I'm planning on installing Slack 9.1 this weekend. Right now i'm reading
the Slackware book. When it comes to installing, can you
install Gnome and iceWM during the installation?

Thanks.

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mario wrote:
| I'm planning on installing Slack 9.1 this weekend. Right now i'm reading
| the Slackware book. When it comes to installing, can you
| install Gnome and iceWM during the installation?
|
| Thanks.
|

yep - btw the book is a bit outdated

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Fred Emmott

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unintentional side effect. --- Linus Torvalds
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> I'm planning on installing Slack 9.1 this weekend. Right now i'm reading
> the Slackware book. When it comes to installing, can you
> install Gnome and iceWM during the installation?

Yes, although Gnome is on the second CD, so if you only downloaded the first
iso you'll have to download the gnome packages separately and install with
installpkg.
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Mario,

You may also want to check out dropline Gnome at
http://www.dropline.net/gnome/ . It is specifically for Slackware and
is beautiful. I think that if you are a Gnome user you will love it.
Hope you enjoy Slackware!

mario wrote:

> I'm planning on installing Slack 9.1 this weekend. Right now i'm reading
> the Slackware book. When it comes to installing, can you
> install Gnome and iceWM during the installation?
>
> Thanks.
>

Fred Emmott wrote:

> yep - btw the book is a bit outdated

i guess i'll find out when i cross that bridge, i don't
want to do an 'Full' installation, all i got to play with is a PII 266
w/128 mb ram and 5 gig hdd, a nic, and dhcp. Mozilla and
OOo should suffice, Gnome and iceWM or maybe Fluxbox. Does
all this come in the cd #2?

i understand swaret is in the second cd, do you get to select
it and then they prompt you to insert cd2 to install? or do you have
to get it after the installation? i've never used .tgz

thanks,
mario

Fred Emmott wrote:

> yep - btw the book is a bit outdated

i hope i don't have to 'probe' my card to find the chip name and the
rest of the obscure info, and having to arrange the order of the
resolutions, i hope this is the oudated part. I have an nvidia stb128
with 4mb ram, that uses the nv driver, i also know the h and v
frequencies of my monitor and only use the 1024x768 res (17" samsung),
will that be enough?

mario

Gecko wrote:
> Mario,
>
> You may also want to check out dropline Gnome at
> http://www.dropline.net/gnome/ . It is specifically for Slackware and
> is beautiful. I think that if you are a Gnome user you will love it.
> Hope you enjoy Slackware!

Thanks Gecko, so, during the installation i ignore Gnome and go ahead
with iceWM only, and afterwards, d/l Gnome from the Dropline site?

mario

mario wrote:

> Thanks Gecko, so, during the installation i ignore Gnome and go ahead
> with iceWM only, and afterwards, d/l Gnome from the Dropline site?
>
> mario
>
Hi Mario!
To answer your original post and what is in this thread.
a) Slackware IS Linux and as such YOU can do ANYTHING you want and KNOW
how to do.
b) Don't imagine even that the initial install will serve you for long,
with practice you will learn things and ideas that will make you
reinstall few times, each time better serving your needs.
c) The book is very good but NOT as a pre to hands on experience,
install, see what is not to your taste, then read the relevant part in
book and repair.

Have fun

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.

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mario wrote:
| Fred Emmott wrote:
|
|> yep - btw the book is a bit outdated
|
|
| i hope i don't have to 'probe' my card to find the chip name and the
| rest of the obscure info, and having to arrange the order of the
| resolutions, i hope this is the oudated part. I have an nvidia stb128
| with 4mb ram, that uses the nv driver, i also know the h and v
| frequencies of my monitor and only use the 1024x768 res (17" samsung),
| will that be enough?
|
| mario
|

i never had to but i have no experience with your card

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Fred Emmott

Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely
unintentional side effect. --- Linus Torvalds
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Mario,

You know, I have never done it, KDE man myself, but I think that would
be fine. Ignore stock GNOME and then install dropline. It has an
installer that, from what I have been told, works well. Anyone else
have any advice on this, as stated before, I am not a GNOME user.

Gecko

mario wrote:
> Gecko wrote:
>
>> Mario,
>>
>> You may also want to check out dropline Gnome at
>> http://www.dropline.net/gnome/ . It is specifically for Slackware and
>> is beautiful. I think that if you are a Gnome user you will love it.
>> Hope you enjoy Slackware!
>
>
> Thanks Gecko, so, during the installation i ignore Gnome and go ahead
> with iceWM only, and afterwards, d/l Gnome from the Dropline site?
>
> mario
>