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Heh-heh, I thought I remember you saying Gnome was a pain to build in Gentoo.
And if you think that's bad, try building it without a package system to do the heavy lifting.
I really like Gnome, but, for my sytem KDE seems more stable.That's been my experience as well. The aesthetics of GNOME are what attract me. Technically speaking, I think KDE is more refined and reliable.
On the other hand, I'm using Enlightenment right now. Make of that what you will.
I know KDE is frowned upon by the l337 people, but, it works fine for meEh, I think it cuts both ways. KDE seems to attract fairly sophisticated users. They certainly target those users, what with the infamous four gazillion option control panels.
I noticed you edited your description of the software in your post. I liked the other descriptor
What, the 'bloody software' thing? Yeah, I rolled it around in my mouth for a while and decided I didn't like the taste. I can put it back if you want
Nope you can leave your post the way it is, jcl
Your original post gave me a good chuckle. I'm so pleased you've decided to camp out here for a bit and do the heavy lifting when people get stuck.
I'm kind of in a rut right now with Mandrake 10, pleasantly bored. It's stable, but, dull. In the next little while I'm hoping to get a new unit that'll run slack or gentoo.
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Right now, I use whatever was default in Red Hat 9, which I'm 99% sure is GNOME. I have been too scared to try anything else. Most likely I'm going to switch over to Blackbox once I get more not newbie as I use a variant of Blackbox for Windows on Windows.
Yep, in Red Hat 9 the default is Gnome. Red Hat 9 is an excellent version of Linux. I ran it for a year, I enjoyed it a lot. I used Black Box for a little while; it's fast and easy on your resources. Welcome to Linux, man:-)
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I think I've read that too some where. I think Gnome may have more dependency issues than KDE.
Far more. Build GNOME and KDE and few times and you come to appreciate the virtues of Not-Invented-Here syndrome. When KDE needs some functionality, they build it themselves and package it up in the regular distribution. On the other hand, GNOME in it's full glory depends on every damn piece of the software in the known universe.
Heh-heh, I thought I remember you saying Gnome was a pain to build in Gentoo. I really like Gnome, but, for my sytem KDE seems more stable. I know KDE is frowned upon by the l337 people, but, it works fine for me.
I noticed you edited your description of the software in your post. I liked the other descriptor
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Very cool, indeed
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Yeah, I miss chinawht a lot. I haven't heard from her in a long time. I'm worried.
My thoughts and prayers go out to you tonight, chinawht. Get well and recover please. My buddy, macmarauder, and I miss your sunny smile. I hope to hear from you soon my friend. Take it easy, chinawht.
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I've got 5 invites to give away................they're hard to give away now:-)
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A very happy birthday to you
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as i suspected it was a RAM problem.
i got it fixed now.
one of my 128MB stick was busted.
i got a new question though...
what are those things that cause a RAM to be damaged?
also,i got two slots for RAM,if i am to use just a single stick,should it be positioned at a specific slot (like if there is a number 1 slot)?
i had to do a trial and error on both sticks to figure out which one is busted.then i had to do a trial and error on which slot they should be.
thanks!
I've had cheap RAM just fail on me for no good reason. Yes, RAM can fail. Once I put a good stick back into the unit it worked fine.
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I've got KDE set up on my box.
I also like KDE, but, for pragmatic reasons. With Black Box and Gnome after a short time I would get strange video artifacts on my monitor. KDE works well with my hardware
Through my research, I've found many people saying the same thing, hitest. I notice many people saying that KDE seems to be more compatable with their hardware.
I think I've read that too some where. I think Gnome may have more dependency issues than KDE.
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thanks hitest! I'll keep those in mind.
You're welcome
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Hi Folks,
Here's a great website for learning how to use the Linux command line.
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If you launch your terminal prompt in KDE with Konsole you can use these commands to see processes on your computer. The terminal prompt in Gnome is called Terminal I think. It's been awhile since I've used Gnome.
Type free at the prompt. That'll show how much system memory is available.
Type top at the prompt. That'll show you what applications, processes are currently running.
Type df -h at the prompt. That'll show how much hard drive space is available.
Hope that helps.
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I've got KDE set up on my box.
