Kurth Bemis wrote:
>
> greetings to the list,
>
> i saw ben at the hosstrader show in rochester this weekend and he got my
> intrest sparked again in using linux as a desktop OS. i was/am currently using
> win2000. ( no comments please :-) ) i just have a few questions.
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>
> I installed redhat 6.0 nand then installed helix gnome. everything is working
> ok - kind of.
>
> problem 1
> in win2k i use eudora pro. on freshmeat there are several GUI mail clients for
> gnome, however none of them support pop3 mail! when i try to check my mail it
> gives me " Feature not yet implemented". does anyone know of a good pop3 GUI
> mail client for gnome? i have tried balsa, gnomail, and eucalyptus. they all
> have problems with pop3 mail.
Netscape understands pop3. That's what I'm using to post this.
Anyone else have suggestions?
>
> problem 2
> ben said something about running the xserver as root. i have always run it as
> a user. if i was to run x as root and then connect to it. how would i do that?
> anyone know what i'm talking about?
Depends on what he meant.
1. X runs as root, since it needs to access the hw. However, it's
"wrapped" to run under your account. Open an xterm and do a "ps -aux
| grep X" (capital X) and you'll see X running as root.
2. You can run X as root, with root privileges (i.e. startx from a
root shell). I actually do this, to give me a second (:1) display as
root (on a specified vt), that I can use to control the system.
Different backgrounds, and use the function keys to swap to it.
Example would be, from a root login, type "startx -- :1 vt12" This
gives you an X display at the :1 display (the normal one is :0), on
vt12 (alt-ctl-F12).
>
> thats all the problems for now....other than the above i really enjoy
> linux....i may still have to use win2k for my high end graphics though....just
> because all my files are PSD's. thanks for your help!
as in Photoshop? Check out the GIMP. Be sure to download the latest
plug-ins, and you can save as PSD (could read PSDs before).
>
> ~kurth
>
Hope this helped.
--
jeff smith
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