On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:58:11 +1100 Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 28 Nov 2002 15:26:37 +1100, Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 23:35, Len Lawrence wrote: > > > Well, that's it. No more Mandrake. Linux Format provided 9.0 on DVD > > > -----------------------snip snip snip --------------------------- > GNOME is not the problem, you just need to know how to configure it. Nobody is > forcing you to use Metacity. In fact, Sawfish is still the official WM of the > GNOME Project, at least for the time being. I use Sawfish instead of Metacity in > GNOME. Nautilus' management of the desktop can be turned off in its preferences, > leaving you with a bare desktop. You don't need to be root to alter any GNOME > settings. > > So with that said, what exactly is wrong with GNOME2 that pushed you back to > GNOME1? I have found GNOME2 to be leagues ahead of its predecessor. It is not > quite as functional yet, but no doubt it will get there soon. It is already much > faster and easier to use. No, my complaint was basically about the window manager. I did not realise that Nautilus could be replaced by Sawfish, et al. I had (mis)understood that the various components were inextricably entangled. Thanks Sridhar, will explore the options. -- Len Lawrence
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