On Tue February 24 2004 3:17 pm, deedee wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:03:06, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > >On Sun February 22 2004 5:53 pm, deedee wrote: > >> Software packages removal shows every application (and the > >> required dependencies) that you installed from an rpm > >> (package) on your system. The overwhelming majority should not > >> be removed. Unfortunately, it does not necessarily show > >> programs you added from source. > > > >Is there a list somewhere of the overwhelming majority that > > should not be removed. > > What should and shouldn't be removed has a lot to do with your > individual set up and what you want to do with your equipment. > There is a section in RUTE on the typical directories set up for > a Linux system and what kind of apps are in each directory. > > For an initial feeling about what you need and don't need, I > would suggest reviewing that chapter. You'll find that /bin and > /boot contain certain things (that you probably should not mess > with), /home contains user stuff, and so forth. > > My advice would be to go with whatever Linux set up for you until > you understand better what everything does. A lot of the file > names meant nothing to me at first. However, after a while I have > begun to recognize them and what they are doing. Although 600 > sounds like a lot of apps, ms win actually installs many, many > more than that. > > If something was installed from a package, there should be a > description of it when you've called up Software Packages Removal > in MCC. Using mc, you can view the contents of tarballs (files > ending in .tar.gz and .tgz) and rpms. You can view directly from > mc the contents of the readmes and other documentation in ascii > that are in those rpms and tarballs (before you install the > software). You can find out a lot about each thing that's on your > system or you're thinking about putting on your system. > > >> I personally don't care for desktop icons (one of the things I > >> hated with ms win), so I use several retractable child panels > >> for apps I need a lot. The child panel apps are grouped by how > >> I do my projects. > > > >I do not like a lot of icons on my desk top. In ms windows I > > have a few for apps and files that are used a lot, used some > > for remenders. I see them a lot so these items are not be > > forgotten. > > > >Retractable child panels I am not sure but these sound like what > > I need. > > > >How are these setup? > > Precisely how to set them up depends on which desktop manager > you're using (e.g., KDE, Gnome). However, in both cases you can > start out by clicking on an empty place on the panel across the > bottom, called kicker in KDE. You should then get a > context-sensitive menu for adding and removing stuff on that > panel. In addition, there will be either something for > configuring the panel (which in KDE will allow you to create > child panels) or for creating panels in Gnome. > > How the panels retract and pull out can be done in quite a few > different ways. I generally leave a small handle with an arrow on > it, but one can use focusing and other things to get them to > appear and disappear. I like them because it makes it easy for me > to organize my frequently used apps in the way that I use them > (together), and I don't have to worry about covering the icons up > and having a hard time accessing them when I have a lot of > windows open. > > I can walk you through the process better once I know which > desktop manager you're using. Let us know if you still can't > figure it out after you play with it a bit. > > >I would need one for when I am working on eBay auctions. It > > would start apps like a (WYSIWYG HTML editor) with 4 differnt > > web page templates open, open a spread sheet, a picture editing > > program, FTP App., and AuctionTamer (a multitab web browser > > with special features for buying and selling item at many > > different internet auction sites.) > > Basically, the child panel contains the icons (with the > shortcuts) for the various apps you have added. As with a desktop > icon, you click on the particular icon and it starts. Exactly > what happens when you click on the icon is dependent on what you > have that icon/shortcut configured to do. You can configure the > same application a number of different ways if you need to > regularly use it in a number of different ways. Strictly up to > you. > > deedee > --- > Registered Linux User #327485 > Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" > http://www.wordstar2.com > Also, see the WordStar Users Group > http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/ >default.asp?SRC=lycos10 I am running KDE most of the time and GNOME sometimes trying to see what I like best. I had no problem setting up child panel after you pointed me in the right direction.
Thanks for the help -- Ray Hogaboom
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