enough openssl! > > I guess if you start from a fairly new cd and use Red Carpet from day one > to update you on a weekly basis, it's just fantastic. I've used it that > way once or twice before. Heaven help you if you fall behind... That > product-2.0.9.5b-dependences in every single rpm is the one pitfall I have > with that whole system. > > -- > -j > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, John Hebert wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:46:54 -0600 > > From: John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: Ximian - Was Re: [brluglist] Baldur's Gate > > > > Agree with Shannon: Gnome is really nice and looking forward to what comes > > next from Ximian. The Red Carpet software update app is cool and definitely > > an app category we will see more of. Haven't played with Ximian Evolution > > yet, though I know that is a nice app from hearsay from many. > > > > BTW: I just updated the BRLUG CD Library with the 7 CD Ximian collection > > donated by Choppy Cusachs. It includes: > > Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (Potato) for x86 > > Linux Mandrake 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0 > > LinuxPPC 2000 > > Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 for x86 > > Solaris 7, 8 for UltraSPARC > > SuSE 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 for x86 > > Turbolinux 6.0 > > Yellow Dog Linux 1.2, 2.0 > > as well as the various Ximian apps, Star Office, and many others. So, it's a > > good way to check out various distros quickly. > > > > If you have any Linux/UNIX/*BSD related CDs of Free|Open Source software > > that you don't need anymore, please donate them to the BRLUG CD Library. I'm > > the interim CD librarian until somebody else wants to do it. There are a few > > distros already in the CD library, so don't grow old waiting to download the > > CDs, check em out of our library. > > > > Thanks, > > John Hebert > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shannon Roddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 5:04 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Ximian - Was Re: [brluglist] Baldur's Gate > > > > > > > > > Just wait till 2.0 comes out. Mostly cosmetic changes, but I > > > am looking > > > forward to the improved anti-aliasing of the fonts, etc. Ximian is > > > GREAT - just takes a relatively recent machine to run it. > > > > > > Shannon > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 16:57, Douglas Adams wrote: > > > > I've got it on DVD, which works fine with the original > > > installation from > > > > cd as far as I know. I could bring it to the next meeting > > > if no one > > > > else has it. > > > > > > > > In other news, I'm using Ximian Desktop right now, and it's > > > pretty damn > > > > sweet. I'm not ready to leave KDE behind, but I will give > > > gnome it's > > > > dues now, thanks to the monkey. > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 17:03, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > > > Does anyone have the original Baldur's Gate? I gave my > > > copy to a friend but > > > > > CD 4 is scratched and so he can't finish the game! Can I > > > get a copy or > > > > > borrow the original for a few days? > > > > > > > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > --- > > > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Information Systems Consultant > > > > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > > > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > > > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > > > your subscription information. > > > > > ================================================ > > > > -- > > > > "Be true to yourself and you will never fall" - Beastie Boys > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > > your subscription information. > > > > ================================================ > > > -- > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > > > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > > > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ -- "Be true to yourself and you will never fall" - Beastie Boys ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. 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