Jeffry Smith wrote:
> 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?
i am using netscape to send this message - and so far everything is ok...i can use my
old eudora mailboxes etc.....one small problem that i can't seem to fix. Its hard to
see the smaller text on my monitor - like the mailbox names and such. how can i
increase those font sizes/styles?
>
>
> >
> > 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).
i think that i got it......i also get a lot of gtk errors after i open xterm, su to
root and run kppp. - any ideas? maybe sometime i'll log my x session...
>
>
> >
> > 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).
damn! well i'll be! i didn't know that the gimp could do that? heh..
>
>
> >
> > ~kurth
> >
>
> Hope this helped.
> --
> jeff smith
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> thought for the day: Idaho state law makes it illegal for a man to
> give his sweetheart
> a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
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