On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Oded Arbel wrote: > > > The switch back to the RPM system is a bit traumatic for me. I MISS > > APT-GET!!!!! I managed to find a tool that will let me install a package > > by name if it's on the Mandrake CDs, and that's fine as far as it gets. > > Like my esteemed colleges have already mentioned, the Mandrake urpmi system is > mostly a good apt-get replacement (it does not _yet_ compile packages from > sources),
As Shahar mentioned, the main problem with redhat and mandrake in that sense is not with the tools, but with the packages themselves. In that sense a more relevant question is: would urpmi allow me to upgrade a live system from a default installation of mandrake 8.2 to mandrake 9.0? Technologically it is possible. Buyt does it actually work? What are the chances of this blowing-off in the middle, or failing over some dependency? > > 1. KDE 3 supports Hebrew. In KDE 2, however, I had the choice of > > defining the codepage to support Hebrew, while the user interface was > > english. I cannot seem to locate that option any more. It seems that the > > only way I'll be able to get Hebrew characters is if the user interface > > is Hebrew as well. Is that really the case? Am I missing something? > > Yes. just run KControl and go to 'peripherals' and then 'keyboard'. enable > keyboard layout and check the "Israeli" keyboard. you can also set some > options for xkb - I usually set it to remember the keyboard setting for > window class, allow to switch layouts with ALT-SHIFT and turn on the > scroll-lock led to indicate alternate layout. I'm not sure if you need the > kde-i18n-he package to do that or only if you want Hebrew interface, but I > kind of like the Hebrew interface and I'm using it all the time at home. most > people think I'm weird. kde-i18nhe is only the interface Xkb coulod be (and better be, IMHO) configured independently of KDE, is ats keyboard applet is misleading. -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
