[H-GEN] ximian gnome and redhat

[Rob Kearey]

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Tony Nugent wrote:

>  Has anyone here installed ximian gnome into rh 7.2 (with updates)?
>  What, if anything, broke?  What problems were there with
>  dependencies, library versions and so on?  Did you like the
>  changes?

It works perfectly - Ximian's QA has improved dramatically. up2date, 
however, will break. Ximian wants you to use (and hopefully pay for) Red 
Carpet, which is fair enough.

>  Where can ximian be obtained (in Australia)?  ftp?  Order?

planetmirror.

>  I've heard of something called "gnomehide", apparently a "rawhide"
>  for a "redhat-compatable" ximian-like gnome release.  (I could be
>  wrong).  Anyone know more about this, what it is like, where it can
>  be downloaded?

planetmirror! :)

> (I'm particularly interested in having a look at Evolution and some
> of the ximian/gnome goodies).

Evolution, still is Just Not Quite There Yet. It still gets thrown by 
trivial things, but in six months it'll be Grouse [tm].

> Tony

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