Re: Ximian (Helix) Gnome 1.4

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >>>>NEW version 1.6 available on full size CDR.
> >>How about Helix Gnome 1.4?  Now that we finally got our other
> >>Gnome CD they had to go and make it obselete.
> >If they send us another CD, I'd be glad to copy it!   :-)
> >I've downloaded Ximian Gnome 1.4 for Redhat 7.1 ONLY
> >(no other distributions).
> 
> Cool by me,  the online installer won't work on my box anyway.  It seems to
> conflict with the ssl and crypto libraries from RH7.1,  and if I remove those
> Kerberos will stop working (very very very very bad).  Has anyone else with the
> krb5 and openssl RPMs installed tried using the installer?

I can't get the installer to look at my local HDD for the install.
I point it to the directory where I downloaded EVERY file for RH71
and the "Next" button is no longer active and I can't continue.
Ideas?

> >If anyone wants a copy, I'd be glad to put it on CD.
> >I've also discontinued the "BSextras" CD for now.
> >Helix/Ximian 1.4 is about the only thing still worth
> >putting on CD.   KDE 2.x now comes on Redhat 7.1, the
> >VA kernels are no longer needed with Redhat, Easel is
> >about ready to go under, Netscape 6 sucks, and I made
> >room for the latest 2.4.3 kernel source on BSware.
> 
> My, my, someone has some opinions :)

Sure, I have opinions, but I thought most of the above was fact.

1)  FACT:  RH 7.1 comes with KDE 2.1.1, so it's pointless for
    me to distribute it.

2)  FACT:  RH has released 2.2.19 kernels with NFS3 support
    for 7.0 and 6.2 both (7.1 comes with NFS3 support in 2.4.2)
    which WAS the advantage the VA kernels USED to have over RH.
    Plus VA only had 2.2.18 patched kernels the last I looked.

3)  Eazel has about one month before it runs out of money.
    It's in print, so it must be a FACT!!!   :-)
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2001/04/19/eazel.DTL
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/20/032201&mode=flat

4)  FACT:  Source code for kernel 2.4.3 is an extra on BSware 7.1 #1.0.

> Except that Netscape 6 sucks, that is a scientific fact.

I thought this was the only OPINION in the bunch.

Just because [almost?] everyone has this OPINION, doesn't
necessarily make it a fact.  There might be a couple people
in this world who disagree.  Like the authors and some others
in Redmond who like bloatware!   :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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