Both KDE and GNOME are shells which can run on top of the window manager
of your choice.
I run KDE on sawmill and GNOME on enlightenment.
Helix-Gnome has become my desktop of choice. Most Kde apps can be run
from the menu and all can be run from terminal.
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 11:24 AM
Subject: Helix Gnome & KDE (was RE: [newbie] Gnome Desktop looks like
Enlightenment)
> Is it obvious how to make it not use the Enlightenment as the window
> manager?
>
> I was checking out www.HelixGnome.com and wanted to try that out has
anyone
> tried this yet? Can I still use my KDE apps with Gnome?
>
> Gnome must be different than KDE or BlackBox or Enlightnement, I thought
it
> was a Window Manager but I guess not?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel J. Ferris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnome Desktop looks like Enlightenment
>
>
> Mark Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Maybe my newbieness is really showig here but I was checking out the
other
> > desktops last night and after I check out Enlightenment I checked out
> Gnome.
> > I got the Gnome task bar and file manager and etc. but it had
> Enlightenment
> > window borders and desktop menus. Did something get screwed up or is
this
> > how things work?
>
> Gnome uses the Enlightenment window manager.
>
> It can also use a couple others as well.
>
> Dan
>
>
