Le Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:43:09 -0400, « "John Stoffel" <stoffel@lucent.com> » a écrit: JS> RedHat 9 isn't that attractive, mostly because I've been using JS> RedHat since 5.2 and I want to change and try to stay away from JS> GNOME since it's a slow pig resource wise. I also want to get JS> updated in terms of GTK so I can run newer GNOME apps, like Gramps JS> 0.9.4. I've been using RH9 on my laptop (Gateway 9100 Solo, pII/266) for some time now. I use Window Maker as my window manager, so that I have the advantage(s) of Gnome libraries (if there are any) and the speed of a descent manager.... Gnome will run on this beastie, but it's a bit sluggish. 8( Personally, I don't see much of a reason to avoid RH9. if resources are an issue, just make sure you use a WM with a small footprint (like Window Maker or others like it), or even avoid X altogether if you really feel the need to run your toes through the sand. <shrug> I've discovered yum for package management, but i am only now beginning to play with it. it sounds like a better way to deal with packages than up2date (for RH systems). i know next to nothing about apt, even though I understand that it has been "ported" for use on RH. Best regards, -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "L'homme c'est rien -- l'oeuvre c'est tout." -- Gustave Flaubert * TAG! v3.1 *