Steven P. Administrators Posted December 26, 2002 Administrators Share Posted December 26, 2002 https://rhn.redhat.com/new_rhn.pxt everynow and then I like to try out some Linux distros, but lately I can't even find any screens of the new improved RH8 "Bluecurve" GUI can anyone help before I download it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 Wait a minute! I believe such a thread has already been started. Better delete your own thread and look for the other one! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 The stuff you asked http://ejk.myip.org:88/gallery/view_album....=album06&page=1 If you are going to try RH you may read this review http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1842 For your viewing pleasure RH 8.1 beta screenies http://192.197.108.174/modules.php?set_alb...=view_album.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/ (Flash action of how it looks like) http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/R.../install-guide/ (manual that has the screenshots) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 LOL!!!! Bad Neobond, making duplicate threads in your own forum :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li_Lee Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 i love redhat 8, so i hope you do too Neobond :) good luck with the installation and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 i love redhat 8 I do agree, RedHat has done the job very well this time. Their UI attached me as well. You still can have it in any of Linux distros and *BSD, thought. Basically, you can install the Bluecurve theme in Gnome 1.4/2. Also, install Xft2/Fontconfig or install the very lastest XFree86 CVS version or wait for XFree86 4.3 to be release. Right now, I am using Gnome 2.1.5 CVS version in FreeBSD 5.0-rc2 with Bluecurve and LighthouseBlue themes. I like LighthouseBlue theme better, which it's based on Bluecurve. LighthouseBlue -> http://lighthouseblue.sourceforge.net Here are my last week screenshots: http://mezzweb.com:81/images/Screenshot.png (That time, I am compiling the gaim 0.60 CVS version w/ gtk2) http://mezzweb.com:81/images/Screenshot-1.png (Using gaim 0.60 CVS version.) Umm, gotta to love Xft2/Fontconfig (the tools that make the fonts smooth) and better UI in Gnome2.1.xx.. :wub: so i hope you do too Neobond :) good luck with the installation and all We will find out when he creates Neolinux.net or whatever relating to *nix. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokhra Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 mezz do you have any screens of Mozilla viewing a few web sites? Id like to see how your fonts render on there as the main reason im not in RedHat 8.0 right now is that the fonts for web sites still look messed up to me and your fonts look all round better for some reason. Also, do you know how to mount an ntfs partition in RedHat 8.0? They seem to have removed the NTFS support :s Cheers, Tokhra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 mezz do you have any screens of Mozilla viewing a few web sites? Id like to see how your fonts render on there as the main reason im not in RedHat 8.0 right now is that the fonts for web sites still look messed up to me and your fonts look all round better for some reason. I don't have Mozilla install in FreeBSD, but Phoenix. Do you still want to see the screenshot of it? I have RedHat 8 installed on my brother's laptop (as main desktop for him) and family computer (dual boot). My family is using those machines right now, so I can check on Mozilla in RedHat 8 later this evening or tonight. Have you put Windows's fonts in RedHat 8, yet? All you have to do are put those fonts in the ~/.fonts. BTW: This has been posted in here once a while, so try use the search funtion first. Also, do you know how to mount an ntfs partition in RedHat 8.0? They seem to have removed the NTFS support I suggest you to read few of topics bottom. This one has been posted as a new topic in the near every two/three days. Use the search function in here will help you find them better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 Oh BTW: I just took a look at RedHat 8.1 beta's announces, again.. -> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn...014-26-NW-RH-SW PHOEBE is 6 CDs of software (3 binary, 3 source), including, amongother things: - the latest in bleeding-edge desktop and XFree86 technology - Mozilla 1.2.1, with Xft antialiased fonts - glibc-2.3.1, with the new Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL), for performant and scalable threading So, my first quess would be that RedHat doesn't compile Mozilla with Xft by default in RedHat 8? You can grab Mozilla source code, compile and install by yourself. I think, Mozilla should be has the Xft enable by default. Or, if you prefer rpm then you can search for one that has the Xft enable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 I tried RH 8 w/ Bluecurve to see what the fuss is about. Redhat has done an incredible job and put a lot of work into it but I don't like it. I've never liked KDE or Gnome. I'm tweaking an E16 theme w/ for me is much more practical. As far as standardizing the desktop though they are doing a great job and it will make it *much* easier for many to learn using Linux on the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 So, my first quess would be that RedHat doesn't compile Mozilla with Xft by default in RedHat 8? RH 8 is bundled with mozilla 1.0.1, it dosesn't support xft xft support was introduced in 1.2b @Tokhra Compile 1.2 with --enable-xft option or get a xft enabled binary from their ftp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Thanks, Prasanth.. I guess, I don't have to check on the different computers that have the RedHat 8 installed. I didn't know that RedHat 8 has Mozilla 1.01 (I thought, it was like 1.1 or 1.2) by default, so Prasanth already answered perfect to your question/problem. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vassie Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Screenshots and full review :) http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1842 Enjoy Ben :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Screenshots and full review :)http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1842 Enjoy Ben :) You need to read the replies, right before you make any of comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vassie Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Screenshots and full review :)http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1842 Enjoy Ben :) You need to read the replies, right before you make any of comment. I was only trying to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li_Lee Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 sorry if this is going off topic, but does anyone know if Redhat 8.1 (Phoebe) will come with all the mpg123 stuff installed etc so you can play music etc like Redhat 8.0 doesnt let you? (hm, hope that made sense :blink:) thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 I really doubt it. However, its quite easy to install so it shouldn't be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeiro Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 i love redhat 8 I do agree, RedHat has done the job very well this time. Their UI attached me as well. You still can have it in any of Linux distros and *BSD, thought. Basically, you can install the Bluecurve theme in Gnome 1.4/2. Also, install Xft2/Fontconfig or install the very lastest XFree86 CVS version or wait for XFree86 4.3 to be release. Right now, I am using Gnome 2.1.5 CVS version in FreeBSD 5.0-rc2 with Bluecurve and LighthouseBlue themes. I like LighthouseBlue theme better, which it's based on Bluecurve. LighthouseBlue -> http://lighthouseblue.sourceforge.net Here are my last week screenshots: http://mezzweb.com:81/images/Screenshot.png (That time, I am compiling the gaim 0.60 CVS version w/ gtk2) http://mezzweb.com:81/images/Screenshot-1.png (Using gaim 0.60 CVS version.) Umm, gotta to love Xft2/Fontconfig (the tools that make the fonts smooth) and better UI in Gnome2.1.xx.. :wub: so i hope you do too Neobond :) good luck with the installation and all We will find out when he creates Neolinux.net or whatever relating to *nix. :p Hi, Mezz Could you help a newbie as me to install that wonderful theme on redhat8? I'm really newbie on Linux (one week) so I have problem ton install it. So I went to http://lighthouseblue.sourceforge.net patch GTK+ with the redhat8 rpm., then I went to soucerforge and DL the theme. I uncompress the gz, did ./configure and I finally got an error "GTK-+2.0 not found" ... Could you please give me a link for DL and a howto to have that theme? thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Isn't lighthouseblue a bluecurve port for other distros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Hi, Mezz Could you help a newbie as me to install that wonderful theme on redhat8? Yes, I can.. I uncompress the gz, did ./configure and I finally got an error "GTK-+2.0 not found" ... You need to install the Gnome developer in the package option, which it's already on CD. It's best to re-check the auto update to see if there's any of packages that you need to update too. After that, go ahead compile/install LighthouseBlue theme. Could you please give me a link for DL and a howto to have that theme? I believe, RedHat install stuff in the /usr, so you need to put "/usr" in the prefix like this.. In FreeBSD, it would be /usr/X11R6.. # ./configure --prefix=/usr # make # make install Isn't lighthouseblue a bluecurve port for other distros? No, but based on bluecurve. He improved/modified the Bluecurve and named it to LighthouseBlue. It's not same, but better in my opinion. You can download Bluecurve from Redhat.com in the ftp mirrors and install it on any of Linux distro, *BSD or other OSs w/ GTK1/2. It's called something like redhat-art.rpm or like that something. More information about LighthouseBlue -> http://lighthouseblue.sourceforge.net/gtk/index.html . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeiro Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Hi, Mezz Could you help a newbie as me to install that wonderful theme on redhat8? Yes, I can.. I uncompress the gz, did ./configure and I finally got an error "GTK-+2.0 not found" ... You need to install the Gnome developer in the package option, which it's already on CD. It's best to re-check the auto update to see if there's any of packages that you need to update too. After that, go ahead compile/install LighthouseBlue theme. Could you please give me a link for DL and a howto to have that theme? I believe, RedHat install stuff in the /usr, so you need to put "/usr" in the prefix like this.. In FreeBSD, it would be /usr/X11R6.. # ./configure --prefix=/usr # make # make install Isn't lighthouseblue a bluecurve port for other distros? No, but based on bluecurve. He improved/modified the Bluecurve and named it to LighthouseBlue. It's not same, but better in my opinion. You can download Bluecurve from Redhat.com in the ftp mirrors and install it on any of Linux distro, *BSD or other OSs w/ GTK1/2. It's called something like redhat-art.rpm or like that something. More information about LighthouseBlue -> http://lighthouseblue.sourceforge.net/gtk/index.html . Thank you very much it's work :D So I had to do a mkdir to /usr/share/themes/LightHouseBlue, then log as root and do the following - go to uncompress folder - # ./configure --prefix=/usr - # make - # make install - apply the theme. There is something who bother me its that jaggy font in Mozilla ...I installed Mozilla 1.2.1 with xft enable but the font still ugly ! I have smooth font for desktop icons but the text in gaim is jaggy (your is neat) ! How do you have all your windows with smooth font? where can I DL or how to enable it? thanks Mezz ;) edit: Where can I get that wonderful theme for gaim? (sorry for so many questions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 As for the question regarding fonts in mozilla: You need to compile mozilla from source with --enable-xft switch. Or get a xft tweaked mozilla from their nighty builds directory on their ftp. http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly...perimental/xft/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Package Version Date Notes / Monitor Download lighthouseblue 0.6.2 December 1, 2002 - Download lighthouseblue gtk1 0.6.2 December 1, 2002 - Download lighthouseblue gtk2 0.6.1 November 28, 2002 - Download lighthouseblue metacity 0.6 December 3, 2002 - Download Which one do you download? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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