[ltp] Newbie on the list..
Jake Holmen
linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:02:59 +1300
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Ok, I'm not really a newbie on the list, I've been watching the =
correspondence to and fro. but I am a newbie with linux
Here's my setup.
ThinkPad 760cd 40Meg Ram 1.2 G hard drive.
Got RH 6.0 Running with KDE in 800 x 600 mode thanks to a friend who =
also has a TP760CD.
My HDD I set up as follows
/dos 300 Meg (just enough for Win 95 & MSorifice 97)
/ ~ 100 meg
/usr ~ 600 meg =20
/swap =3D 100 meg
/var =3D rest of drive (why do we need var? )
I figure if I can lose all attachments with M$ then I am on my way. =20
What I wanted from my Comp>
Dial up Networking
Netscape
Word processing / Spreadsheets
Java, C ++ and C development.
I got Dial up networking going thanks to kppp
Netscape worked a charm once I found the install file and installed it =
(Oh yes. and the proxy!! important)
StarOffice 5. Hmm.
I downloaded this. Put on CD - all 68 meg of it.
I Untarred it and installed it. Only 137 meg which used up the rest of =
my space on /usr
But it seems like KDE runs like a DOG with 1 leg!! Has anyone else =
got a similar setup?
I find that KDE is too unbearably slow, and so I uninstalled the =
staroffice, didn't make too much difference.
Is anyone else got similar setup with fast response from X windows? =20
Also - has anyone used SO exclusively? Is it good?
I also have a copy of Corel WP 8. I don't know whether to give this a =
go instead.
Cheers. Jake.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ok, I'm not really a newbie on the =
list, I've been=20
watching the correspondence to and fro. but I am a newbie with=20
linux</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here's my setup.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ThinkPad 760cd 40Meg Ram 1.2 G hard=20
drive.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Got RH 6.0 Running with KDE in 800 x =
600 mode=20
thanks to a friend who also has a TP760CD.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My HDD I set up as follows</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/dos 300 Meg (just enough =
for Win 95=20
& MSorifice 97)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/ ~ 100 meg</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/usr ~ 600 meg </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/swap =3D 100 meg</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/var =3D rest of =
drive (why do we=20
need var? )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I figure if I can lose all attachments =
with=20
M$ then I am on my way. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What I wanted from my =
Comp></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dial up Networking</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Netscape</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Word processing / =
Spreadsheets</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Java</FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>, C ++ and C=20
development.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I got Dial up networking going thanks =
to=20
kppp</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Netscape worked a charm once I found =
the install=20
file and installed it (Oh yes. and the proxy!!=20
important)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>StarOffice 5. =
Hmm.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I downloaded this. Put on CD - =
all 68 meg of=20
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I Untarred it and installed =
it. Only=20
137 meg which used up the rest of my space on /usr</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But it seems like KDE runs like a DOG =
with 1=20
leg!! Has anyone else got a similar =
setup?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I find that KDE is too unbearably slow, =
and so I=20
uninstalled the staroffice, didn't make too much =
difference.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is anyone else got similar setup with =
fast response=20
from X windows? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also - has anyone used SO =
exclusively? Is it=20
good?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I also have a copy of Corel WP =
8. I=20
don't know whether to give this a go instead.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers. =20
Jake.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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