Hi Sean: Thanks for your input. Comments follow: At 09:14 AM 8/29/99 -0700, you wrote: >I recently installed SuSE 6.2. I had been previously using >SuSE 6.1 so I already was familiar with the distribution. >I installed from scratch and had no problems with >configuring my system. One of the things I like best >about SuSE is that I can be productive with their >distribution from the get go. The abundance of >CDs that come with the distribution puts everything >that I need right at my fingertips. It's a really >great product. > >* I noticed that in the default installation, mutt, has > replaced elm! I love mutt. I recently discovered > it via a mention on this mailing list and have been > using it ever since. It is the ultimate in > configurable MUA software. I particularly like the > threading ability for email. What did I ever do > without it? > Guess I'm going to have to try it. Does it allow sorting incoming mail by subject? I'd like to replace ALL the Win$ stuff but haven't found a mail client that I like yet, of course I haven't tried that many yet. :-) >* I like how wvdial config is now in YaST. Though > I've been using kppp for sometime now with no > problems. > >* I'm unsure of what sort of mechanism there is to > switch between KDE and Gnome? I'm interested in > trying the Gnome packages with this release. But > since I've setup KDE the way I like it, I don't > want to mess things up. Has anyone installed > both KDE and Gnome from version 6.2? > I'd like to hear about this too. I also want to try Gnome but have been chicken to lose my current KDE setups. >* YaST is a great tool and it keeps getting better. > Some folks prefer to edit scripts by hand, but for > me, as long as I know what is going on, I'm more > than happy to let YaST do it for me. > >* What is that ProFTPD problem folks were mentioning > about? I can ftp fine with ncftp? Does this only > refer to setting up an ftp server? > >* TrueType Fonts? Where and how? Netscape is causing > my vision to suffer! > For Netscape, I found the "allow scaling" boxes in the fonts setup had to be turned on, they were off by default. It helped but Netscape display is still smaller than the Win version. >* I like how it includes the latest Xfree86 packages. > It works great with my G200 card. > > Mine, using Diamond Stealth II S-200 doesn't seem to work as well as the drivers that were in 6.1. Colors don't seem to come out quite the same as before. >All in all, it seems like an incremental change with >steady improvements here and there. > Full agreement. >Sean > > Tom -- Tom Taylor Sr. Development Technician Telemedic Systems, Inc. 253.529.0526 Member: PSLUG http://sealinux.itsite.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
