new to fedora core 5 software tips needed

[John Wendel]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 14:32 -0500, Troy Bull wrote:
>> I am new to FC5 and I have a couple of questions about what software you 
>> would recommend.  I am looking for a good terminal emulation program, I 
>> use SecureCRT on windows and it stores profiles for each site I 
>> frequently go to  it is very nice.  It also stores password (which is 
>> handy), it has a tabbed interface and many different emulations are 
>> supported.  What do you guys suggest that I use.  I had been pointed at 
>> kshell but I can't find it so if you could give me a name and a website 
>> for your suggestions that would be great.
> 
> This depends on what you are trying to do.  These days most things
> understand xterm emulation so you don't need others unless you are
> connecting to something very old.  Generally you just open a local
> terminal window (gnome-terminal is under
> Applications/Accessories/Terminal but xterm or kconsole work as well),
> then ssh to another machine.  If you have a normal login at the
> remote end, you can set up ssh keys so you don't need a password.
> However, if you would prefer to run a GUI program at the remote
> machine you can just use ssh to start it directly with the window
> opening locally instead of using a text mode terminal at all.
> 
>> Secondly on windows I use desktop post it notes can you suggest anything 
>> that would be similar.  I found "goats" but I couldn't get it to 
>> compile.  So again, a name and website would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Right-mouse on your top gnome panel, click add-to-panel, then pick
> tomboy-notes from the menu.  But if you want something more like
> a to-do list, look at the tasks and memos sections of Evolution.
> 
>> I am also interested in a clipboard extender, something that will keep 
>> track of my previous things sent to the clipboard, on windows I used to 
>> use clipmate.
> 
> Not sure about this - I usually just leave the source window open for
> as long as I might want anything on it.  Or, if it is a shell command
> I've typed I recall it from shell history.
> 

If you're coming from Windows, you might find that KDE is more to your 
taste than Gnome. Take a look at <http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/> 
to get a "better" version of KDE for FC.

KDE has "Klipper" that keeps your clipboard history, and "Knotes". I 
don't use Gnome, so I don't know if they will work in that environment.

Regards,

John