Linux Power!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:16 pm
Sorry, with me reworking my site, I had no other place to tell the world cool things that happen to me (well, for those 2 readers I have...Hi Piera!).
Anyways, I really like Gnome, and I really wanted Gnome 2.4. So I decided to install Red Hat 9.0 and upgrade to Gnome 2.4 because SuSE isn't really a Gnome distribution. Anyways, I successfully installed Gnome 2.4 with apt4rpm.
Now, SuSE's YaST is excellent. I mean, it spoils you. Red Hat simply doesn't compare. And for setting up a multi-monitor system, SaX2 is just so easy. Point and click.
Red Hat doesnt' have anythign like that. So I had to setup dual monitor support on my linux machine by editing the XF86config file by myself. Now, I have been using Linux on the desktop for a year now, so I guess it was time. I found the XInerama HOWTO, and whle one or two steps weren't exactly the same, I got through it.
And when all was said and done, it worked!!! I was able to successfully, and relatively easily, setup dual monitor support on Linux.
Even better, I was able to understand the XF86config file. It's really not all that hard once you just spend some time reading it. It actually starts to make sense.
Even better yet, I was able to get VLC installed, and now my DVD players works fine on linux. Another yay!
All in all, a very good Linux day for me. Gnome 2.4 is just really pleasant to work with. Happy computing. =)
Anyways, I really like Gnome, and I really wanted Gnome 2.4. So I decided to install Red Hat 9.0 and upgrade to Gnome 2.4 because SuSE isn't really a Gnome distribution. Anyways, I successfully installed Gnome 2.4 with apt4rpm.
Now, SuSE's YaST is excellent. I mean, it spoils you. Red Hat simply doesn't compare. And for setting up a multi-monitor system, SaX2 is just so easy. Point and click.
Red Hat doesnt' have anythign like that. So I had to setup dual monitor support on my linux machine by editing the XF86config file by myself. Now, I have been using Linux on the desktop for a year now, so I guess it was time. I found the XInerama HOWTO, and whle one or two steps weren't exactly the same, I got through it.
And when all was said and done, it worked!!! I was able to successfully, and relatively easily, setup dual monitor support on Linux.
Even better, I was able to understand the XF86config file. It's really not all that hard once you just spend some time reading it. It actually starts to make sense.
Even better yet, I was able to get VLC installed, and now my DVD players works fine on linux. Another yay!
All in all, a very good Linux day for me. Gnome 2.4 is just really pleasant to work with. Happy computing. =)