[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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