I also like KDE, but, for pragmatic reasons. With Black Box and Gnome after a short time I would get strange video artifacts on my monitor. KDE works well with my hardware
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Thanks for helping him out, jcl, much appreciated:-) I like your signature "Alleged Linux Expert"
I think the allegation is true, man:-)
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hitest: Thanks, I'll look into that.
jcl: No time tonight, but I'll try and get to finding the device ID early this week and post the results.
I did check the Lexmark site, and came across the same problem with the "unix driver" they listed. When Something for it finally DID show, It was listed as a program for networking with Macs. Although, I think they still could have their links messed up. I'll keep trying, but I'm also going to look into the site hitest posted.
I saw something about Lexmark's Driver Developement kit, but I really dont' even know the first thing about it.
I'm still also researching on my own to see if I can come up with anything for either of these problems. It's been mostly dead ends so far, but I'm not giving up.
UPDATE: No luck on that site from hitest.
Yeah I figured as much. Lexmark does make some printers that're Linux compatible, but, a lot of the printers made by Lexmark are windows only which really sucks. I think jcl already mentioned this, but, you can also try to go to lexmark's website and see if they have Linux drivers for your printer. Good luck:-)
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I'll go check that.
EDIT:!: I did not see a start up script like what you described. There wasn't any that failed, but there wasn't any that looked like what you described. No this computer was not connected to the internet before Red Hat was installed.
If you're going to connect to your Internet service provider with your cable modem you're going to need to install a network card. I think you should call your ISP and see if they have any special requirements for connecting to their server with Red Hat, get some help from a tech buddy. I've used 3com NICs to successfully connect to my ISP using Red Hat 9. If you go to Red Hat's website they will list network cards that're compatible with red hat. Good luck with this.
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Cable, router, wired
I'm using a modem. I don't even know what NIC is.
When Red Hat was installed, it was at a friend of my brother's house and no internet was connected.
If you've got cable and a router then you've got a network interface card (NIC). The NIC will have a cable that comes out of the back of it and plugs into your router which is then plugged into your cable modem. Was this computer connected to your high speed Internet before you installed Red Hat?
Watch when Red Hat boots up and look at the start-up scripts as they scroll by it will show if your network card is detected at start-up. If it says OK beside network card as your computer is starting then you're very close to being on-line.
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I have the same problem at home which is why I still have some windows computers. My Lexmark printer is not Linux compatible. The above link has a list of Linux compliant printers, may have some driver information. Good luck with your printer:-)
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Is there something I need to do in order to get the internet to work in Linux? I am using Red Hat 9. It also says GRUB and then a number at the Red Hat dual boot menu.
Also, I don't think Windows is supposed to load faster than Linux, what could be wrong?
System specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2600+
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
ABIT NF7-s
1 GB RAM
I've always found Linux to take a long time to boot-up, longer than Windows. When you're installing Red Hat it should ask you questions about setting up your network. I found that Red Hat found my Internet connection through my router quite easily. Are you using a modem or NIC to connect with? If you've got a router and NIC just set Red Hat to DHCP and Red Hat will get an assigned IP address from your router.
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Is there a Dr for volcanos?
I know from history there is/was a R/X for them, but I'm sure the EPA will tell you that throwing virgins in a volcano is a violation of their regulations.
And I will bet that virgins are on some protected/endangered species list,so you would get a lot of flack over that as well.
And never mind the trouble you would be in with ASPCV
If you officially sacrifice a virgin to the mountain then you need to fill out a lot of forms and notify the *VOA local union to make sure that no guidelines are broken.
*Virgins of America.
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Problem: Alcohol not strong enough.
Solution: Goto Wine'O Mart and get family value pack and drink more.
Problem Solved
Or you could run an alcohol intravenous, get a steady drip-drip all day long:-)
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OH NOOOoooo!!! Porn pics further poisoned with virus
Whoa, scarey stuff man. jpeg viruses are weird. My daughter's computer picked up a virus somehow just surfing at neopets.com. Norton AV got rid of it, thankfully.
We better practice safe surfing
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Sp2 And Problems With Adobe Programs
in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP
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Thanks Nerelda,
I've got another program to add to the list of SP2 glitches. I recently upgraded my work computer to SP2, it went well. I've noticed something odd about Symantec's Corporate version of Antivirus. After the upgrade the AV program worked just fine. However, windows no longer knows the program exists on my computer, that is, I can't set the program to automatically run at a specific time. I can still run an AV scan of my computer manually.