> 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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