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RudeCat7:
O.k., so I can look past the XPish looks, but I'm concerned that they didn't put a terminal icon in the taskbar (at the bottom). I know where it is, but isn't it weird that they hid it in the panel->system tools->terminal? It is a key feature of Linux. And is there only one? I'm just asking cuz Suse has 7 shells to choose from.

The most important thing is speed. Something must be wrong with my install. The terminal, and other things take way too long to start (10 seconds..) and in Mozilla for example, if I resize the window, the graphics hesitate for a bit.

I just want to know if anybody has any ideas.

system: 1.1ghz Thunderbird, 128mb sdram, 10 gig hard drive, Geforce2 Ti, MSI k7t turbo2 MOBO
    :confused:  

And where is FDISK? I looked in the
/bin and /usr/bin.

[ October 06, 2002: Message edited by: RudeCat7 ]

Bazoukas:
I must say that what turns me off with RH8 is the XPish look.
  Last thing I wanna see, is in general the Linux community immitating Windos, even if it comes to just looks.

 As for your problem. Beats me. I had the same thing happen to me with Mandrake and only a reinstall fixed it.

voidmain:

quote:Originally posted by RudeCat7:
O.k., so I can look past the XPish looks, but I'm concerned that they didn't put a terminal icon in the taskbar (at the bottom). I know where it is, but isn't it weird that they hid it in the panel->system tools->terminal? It is a key feature of Linux. And is there only one? I'm just asking cuz Suse has 7 shells to choose from.

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Sounds like you are having the same first reaction I did (mine was much worse actually). Just right click on the panel at the bottom select "Add to Panel" and add any of the ICONS from the menu. It was the very first thing I did. And I find the one that they have as the default on the menu to be the best in this particular version of RedHat (my opinion). But konsole and xterm are also installed, just not listed on the menu by default. You can of course modify the menu to your liking.

After having calmed down myself I believe this is a good move by RedHat to streamline and limit the applications on the default menu. I can see how n00bs are overwhelmed by having so much stuff by default. You and I and anyone else who have two brain cells to rub together can easily figure out how to add menu and panel items to taste.

 
quote:The most important thing is speed. Something must be wrong with my install. The terminal, and other things take way too long to start (10 seconds..) and in Mozilla for example, if I resize the window, the graphics hesitate for a bit.

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I found it to be slightly more sluggish than RedHat 7.3 on my Laptop w/64MB but it screams on my Athlon with 512MB. In fact I am amazed at how much faster it is than previous versions, for everything including OpenOffice and Mozilla which always seemed a little sluggish on older versions of RedHat for me. Of course being compiled with gcc 3.2 probably had something to do with the speed increase.

 
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And where is FDISK? I looked in the
/bin and /usr/bin.
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It's right where it's been in every release of RedHat I have ever used. In "/sbin" which isn't in normal user's PATH by default nor ever has. It will be in root's PATH, but only if you do a "su -" rather than an "su". Also has always been that way. You can either modify your PATH or give the full path when you run it "/sbin/fdisk".

Hope this helps..

voidmain:

quote:Originally posted by bazoukas:
I must say that what turns me off with RH8 is the XPish look.
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I wouldn't know. I have yet to see a copy. I've avoided it like the plague and never intend to touch it (seriously).

However, in Linux you have a choice. You don't have to use the default theme, or even the default window manager. If you want something different you can use WindowMaker, Blackbox, Enlightenment, Openlook, Lesstiff, twm, fvwm, etc, etc.

I personally believe it is smart to set up the default desktop to be as much like the one that currently claims to have 97% of the desktops. People would feel more comfortable when coming from the dark side. Then they can switch desktops if they like at a later time. I would like to see that 97% drop down to at least 95% and this is one way to help that along. But that's just my opinion.

shuiend:
i dont like the look of RH 8 either b/c of gnome and KDE looking the same mostly. i also right now do not have wireless working in it so i have not really bothered using it all to much. did u guys do a fresh install of it or upgrade from 7.3. i was curious about that b.c i did a fresh install on an extra HD and was wondering if i did upgrade if it would keep all my settings?

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