> JP> The first two problems have to do with retaining configuration > > I used to use KMail, but it was always problematic. Then I used
I was thinking that the next step was to use GNOME, only this install doesn't seem to have it. I have to open the install disk to see if GNOME is there. > JP> My second problem has to do with Konq as a file manager. > > Yep. As far as I have been able to figure out, that is an unalterable > default in Konqueror. Those guys must have been asleep. I hate the icon view, list view puts so many more items in view at one time. > With Firefox and Opera as my primary Internet browsers, I use > Konqueror primarily as a file tree, although I do perform a small > amount of HTML editing with it, because that is convenient. See my above about GNOME. > KMail is the equivalent of a vintage Windows 3.1 MUA. It has been > replaced by better tools. It still exists, is all. Well, Suse 8.1 is not exactly ancient. > On my Win98 installation, on my laptop, I still have CompuServe Wow, I still have a 98SE disk but haven't installed it lately. Haven't used CompuServe in a coons age. :-) > DOS_CIM and WinCIM installed, and believe it or not, both still work > for connecting with some of the older, non-Web CompuServe forums, and > for sending and receiving email. Yes, the term 'obsolete' is overused. If it still works and it serves your needs it isn't obsolete. Unless of course you need support and/or can't fix it yourself. :-) Jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h8d0vk1/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1705006580:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123793098/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
