[ale] RH8.0: first impressions & QUESTION about KDE

[Joe]

"ChangingLINKS.com" <x3 at ChangingLINKS.com> writes:

> I held my tongue when you said that you were getting RH8.0. I did not know 
> that you were leaving SuSe 8.1. RedHat 8.0 is slooooooooooow. I still have it 
> on the wife's box but she needs not the speed.

I've never used Suse anything. I nuked *Slackware* to install RH8.0. Slack
with Xfce was quite zippy on this little box. (And don't worry, Jonathan,
I'm still using Slackware for the important stuff :-)

> The sound card will be picked up, like setting up printers, it is easy in 
> RH8.0. Also, try *using* the sound, if you haven't already - it may surpise 
> you by working.

I'll do that.

> I would suggest you go back to Suse 8.1 or upgrade to RedHat 8.1 beta (I have 
> directions on how to do that if you are interested).

I can get the ISOs for 8.1 beta from RHN. Since I have done nothing with this
machine so far other than boot it into RH8.0, I'd be inclined to just
"nuke & pave" rather than trying to upgrade the existing system. Especially
if it might get my wifi card to work.

> Suse 8.1 is the first time I really experienced Linux as I THOUGHT IT SHOULD 
> BE. Installation over the 'Net, Easy to configure, very fast, very very 
> stable. I can run everything that I need (except display drivers) thanks to 
> Geoffrey for showing me around a bit. Everyday, I find something more amazing

Well, my purpose in setting up this box was to play with different distros.
I'll give Suse a try (and Lycoris, and probably some others). But not
Debian. Never Debian :-)

Cheers,

-- Joe Knapka
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