Re: [TCLUG:5621] RedHat 6.0

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

RH 6.0 has replaced runlevel 5's X with a /etc/rc.d/init.d/xdm startup
script.  Windows folk'll love that one.  I'm not too hot for their font
server method but I suppose one could skip that part and grab the fonts
from someone with a DSL connection ;-).
The glibc 2.1 is a bold move but it breaks StarOffice (so much for the
backwards-compatability with glibc-2.0x based apps).  I think I'll wait
until StarOffice is rebuilt against 2.1.

Peter Lukas

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Michael Hicks wrote:

> Well, I upgraded to RedHat 6.0 a few hours ago (after downloading for something
> like 36 hours straight ;-)  It seems to be a pretty nice setup (although I think
> I'd recommend re-installing, rather than upgrading..)
> 
> When you start up, probably the first thing you'll notice is that the various
> init scripts use ANSI colors to indicate whether they ran successfully or not. 
> 'OK' in green, 'FAILED' in red, plus some others.
> 
> It appears that the default for window manager and desktop environment is
> Enlightenment/Gnome (although I could be wrong -- my configuration might be
> screwing something up)   Hopefully they're smart enough to default to fvwm on
> old 486s ;-)
> 
> If you go to runlevel 5 (graphical X login), the display manager defaults to
> gdm.  It allows you to choose your desktop environment when logging in (FVWM,
> Anotherlevel, KDE, Gnome, and Window Maker, I think..)
> 
> Linuxconf appears to have more control over the system.  New (to me) options for
> Sendmail, DNS, and Apache..
> 
> The name of 6.0 is weird, though.  If I remember right, 5.1 was Manhattan, and
> 5.2 was Apollo.  6.0 is named 'Hedwig' --  Maybe I just don't get the
> reference..
> 
> Oh yeah -- mpg123 and x11amp are included, for all those audiophiles out there.
> -- 
> .------ ----- ---- ---- --- --- -- -- - -  -   -    -
> |               Mike Hicks | Linux User Since: 1.2.13
> : http://umn.edu/~hick0088 | mailto:hick0088@tc.umn.edu
> `              icq:6883760 | Current Kernel: 2.2.5
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe@listserv.real-time.com
> For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help@listserv.real-time.com
> Try our website: http://tclug.real-time.com
> 
>