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lychan@cetustech.com.au wrote in message <3487C9FE.2827@cetustech.com.au>...
>> Hmm. According to Redhat's web page the above extra items are separate
>> purchases worth a lot more than the 2CD RedHat5.0 basic installation
>> selling for US$49.95.
>
>Yes, if you buy them separately, you have to pay a lot. If you buy
>Official RedHat 5.0, you get them for free :-)


Yeah - I know now - I ordered it from you and received by COD courier the
same day - excellent! thank you.

MetroX isn't any good for my graphics card(s) because the chipsets on both
of them aren't supported. I've been using XFree86 and a Diamond Stealth3DPro
(VirgeDX) becaue my Permedia2 based card (which I need for WinNT OpenGL 3D
rendering programs) is completely unsupported.

XFree86 seems better anyway - a visit to the MetroX web site proves that
they aren't exactly cutting edge and in this case buying a commercial
product is not better than the gnu product.


>> I'm fed up waiting for my S.u.S.E to turn up from the USA ('has been 28
>> days from the order charge now :( )
>
>Probably sent via economy air or surface?

Economy Air I think.
>
>> and I think I've lost AUD$106.00 :( :(
>You should know by now :-)

This is the first time I have ordered something via the web from overseas
and I shall be very wary of doing it again. It appears in any case that it's
Australia Post that is the problem. You can't depend on a service that
delivers mail to your address for an address that has the same street number
but is a block away! AusPost suck - that's the bottom line and I won't use
them to send anything from work. A courier is a much better idea and worth
the extra cost, just so you can track it on the web.

I emailed SuSE anyway just after I received RedHat 5.0 and demanded they
credit my CC account for the full amount. They responded with an offer for a
Free 5.0 if it turns up (I'll be donating it to SLUG) and a replacement 5.1
which has the 2.0.32 kernel and KDE (K Desptop Environment), which I have
sort of succesfully gotten running on RedHat 5.0 but I can't run it properly
seeing fwm and co is so ingrained into the Red Hat 5.0 X system and I am
relatively still learning my way around (stumbling around more like it :)
that I'm unable to get it completely functional because I can't fully remove
all the other windows managers to let it run clear. I have compiled MESA 2.4
and that won't run because I'm not sure if I have my paths right (the
compile was excellent though - I was very refreshed typing "make linux-elf"
and watching the compiler (you can't do this under WinNT without some
behemoth of a program taking all available ram and processor time) and there
seems to be some sort of problem with NetScape 4.04 needing static linked
libraries or something and that won't run either - I can't be bothered with
Netscape because it's a sort of Microsft-ism to me - it won't run unless so
and so libs are on the system....Arena will do until I am more familiar with
Linux and know exeactly what I'm doing.

There are some good things in RedHat 5.0 but SuSE will be more what I'm
after I think. There seems to be a little more flexibility in the SuSE
distributions. BTW GIMP is *excellent*! - I paid full price for PhotoShop
too and GIMP is better and it's a GNU thing - unbelevable - now I need X to
see my Wacom tablet and Intellimouse so I can really use GIMP properly!

Here's hoping that a) 5.1 turns up and b) there will be a Permedia2 XServer
soon. Until then -I'll "play" with RedHat. Thanks to the lady that works
for/with you too - she was very effecient and I had my Linux the day I
ordered it.

I'm recommending you to my friends on the basis of her attention to me.

Thanks.

Ivan.