apt4rpm

Kenny Hitt kennyhitt at knology.net
Fri Oct 3 18:50:04 EDT 2003


Hi, Scott.  I took the lazy solution to get my girl friend using Linux.
I installed Gnome 2.2 from Debian packages.  It probably isn't as
accessible as Gnome 2.4, but it does enough for me.  My girl friend
thinks Mozilla and Gnome 2.2 are great.  The upgrade to Gnome 2.4 will
make it more usable for me, but she won't have problems I can't fix.
You can get Gnome 2.2 packages for Debian Woody as well as Sid.

          Kenny

On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 07:30:35PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
> Well ok I'm not rushing off to the world of GUI as 99% of things are fb 
> in console mode for me, but I have a burning desire to rid my home of 
> winblows xp. Of course to that end I need to learn how to use Gnome so 
> my wife can be ported over to Linux...um I mean moved over to using 
> Linux. Hmm wonder if you can have a cross-platform wife...well that's 
> another days topic.
> Ok so apparently this apt4rpm program will let me install Gnome 2.4 from 
> an rpm, but I'll be darned if I can put my packets on the bugger. So 
> where can this thing be had or would I be better off building the dang 
> thing from scratch.
> You know rollin' your own isn't so bad, but well that's another days 
> topic as well.<grin>
> 
> tia
> Scott
> 
> 
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