Contributing Back as Thanks

[John Krische]

howdy all.

As thanks for the help over the last couple days, I thought I should 
contribute something linux related, not just the lingual history stuff. 
  So, here it is; a link for people who are more recent linux converts 
like me.

For those users who prefer operating in a GUI enviroment, any good GUI 
tools one can get for system-level admin functions are a blessing, 
*especially* for converts like me.  Though I use mostly ssh and terminal 
access now, having GUI tools for some things would have helped a lot in 
the early conversion period.  Though the RH/FC family has been pretty 
good about this for a while now, some things were missing.

I've long been a fan of Debian's APT system updating tool, and it's got 
a pretty good GUI called Synaptic.  When I discovered that FC2 included 
YUM, I immediately started looking for a GUI for it, since Yum and Apt 
operate on extremely similar models and thus Yum should in theory be 
just as good a thing to have a GUI for as Apt.

So, new users and/or those interested in a Yum GUI, there is a pretty 
good one available called "yumi", available from Cobind.  They are busy 
making a custom desktop enviroment package, kind of like Ximian, sort 
of, part of which is a Yum GUI that you can download independently. 
Just search Google for "cobind yum gui" and you'll find it right away. 
It's a VERY small download, like only 50K or so.  I think you will like 
it.  Versions are available for all RH/FC releases since RH9.

I'm sure many users already know of this tool, but little things like 
this have to be restated once in a while to get newer users caught up.

Thanks again everyone!

-- 
John Krische
DB Admin, Ntwk. Admin.
BBS Press Service, Inc.
A Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer