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Hi,
Well that would depend on what you intend to use your new rh8 box for. Server or Client station etc,etc. ?? Blizz
Well that would depend on what you intend to use your new rh8 box for. Server or Client station etc,etc. ?? Blizz
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I would pick up a beginner Linux book or two, and then head over to The Linux Documentation Project --> They have a lot of useful howto's. Its best to use google.com to search their site for the docs though.
ChrisP
ChrisP
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appreciate the info. Blizz in answer to your question--i am using redhat 8 as a desktop/client---I am trying to familiarize myself with the desktop and other features redhat offers. don't feel pressure to write a book, just a tip or 2 would help me move forward. I have been able to customize the task bar, icons, background, window switching, and file browsing. I have also, obviously, set up email and am dual-booting redhat 8 with winxp with some success. Is there a way to cut down on RAM usage--I have noticed that redhat is sort of a memory hog. obviously using the GUI is one way but i am not familiar with the terminal enough to abandon the GUI. any suggestions.
homersi hello 
Try this site :
It's a search engine dedicated to Linux and only "Linux" And google itself is based on Redhat Machine)
To view the possiblities of Tux see this site:
good luck
Try this site :
It's a search engine dedicated to Linux and only "Linux" And google itself is based on Redhat Machine
)To view the possiblities of Tux see this site:
good luck
homersi, read this about Linux being a "memory hog" -->
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---Does anyone have any tips for configuring linux?
Not meaning to sound rough, but what do you want Linux to do? You gotta answer that before you can "do it".
---Is there a way to cut down on RAM usage
Actually, there is. In response to what Homersi linked to, Linux eats ram like candy corn. Just to see what's casuing this, just open KDE control panel: Information: Memory. While watching that, copy a multi-meg avi (200 MB is fine) on to your home directory. Now delete it. See it go down? That's one of the ways Linux increases performance is by caching copied HD data to memory, and slowly putting it on the HD. If, for some reason you dont want this behavior, you have to edit a system file in /etc .
If you want, you can edit /etc/fstab and add an option to prevent disk caching to happen. The way these lines are set up are as follows:
/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
Physical drive * where to mount drive * partition type * mount options * controls dump command * How often to fsck drive
This the structure of /etc/fsck . To make it stop caching stuff into ram like now, add next to defaults "sync". That line should now look similar to this:
/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults,sync 1 1
Be aware that your system is probably different, as I use ReiserFS on IDE A partition 3. Just adapt it to your system. Also, a smart thing to do is also add that same sync option to your floppy and Zip drive (if you have one). Taking out a mounted floppy kills the floppy's data.
And about your gui problem (kde eats cpu/ram). Too bad. RH has always been the easiest for new users to learn, but there's waay too much eye candy in RH7.2 and up. I stick with KDE 2.2 . It's gui, and it works. I'm a slackware user, but I'm switching to Debain, as there's dead easy maintenance on upgrading packages.And if you dont have a package, just apt-get install (package name). It automatically gets the package, installs and configures it. It JUST works.
Not meaning to sound rough, but what do you want Linux to do? You gotta answer that before you can "do it".
---Is there a way to cut down on RAM usage
Actually, there is. In response to what Homersi linked to, Linux eats ram like candy corn. Just to see what's casuing this, just open KDE control panel: Information: Memory. While watching that, copy a multi-meg avi (200 MB is fine) on to your home directory. Now delete it. See it go down? That's one of the ways Linux increases performance is by caching copied HD data to memory, and slowly putting it on the HD. If, for some reason you dont want this behavior, you have to edit a system file in /etc .
If you want, you can edit /etc/fstab and add an option to prevent disk caching to happen. The way these lines are set up are as follows:
/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
Physical drive * where to mount drive * partition type * mount options * controls dump command * How often to fsck drive
This the structure of /etc/fsck . To make it stop caching stuff into ram like now, add next to defaults "sync". That line should now look similar to this:
/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults,sync 1 1
Be aware that your system is probably different, as I use ReiserFS on IDE A partition 3. Just adapt it to your system. Also, a smart thing to do is also add that same sync option to your floppy and Zip drive (if you have one). Taking out a mounted floppy kills the floppy's data.
And about your gui problem (kde eats cpu/ram). Too bad. RH has always been the easiest for new users to learn, but there's waay too much eye candy in RH7.2 and up. I stick with KDE 2.2 . It's gui, and it works. I'm a slackware user, but I'm switching to Debain, as there's dead easy maintenance on upgrading packages.And if you dont have a package, just apt-get install (package name). It automatically gets the package, installs and configures it. It JUST works.
doggammit76
Technical User
In response to krale use on apt-get usefulness, I have RH8 running a port of Debian's apt feature. Sure enough its bliss compared to the native RPM packages in Redhat, but RH8 is kinda neat with its packages installation.
homersi, its a tip for you also try surfing through for the redhat's port of apt amongst other things.
have fun and good luck.
homersi, its a tip for you also
try surfing through for the redhat's port of apt amongst other things. have fun and good luck.
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