Fedora Core formalism

[David Bandel]

On 3/10/07, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > OK, so I got my fancy new box set up so I can chain load FC on my second
> > drive from SuSE on my first drive.  I use LILO 'cause I don't know
> > nuthin' about GRUB.
>
> It might not hurt to learn about GRUB, seeing as how all the major distros
> are now using GRUB.

By default.  Fortunately, LILO is still available.  Most distros did
this for the same reason many still use M$ -- it's easier.  With LILO
you have to remember to run lilo after installing a new kernel (which
is hard for the masses to do).  But with GRUB, if a remote boot goes
wrong, you're hosed (which most folks never need worry about).
Hopefully, LILO will be with us forever because GRUB is totally
unacceptable to some of us.

>
> > I loaded up FC-6 on the second hard drive.  It constructs a root
> > partition and something called a VolGroup, rather than a swap partition
> > (which is what I would expect).  Who can enlighten me?
>
> The VolGroup is the LVM block o-data that FC uses by default in place of
> the more traditional partitions.  Normally swap isn't included inside an
> LVM volume.  Are you sure that you have a swap partition somewhere?

try `swapon -s` and see to see if you're using swap.

>
> >
> > Also, the FC installer installed Gnome, and I don't remember being asked
> > to make a selection between Gnome and KDE.  How can I get it to install
> > KDE as the default?
>
> Installing KDE & making it the default or two completely separate tasks.
> You can use yum to install whatever you want.  If you want to make KDE the
> default for a specific user, then just select it when logging in, and
> you'll get prompted to make it the default.  if you want KDE to be the
> default for everyone, you can configure it in /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>

And the masses can keep KDE and Gnome too.  I'll stick w/ Openbox,
thanx.  At least with KDE (don't know about Gnome, but assume it is
similar), it's slow to load, eats memory, has a bunch of unnecessary
junk, and fights me like crazy -- no right-click menu on the screen.
Those of us who's first GUI was mwm have a tough time with the M$ way
of doing things.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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