On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, John J. Boyer wrote: > > Can it [GUI] do anything that you can't do in console mode? > > Probably. I never suffered from that yet though. Indeed. GUI-only users can never hope to access the full power of Linux. No GUI, on any OS, can ever hope to provide the flexibility and options you can get through the shells and associated tools, using the Unix modular toolset philosophy. These issues have been discussed before on this list, in detail. See the list archives for more info. > > Is the Mozilla browser usable in console mode? > > No. However there are two alternatives that work in text mode: > lynx and links (note the spelling). And there are some other options which may be even better, for some users, both line oriented, and through emacspeak... (leaving it to actual users of these to give the details). > > I will have to start my installation with a floppy, since I > > can't boot from my cd-rom. Does the disk set that Redhat > > sells for $60 include an installation boot floppy? > > Don't know. However you can find the floppy image and the > tools to write it from DOS on the CD itself as well as on > RedHat's FTP site. And save your money. Unless you have some use for the paper documentation that comes with the boxed sets, or want phone support (they would probably want to walk you through using some GUI configuration tools), you could do just as well with the cheap CD's sold by other vendors like cheapbytes.com (see the blinux FAQ for details, including how to get online documentation). If you have a fast connection and a CD writer, you can even download the ISO CD images for free. -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html