Crak600 - Michael wrote:
Ok, i have some questions about a few things, just stuff i don't understand.
when i go to reboot, what are the differences between....
KDE GNOME
ICE WM
all of these are different window managers, like themes only way more than that. kde is more like windows style but takes quite a bit of resources, where ice wm ( meaning window manager ) is very fast and uses
less resources but isn't as pretty as kde.
Failsafe
Default
i would guess that failsafe would be kind of like "safe mode" in windows, am i right?
i'm also kind of guessing that default would be the most basic way to enter linux, with no preferences set in the system or anything else, right?
Yes
And yet MORE questions (only reason i'm asking so many in this e-mail is because they all seem to be related to each other)
When booting up the computer and i get to the dual boot option, among the choices is "linux" and "linux-nonfb." what's the difference there?
It is kinda like safe mode in M$, but only root can log in. nonfb = non-frame-buffer. Sometimes necessary with older video cards (I had to use it for a while - I think it was on my Trdent 3DImage). If normal linux is working fine in X, you should never need it.
And one more question...what is ROOT and what is it used for? when would i ever have to use it and how do i get into ROOT? ROOT is used for adding programs or making changes, right?
Root is the administrator level user or the level where you can do anything. really everything you may need root for can be done while logged in as a user. lets say your user name you picked while installing was mike when you login as mike and still need to install something for the whole computer not just you as a user, you can do all that either thru Mandrake Control Center ( mcc from a command line ) or when you learn how you can access root control thru the command line or terminal.
some programs will require you to install them as root and some will allow you to install them as a user, one installs globally ( root, and for everyone using the pc ) the other only installs for the user alone.
This is useful for people who share the box with several people who have their own user access, kinda like profiles in windows, except that in linux each "profile" or user is truly separate from the others requiring a password to access their files and programs. in windows though it looks like they are separate they really aren't until you get into win2000 NT or XP.
i'm searching for the answers online as well, but hoping someone can give me some good definitions of these things, either "on-list" or "off-list", doesn't matter. Thanks a bunch!
Mike
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