On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Bryan Scaringe wrote:
> > 2. How do you get a different screen saver to appear (other than the
> > blank screen)?
> > I clicked on the LOCK/SCREEN SAVER option and it comes up with 4 or 5
> > columns of options, but I can't make them stay after I exit that
> > option...
> >
There's a program called xscreensaver that probably does what you want.
Type 'man xscreensaver' for details of how to use it.
> > My son want's me to install some game on here called DOOM? I think it's
Oh dear. Tell him quake is better :0
> > on the CD but I havent had much luck on installing packages(I think
> > thats the word they use) and will have to try and find somthing on RPM
> > to do it I THINK..... ;)
rpm -Uvh <file>.rpm is what you want. The doom rpms are on the RedHat CD,
but be warned: I have heard that the version that came with redhat 4.2
could write random data to your hardrive (I never managed to get it to do
it though).
> > Well back to more reading. This OS is so neat that I just can't seem to
> > put it down...
I know the feeling... Why are there only 24 hours in a day? And WHY do
we haveto waste 6 of them sleeping??
> > After being a DOS/Win3.1/Win95 nerd so long it's going to be a while
> > getting that brain wash out of my head and replace it with a real
> > OS........
Yay!
> > Windows95 FOREVER: So that it will remind me everyday that I made the
> > right choice in switching to LINUX.
Y'know that's the first decent reason I've heard from running 'doze of a
long time :)
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Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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