-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 May 2002, John P Verel wrote:
> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 17:52:01 -0400 > From: John P Verel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ximian gnome vs. gnome delivered with rh 7.3 and migrating > from one distribution to another > > On 05/17/02, 12:56:52PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 2) What are the benefits and disadventages with Ximian compared to Gnome >installed with RH? > > Ximian is effectively a fork of its own. If you apply Ximian over > RedHat, you may have a much more "intense" experience with future > upgrades of Red Hat. Read the 7.3 release notes, section titled, > "Distribution General Notes", on CD1 very carefully for a broader > discussion of this issue. > > I used Ximian over 7.1 and liked it very much. However, my upgrade to > 7.2 was, simply, a horror show. I tried Red Hat's options 2 of doing a > RedHat upgrade and then reinstalling Ximian. I had a completely > unstable machine. I had to tediously uninstall all the Ximian packages > (using KDE), and then do a reinstall of Red Hat. Not a lot of fun, I > assure you. > > As I say, I liked Ximian. But upgrading, at least for now, is not > ready for prime time, IMHO. I'm quite happy with RedHat's out of the > box Gnome install. > -- > John P. Verel > Living Proof That Low Tech Beats High Tech! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > I personally like Ximian Gnome, as long as it doesn't break, which isn't often :) - -- Jonathan [----------------------------------------------------] [ Jonathan M. Slivko | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ web: http://jslivko.freeshell.org -- primary ] [ web: http://my.core.com/~jonathan.slivko/ ] [ GPG Key @ http://jslivko.freeshell.org/jslivko.gpg ] [----------------------------------------------------] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (NetBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE85XzQJZabLlKpP6QRAmLgAJ9Oi4svYEoGZc+Om64zhFgKd4jhYQCeIMLu bYKlg+BYh3S6mlAkr33+t7M= =cGhD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
