Re: [Re: [Helix Gnome KDE (was RE: [newbie] Gnome Desktop looks like Enl ightenment)]]
pungki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi May I know where I can find blackbox website , please? I need documentation about Blackbox, like FAQ, HOWTO or something like that. Because I don't understand how to use blackbox. Even I don't know how to change background. :-( Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Pungki === If you want slick backgrounds and eye-candy, you may wish to stick with Gnome, or KDE, or Enlightenment. Not sure myself if "background in Blckbox can be changed. It's a window manager, NOT a desktop environment. In fact it can be used as a window manager for KDE (check mandrake website). I like the minimalsit nature of Blackbox. Plain background with just a tiny, thin bar on the bottom to control windows and workspaces. Try experimenting by clicking on your desktop with the right mouse button. Then try the middle button. [If you don't have a middle button, use both at the same time to simulate.] You can add workspaces and use the bar at the bottom to scrol through them. If you have more than one window open in a given workspace, you can use the buttons on the right side of the bar to scroll through those. Because it is sooo minimalist, blackbox is very fast. It's become my wm of choice (for now ;o) ). You can try (I think) www.blackbox.org or just enter "Blackbox" into the Google search engine and see what that turns up. there is a websire, but I can't find the url just now (thought I had bookmarked it, but not on this box -- probably my laptop). HTH, Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Re: [Helix Gnome KDE (was RE: [newbie] Gnome Desktop looks like Enl ightenment)]
Hi May I know where I can find blackbox website , please? I need documentation about Blackbox, like FAQ, HOWTO or something like that. Because I don't understand how to use blackbox. Even I don't know how to change background. :-( Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Pungki I've really learned to appreciate Blackbox, despite the fact that I have a 750mhz Athlon thunderbird w/256 mb RAM. In addition to being lightweight, w/ a small footprint, it is VERY user friendly and efficient. I highly recommend giving it a try. Mike BTW, I do occasionally use KDE, and a bit less frequently play with Helix-Gnome. Both of their apps work under Blackbox "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing and dreadful idolatry took place there!" Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century
Re: [Helix Gnome KDE (was RE: [newbie] Gnome Desktop looks like Enl ightenment)]
Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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? = Gnome is defintely NOT a window manager, but rather a "desktop environment". Unlike KDE which comes with it's own window manager (kwm), Gnome needs an independent window manager like Sawfish (the wm du jour) or Enlightenment, the former default wm. I've really learned to appreciate Blackbox, despite the fact that I have a 750mhz Athlon thunderbird w/256 mb RAM. In addition to being lightweight, w/ a small footprint, it is VERY user friendly and efficient. I highly recommend giving it a try. Mike BTW, I do occasionally use KDE, and a bit less frequently play with Helix-Gnome. Both of their apps work under Blackbox "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing and dreadful idolatry took place there!" Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
