[ltp] two questions -- 600E / X / RAM

Tony Willoughby linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
16 Apr 2002 15:00:27 -0400


On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 14:53, Rob Bell wrote:
> I'm pretty new to Linux, but I do have RedHat 7.2 on my ThinkPad A21p 
> and I'm using (what I believe is) KDE/Gnome.  I've seem people talk 
> about both KDE and Gnome separately.  Could someone clarify what each 
> one is or point me to an on-line resource that does?  I guess I should 
> know what I'm using before deciding whether to switch.

Hi Rob,

KDE and GNOME are different.  They are desktops and include a suite of
applications.  If you have space on your disk it's best to install both,
that way you could run KDE apps on GNOME, and vice-versa.  

People get religious about it, I use KDE, but both are functional.  

www.kde.org

www.gnome.org




> 
> Thanks,
> Rob
> 
> mark@texar.com wrote:
> 
> > Okay, I'll put in my $0.02 (CAN ;)  I've long used fvwm2.  I've only 
> > recently switched to Gnome/Sawfish because Java applications don't work 
> > well with fvwm2.  The thing that I like best (can't work without?) about 
> > both environments is that you can assign actions to the root desktop. So 
> > instead of having to clear away windows to find my shortcuts, I can use 
> > any blank space on the desktop and hit "x" to launch a new xterm, "n" to 
> > launch netscape, etc...  Not as visually pleasing, but once you're used 
> > to it, it's much quicker.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Mark
> 
> 
> 
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