Re: Ximian Gnome 1.4 & RH 7.1

[Alan DeJong <annette@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> He is talking about "nautilus"
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Nautilus looks to me like a linux version of 'Active Desktop' - sure it looks cool, but it run soooooo slow... and on my p2 233 w/ 48 megs of ram, i cant afford that slow speed..

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> >I can't find "Diamond next to help" anywhere in Ximian Gnome.. I also
> >can't fine any option for using smooth graphics...
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> The diamond (which looks red to me but I'm R/G color blind), is on the menu bar of the nautilus file manager.  If your desktop has very detailed icons (your home directory is a little english cottage) you are running Nautilus.  By double clicking on the home directory you should see a Nautilus file manager window.   Is the diamond icon in the menu bar?
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And its not always a diamond either.. it could be a square or circle..

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> > OK I'd admit, I'm stupid about things at times, but at least I was able to
> >figure out stuff in KDE.... Gnome is so damn hard to figure out and use!
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> It does have it's ideosyncracies.  Mostly I think the transition from GMC (Gnome Midnight Commander, the previous file manager) to Nautilus (the current file manager) was pre-mature.  They still provide GMC but there is NO OBVIOUS WAY to pick which one you want to use.  By default (I think) Ximian GNOME wants to use Nautilus  but, if you used GNOME previously, GMC still wants to start (at least on my box) and they get into a little tussle occasionally.  Also after logging in/out a couple of dozen times on diffrent displays Nautilus leaves dead processes hanging around.  While I *LIKE* using Nautilus I am seriously considering banishing it from by box.   GMC is fast, functional, and stable.
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And when i try to load the "classic gnome", it still loads the new one! i dont see anything classic about it.  And i STILL do not have my KDE desktop, which is beginning to worry me.. I really need that desktop back!

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