[SunHELP] Helix Gnome?

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I'm running windomaker/gnome(helix code) on an Ultra 10/Solaris 
8/Creator card and it works great. The only caveat about the helix code 
stuff is that a.) It really only does run on Ultra's (Solaris 7 or 8 
only) with creator cards and b.) Some of the stuff was written for the 
x86 platform, and does not work properly on a sun box, i.e. CPU 
applets, etc. Plus compiling things yourself may allow you to optimize 
the performance. Just realize that not everything will work right after 
the install.
-Blake

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From: clayton [mailto:clayton at webdata.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:09 PM
To: sunhelp
Cc: clayton
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Helix Gnome?


Brian,

The packages is 80Mb so you will need bandwidth or patience.

It was fine on my Ultra 10 with Solaris 8 (don't know if there are 
issues with 2.6 etc al). I already had Gnome installed, but the script 
should be able to sort fresh installs.

The proprietary X in Solaris make it even sharper than Linux ( not 
disin 
Linux or anything). Playing devils advocate Ximian is "perty" and gives 
you compatibility to Gnome and KDE apps.

Regards
Clayton


brian wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone on these lists tried installing the Ximian Gnome package 
via
> the install script that they supply?  I'd like to get some feedback
> before trying it.  I heard that it is much nicer than the standard 
Gnome
> that ships with most linux distros - which I've never liked.  Guess I
> better get used to it though...  This is the same package that ships
> with the sol8 01/01 media kit right?
> 
> TiA
> -brian
> 
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