Steven Peck wrote:
> Once all that occurs, I will be able to focus my time back to LEAF. :) In
> a nicer setting. On a plus note, I got a Linux system up and going finally.
> I was trying Progeny, but it had to many gotchas, so I switched to Mandrake.
> I will use it for a few months to get more comfortable with Linux and then
> we shall see what happens.
Which Mandrake?
I'm just now trying to set up a Linux workstation at home for personal
use - that is, with word-processors, spreadsheets - you know, for REAL
use :-)
I've heard that XFree86 4.0 is a bit buggy; the Cooker (beta)
distribution of Mandrake has XFree86 4.1 which you may want to
download. In my case, it would appear that Sawfish (formerly Sawmill)
doesn't want to work right - I had to switch to soemthing else - which
I needed anyway, since I only have (ONLY???!!!!) 56M of memory...
It also would appear that 56M of memory isn't enough for X and Linux
2.4 - gak! I've started playing with the lightweights - I suppose
they ARE the future for distributions like LEAF. blackbox was quite
spartan; icewm is nice, and so is windowmaker. Haven't decided yet.
GNOME is a hog; so is KDE - but if you've got the memory you might
like them (I lean towards GNOME + Sawfish).
Also, 56M is definitely not enough for Linux 2.4 + X + StarOffice 5.2
- GAK!!! StarOffice 5.1 runs fine under Windows NT with 64M -
although it seems to have a memory leak - and is somewhat sluggish.
For now, I'll stick to Abiword and Gnumeric - all of which come up
MUCH more quickly than StarOffice - and don't require you to go for a
cup of coffee waiting for it to start....
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