[KLUG Members] More RH8.0 impressions

[Bruce Smith]

> > > 5. I miss Galeon, and this mozilla is too old to install it.  That is
> > > disappointing.  I'm off to fight a small war with RPM....
> > 
> > Galeon doesn't install by default, but it is on the RH 8 CD's.
> 
> And there is an update to Galeon and Mozilla this morning.

More of a reason to buy a new BSware!  :-)

> > Applications need to drop a file into a directory somewhere so they show
> > up on the menus.  Hopefully they'll all do that in the near future.
> 
> I've never understood why some apps show up on menu's and others don't.
> This is a serious issue that needs addressing.

I _think_ (from the little research I did) that Gnome has a common
directory it reads to builds it's default menus.  If an RPM drops the
appropriate config file into that directory, it shows up on the menu.

I wouldn't be surprised if KDE, and maybe other WM's, do something
similar.

The applications have to be friendly/aware of the WM's installed on 
your system and add themselves to the menus.

> ... can you post a list of the packages BSWare provides (other than the stock RH).

Disclaimer:  These applications do NOT get installed as part of the
standard Redhat install.  These packages need to be installed manually
on a running system.  The main highlights are:

Linux programs:
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Acrobat Reader 5.05.
Netscape 7.0
Memtest86 3.0
XFCE 3.8.16
CFS

Win32 programs:
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Acrobat Reader 4.0  (guess I should download a new version :)
Netscape 7.0
pscp & putty
gzip
pkzip clients
Postgresql ODBC driver.
VNC server/client.  (hasn't been updated for awhile)

Plus some other obscure/old programs not worth mentioning.

The list is subject to change without notice, so your copy of 
BSware may, or may not, include these or other programs.

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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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