RedHat Install questions???

[ZrByte]

I Finally got myself worked upto it and I am installing Redhat onto my laptop (Dont know the version, its reffered to as 'Shrike')
The instalation is going fine but I have noticed that Redhat Uses GNOME, isnt GNOME seriously worse than KDE?? This is my first time using any Linux OS other Than KNOPPIX and I only used that briefly.
What Im wondering is......
Is it True that KDE is much Better than GNOME??
If so is it possible to install KDE onto Redhat?? (And how simple is it to do?)

Thx in advance (Complete Linux n00b )

[cjll3]

The difference is KDE is written in Object Orientend C Gnome in C. As a new user you are unlikely to notice the difference between the two desktops at all.

Unless you've not got the disk space available then install both and spend time using both to see which you prefer.

My own personal preference is for KDE.

[ZrByte]

Thanks cjll3, well disk space is not an issue, I have gotten rid of windows completeley from my laptop, so I now have an empty 6GB hard Drive to play around with Linux on
Does KDE take up more system resources than GNOME?
Im only asking because this laptop is fairly old....
266mhz PII
128MB Ram (Not sure if its EDO or 66mhz SDRAM)
6GB UDMA 2 hard drive

Im also struggling getting my network adapter setup.
My laptop used to acces the Internet via ICS from my primary computer running Win2k, Ive never had a problem with this before but I cant get it to work now (Does Linux even support Windows Based ICS??)
I am also completley stumped on how to browse shared folders on my primary computer (This is all setup correctly At the windows end, but I am clueless on how to setup the linux bit)

And my sound card will not detect, The autodetect claims there is no sound card and due to the age of the laptop I am 100% certain there is no Linux driver for my particular soundcard on the companys support page. Do I have any alternatives here?? or do I just make do with no sound?? (Not a big problem since I dont actually need the sound on this machine)

Oh and this may be a simple one but How do you turn off the damn screensaver lol??

[cjll3]

Never tried measuring the difference between KDE & Gnome.

Linux comes with a built in NAT firewall. Which will allow your windows clients to connect safely through your Linux machine, by specifing the Linux box as the default gateway in the TCP/IP settings.

Do you know what type of sound card it is? If so, use google as Linux will almost certainly have a driver available for it.

KDE

K -> Configuration -> KDE -> LookNFeel -> Screensaver

[wunderlust]

You should still be able to connect via ICS if you put the settings in manually

Windows uses 192.168.0.x range by default yah?

Setup a static IP

192.168.0.2

GateWay 192.168.0.1

DNS
194.168.8.100
194.168.4.100

Thats assuming I've got the right IP ranges

When you installed it probably gave you an option after picking the type of install if you wanted to "refine" packages installed, can't remember actual phrase could have picked KDE then, Red Hat though have give them both the same sort of look and feel

It's a good idea to install the KDE development packages if you're using Gnome then you can run KDE specific apps too.

[BenH]

K is well ahead of Gnome in terms of development to the point that the Gnome team are rather worried. However given the spec of your laptop I would recommend one of the lighter windowmanagers such as windowmaker, Ice or BlackBox. Although they are not transitional desktop enviroments, they will be much faster to use.

Regards,

Ben

[BenH]

Originally posted by wunderlust
You should still be able to connect via ICS if you put the settings in manually

Windows uses 192.168.0.x range by default yah?

Setup a static IP

192.168.0.2

Errr, everyone uses class C addresses by default, unless you were one of the first 18 companies to get a class A.

And if you are, can I have a few million please


Regards,

Ben

[wunderlust]

Errr....yeah but not 192.168.1.xxx, 192.168.25.xxxx - 192.168.0.xxx which with a class C subnet mask....