I am happily running KDE on a PII-450 with 256M so horsepower should not be 
an issue.

IMHO, KDE is more like windows in appearance and functionality so the 
transition from a windows box would not be difficult.

Others more knowledgeable about development suites can best answer your last 
question.

On Friday 11 October 2002 19:44, you wrote:
> Nearly all my Linux use has been using bash on boxes used as servers or
> for machine control.  I used X ages ago on solaris and rs6000 boxes.
> Now I have a Celeron 433 box available with 512 RAM that I want to set
> up as a Linux desktop to really and truly begin my walk down the yellow
> brick road away from the M$ desktop.  My questions are: 1) does this 433
> celeron have enough horsepower for GNOME or KDE?  and 2) which of the
> two is better suited for a new Linux GUI user?   I have RH 7.2.
>
> Also, 3) are there any good open source development environments
> available (replacement for visual studio or codewrite)?  (yes, vi is an
> option, but I've become addicted to the color-coded keywords)
>
> Thanks.
>
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