GUI

[Tom Legrady]

In the last 3 or 4 years,  any Linux/BSD I've installed has had no 
trouble with X ... much easier than trying to support my Canon printer, 
my Palm Pilot, ....

David J Patrick wrote:

> Terrence Enger wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Several years ago, I got a GUI working on my Linux machine, but I 
>> remember that it was a lot of work.  Now, I am tempted to try again, 
>> but worried about the time it may take.  Starting from Slackware 9.0, 
>> how much work might I be looking at?  Would it be a good idea to 
>> upgrade first to Slackware 9.1 to get XFree86 4.3.0?
>>
>> Thank you, all, for your help.
>>
>> Terry.
>>
>>  
>>
> Do you have a Slackware box up and running ?
> Adding a GUI to an older distro might be a bit of a challenge.
> Otherwise, pick a distro; download, burn and install.
>
> Slackware 9.1 comes with GNOME 2.4.0, and KDE 3.1.4. if you are Slack 
> inclined.
>    otherwise
> choose Mandrake or Fedora (RedHat) for an .rpm based system.
> Ark alpha 9 has had glowing reviews.
> Bonzai will help you install a debian based system.
> Gentoo is nirvana for the chronic optimizer.
>
> cruise the big list at distrowatch.com
> These days you'd have to be creative NOT to get a GUI with your distro.
> djp
>
>
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