Contributing Back as Thanks
Randy Shaver
randyshaver at comcast.net
Thu Aug 19 22:14:40 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 16:02, John Krische wrote:
> 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
>
Thanks John, you helped on your first try! I downloaded and installed
YUMI and am enjoying the ease of its use.
I'm new to FC2 but I've dabbled with Linux off and on for several years
though I have to admit that I am a GUI junkie. When I had more time (no
children) I read all I could on Linux and installed Slackware from
scratch on the command line, but I don't have that much time and I need
to have a system that is up and running as quickly as possible.
I'm sure I'll have questions for this list and I promise to do my
research before asking.
Again, thanks for the YUMI tip.
Randy
Randy
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