As I have not used garnome before, could I ask some basic questions, please?
Is each package downloaded and installed immediately, or are they all downloaded first and then all installed?
If the latter, I assume that I could disconnect from the internet when they start installing. Thus cutting down on the time I am connected. ( I am limited as to the length of time I can connect each week). Also, if they are installed after all being downloaded, will I need the CDs just during the installation? It would save me having to keep watching the download.
Bad news: they are downloaded, compiled, and installed one by one. It takes a few hours, most of the time spent compiling (I have a dsl). You only need the CDs during installation. The process will stop with an error message, always in my experience because "something.h" can't be found. At that point install "whatever-devel.rpm", type "make" again, and it all keeps going. Occasionally some detective work with google or the like is required to find that "something.h" is provided by "whatever-devel.rpm". BTW I am not sure it is all worth the trouble: I did it out of curiosity, played with it for 20 minutes, and went right back to plain old fluxbox with gkrellm in the corner. Henry Harpending