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  • davej946
    All Around Good Guy!!
    • May 2001
    • 463
    #1

    Linux Advice Needed (X-Windows...)

    To All the Linux Gurus...
    I am getting an older laptop from my old man (he said if I fixed I could have it!). It's a Pentium 200 with 32mb of ram... Anywho, I was going to throw a copy of RedHat on it, as I am a geek and would like to learn it. On to the question...

    Should I install KDE or GNOME as my shell? I have used one of them a year ago or so, and thought it was impoossible to use. I'm no computer idiot either. I'm A+ and Net+ Certified, a Certified Novell Engineer in NetWare 5, and plan to finish my MSCE and CCNA this year.

    Thanks for the Help,
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    • Miscue
      Super Moderator

      • Oct 2000
      • 7105
      #2
      Either one is fine... matter of taste. Try them both.

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        • dave_p
          #3
          kde is closer to windows sort of, gnome is cooler looking i think. go to redhats site or anther linux site and check the video chipset against the list of x servers in the distribution, some chipsets dont have a server yet. as its an older laptop this shouldnt be a problem but i have an old 266 with an mpact chipset and there isnt an x server for it so i have to run at the console on that system, no x. the hardest part of a linux install is getting x up in my opinion, but with the newer distributions even that is getting easier.
          linux/unix is very cool, enjoy!

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