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Resident_Geek
12-29-2002, 05:19 PM
I just got Red Hat 8.0 Personal Edition, and i've got 2 questions.
1. What's the difference between Personal Desktop installation and Workstation installation, and which is better?
2. The box and manual only mention the desktop environment. Will I be able to access the command line?
If you can help, thanks.
Major Luser
12-29-2002, 05:31 PM
1) The workstation installation has more networking admin tools
2) Although they try to hide it, you should be able to bring up a terminal session and get a command line prompt
bosox79
12-29-2002, 05:41 PM
Originally posted by Resident_Geek
I just got Red Hat 8.0 Personal Edition, and i've got 2 questions.
1. What's the difference between Personal Desktop installation and Workstation installation, and which is better?
2. The box and manual only mention the desktop environment. Will I be able to access the command line?
If you can help, thanks.
Hi Resident_Geek
to anwser Your questions
a personal desktop is going to include things meant for a home desktop like Office/Productivity applications & Games & other tools you would use on a personal computer. A default home desktop install does not include development tools. A work station on the other hand is going to include development tools but not have things like games & multimedia by default. (although redhat 8.0 is very sparse when it comes to multimedia support) but it can be added later :cool:
I think this link will help you answer your question
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/s1-steps-type.html
now for your 2nd question. Yes you will be able to access the CL either directly, or though a terminal window Heck you can even setup RH to boot into the CL rather then a GUI (KDE or Gnome)
Hope thats anwsers your questions :)
post back if I can help further:cool:
Resident_Geek
12-29-2002, 09:31 PM
THanks, guys. That's all I needed.
bosox79
12-30-2002, 04:06 AM
Originally posted by Resident_Geek
THanks, guys. That's all I needed.
Resident_Geek,
I am glad I could help:) Welcome to LNO
Rickdog
12-30-2002, 05:04 AM
I always use the custom installation and add whatever I want like system tools, administration, server, etc. You can add individual packages that might otherwise be left out as well.