Re: newbie installation

From: Keith McKay (keith_at_clanmckay.co.uk)
Date: 09/14/03 

Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:51:24 +0100

"Todd Stephens" <Huzzah!@Huzzah.com> wrote in message
news:Pe%8b.61457$Mb2.1950654@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> Michael Vondung wrote in article
> <cgt8mvgmqg72ocdplksou2k16rm8eg428j@4ax.com>:
>
> > binary packages. Same with KDE (which you can't run). Compiling an
> > entire KDE desktop system with just about everything there is, took
> > roughly nine hours on a P4-2.6Ghz. :)
>
> KDEbase and KDElibs took 2 days on a K6-2 500Mhz. In fact, it wasn't even
> done. I stopped it and used the packages instead.
>
> --
> Todd Stephens
> ICQ# 3150790
> "A witty saying proves nothing."
> -Voltaire

Thanks for the advice Todd, Michael and jpd. I shall scale down my
aspirations for this box. Back to fighting with the kids and wife for time
on the
windoze machines.

Thanks again

Keith McKay
Hamilton, Scotland
e-mail keith@clanmckay.co.uk
".. in cyberspace no one can see your beard.. "