Graham, I only use KDE as my window environment/manager.
Thanks LX for the DCOP info. That cleared the fog. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Lyvim Xaphir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:38 PM To: NewbieMandrake-List Subject: Re: [newbie] What is ICE and DCOP? On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 11:21, Burrows, Scott wrote: > > Hey all, > > Newbie question here. I have a MD8.1 system. > > What are the following files in my home folder for? If they are corrupted > or deleted what happens to > the system? > > 1) ICEauthority > > 2) DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain_0: > > > Thanks > > Scott Burrows Scott, Truthfully, I'm not sure about ICE. But DCOP is a process that allows desktop application interoperability under KDE. I run Enlightenment with the KDE compatibility mode enabled and DCOP runs a symlink in my home dir as well. It allows cutting and pasting between apps, among other things. HTH, LX _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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