[wplug] CMU installfest this Friday 7th Feb

[bgtrio at yahoo.com]

Here's my 2 cents:

I absolutely love RH 8.  I've been using Redhat pretty consistently since 
6.1, and although I keep flirting with debian because of apt-get, RH8.0 is 
a winner.

The new configuration menus work *very* well.  NFS configuration, display 
settings, etc.  For the first time I can change my display settings from 
the gui as easily as I can in Windows, which has been a sore spot for 
years.

The bluecurve theme is nice, and the menu simplification has worked well.  
I know what the other apps are and can easily start them from a terminal.  
If you don't already know about all the different word processors 
available, you probably don't want to find out by trial and error through 
the menu which one works for you.

New users may be disappointed by the lack of builtin mp3 support, but a 
simple rpm download fixes that.

6,0?  Dunno.  7.0 was buggy.  8.0 has worked beautifully for me.  What 
sort of problems have you had with it?

Bryon



On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Russ Schneider wrote:

> RH 8.0?  Awfully buggy!  Most of the RH x.0's are buggy.  The server 
> where all my sites/music is located runs 8.0 and I can't stand it.  :)
> 
> </2 cents>
> 
> Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:
> 
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> >Hi wplugers!
> >
> >The following has been sent to all MISM students of CMU. If you're 
> >interested, feel free to let me know, so that I can personally notify 
> >you of the exact time and place of the event (I've put a reservation 
> >request for Hamburg Hall Auditorium, 17:00).
> >
> >Please note that I'm not necessarily skilled (or sufficiently 
> >multi-threaded...) to take care of very diverse configurations - most 
> >CMU students have the same laptop as me, and will therefore hit no 
> >snags during installation. Having said that, if we get technical 
> >support from wplug gurus, I'm confident that we'll be fine.
> >
> >The event as currently planned is a real-time demonstration/installation 
> >of the Red Hat 8.0 distribution, with a laptop being configured while 
> >connected to a projector, and everyone in the room replicating the 
> >steps needed to install. It's completely inflexible, but it's all I can 
> >handle on my own.
> >
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> >Subject: -- LINUX --  installfest next Friday 7th Feb
> >Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:46:31 -0500
> >From: Devin Lee Drew <ddrew at andrew.cmu.edu>
> >To: mism-students at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> >Cc: apapadop+linux at cmu.edu
> >
> >Mr. Alexandros Papadopoulos writes the following:
> >*******************************************************************
> >Dear all
> >
> >The 2nd international linux installfest is on its way. We'll be doing
> >a  standard installation of the Red Hat 8.0 distribution.
> >
> >The procedure followed will be based on the IBM T23 Thinkpad. Other
> >machines are welcome, but bare in mind that we won't have time to
> >troubleshoot different configurations.
> >
> >To participate, you must do three things:
> >
> >[1] Send an email to apapadop+linux at cmu.edu stating that you'll come
> >next Friday afternoon (after 15:00 for sure)
> >
> >[2] Download and burn the CD images of Red Hat 8.0.There are 3 CDs,
> >which are available here:
> >
> >http://linuxbuild.andrew.cmu.edu/iso/8.0-disc1.iso
> >http://linuxbuild.andrew.cmu.edu/iso/8.0-disc2.iso
> >http://linuxbuild.andrew.cmu.edu/iso/8.0-disc3.iso
> >
> >or here:
> >
> >http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/
> >8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-disc1.iso
> >
> >http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/
> >8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-disc2.iso
> >
> >http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/
> >8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-disc3.iso
> >
> >
> >[3] Backup in any way (thunderbolt - linux servers - CDs) anything on
> >your disk that would make you cry if it was lost. We haven't had any
> >information loss previously, but... better safe than sorry. Empty your
> >D: drive (second disk partition) completely, as we'll delete it to
> >install linux.
> >
> >PARTICIPATION:
> >If there are less than 15 replies, the event will be cancelled. Please
> >email me if you plan to attend. To avoid spamming people who don't
> >want  to participate, further information on the exact place and time
> >of the  event will be sent individually to all respondents, and NOT to
> >this  list.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >- -A
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