[ale] BlueCurve cure?

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I have found that if you install RedHat 7.2 and then use up2date, you can get 
upgraded packages and keep the desktop. IMHO, upgraded RedHat 7.2 is faster, 
and more stable than 8.0. This technique will probably work with 7.3

Drew

On Saturday 08 February 2003 12:16 pm, Alexander Barton wrote:
> So, I finally upgraded from RedHat 7.3 to 8.0.  I absolutely cannot
> stand the new dumb-downed BlueCurve desktop.  I have a looong rant about
> everything that's wrong and unfixable with BlueCurve, but I'll spare you.
>
> I want my old GNOME desktop back like it was in 7.3.  RedHat's
> documentation mentions setting the desktop in /etc/sysconfig/desktop,
> but it looks as if BlueCurve *is* the GNOME desktop in 8.0.  Is there an
> easy way to go back?  Perhaps some theme or configuration file
> somewhere?  Help!
>
> At this point, I'm about ready to resinstall 7.3 and then manually
> upgrade, package by package, form all the non-GNOME rpms in 8.0.
>
> Perhaps it's time to drop RedHat and investigate Mandrake or Debian?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Alexander
>
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