To: Mandrake Newbie
Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnome vs. KDE
On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 08:39, JoeHill wrote:
> BTW, you can see my family, such as it is, at:
> http://nodex.sytes.net/family/
Our sincere sympathies lie with your wife and daughter.
> can you believe a schmo like me ended up with th
Are you converting to XFCE? :)
My plan is on any future installs, to just install xfce and pekwm.
Well, don't need to intstall pekwm since it's just in my home dir.
I like ice, but as rarely as i use it, i'll let it go. Also, i won't
have to worry about that stupid gtk problem since ice is t
On 21 Jul 2003 14:21:18 +1000
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
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> Some of us are on dial-up.
Whinge.
ha ha! I got to say it fer once!
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On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 14:07, JoeHill wrote:
> On 21 Jul 2003 13:58:05 +1000
> Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
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> > Crickey - now I have to get outta XFCE, get into WindowMaker and do
> > this all over again! Dang! (g)
>
> shite, with his rpms I was in and out in 10 minutes...minus the
On 21 Jul 2003 13:58:05 +1000
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Crickey - now I have to get outta XFCE, get into WindowMaker and do
> this all over again! Dang! (g)
shite, with his rpms I was in and out in 10 minutes...minus the download
time of course!
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Joehill
Registered Linux use
On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 12:08, Todd Slater wrote:
> They're ready: http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/
>
> Todd
Crickey - now I have to get outta XFCE, get into WindowMaker and do this
all over again! Dang! (g)
Thanks, Todd - you're a great bloke!
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Mon Jul 21 13:55:00 EST 2003
13:55:00 up 7 d
They're ready: http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/
Todd
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:18:57 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Wow. If you can get those put together, I'd really like to give it a
> try. Thanks.
>
>
> Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 14:45:54 -0400
> >J
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:39:59 -0400
JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:18:57 -0400
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
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> > if I can get the girls to bed at a decent hour
>
> I saw your pics on your site, your family is beatiful!
>
> How much has really changed since RC1?
On Sunday 20 July 2003 11:05 am, Brooks Family wrote:
> Hi all. I've got Mandrake 9.1 and I'm currently using Gnome2.2 for my
> desktop. However, I've noticed that there are a lot more things that
> seem to be written for KDE (themes, applications, etc.). What makes KDE
> so much more popular tha
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 14:21:33 -0500
Brooks Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> I'm not real big on KDE either. I like Gnome because it seems to be
> very configurable and looks smoother than KDE.
>
> What do you mean by "Bloat"?
like having to load a whole bunch of background processes just t
I'm not real big on KDE either. I like Gnome because it seems to be
very configurable and looks smoother than KDE.
What do you mean by "Bloat"?
JoeHill wrote:
I personally *hate* KDE, but that's just me. Bloat (like Gnome) with
incompatible themes (qt) and a more and more Windows-like interfac
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:05:46 -0500
Brooks Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Hi all. I've got Mandrake 9.1 and I'm currently using Gnome2.2 for my
>
> desktop. However, I've noticed that there are a lot more things that
> seem to be written for KDE (themes, applications, etc.). What makes
>
> Find is a bad example - it's got bugger all to do with KDE - it's a
stand
> alone program, which utilises none of KDE's libraries, GUI or much
else.
>
> You are talking about the console command 'find' aren't you? You
know, 'find
> / -user "*.OLD" -exec rm -f {} \;' type find aren't you... other
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:49:35 -0400, Naish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> which are the important differences between them?
> (not the stupid ones, only the important)
> Thanks...
> Jorge
Any kind of KDE vs GNOME review would be very subjective. In the end, it comes
down to personal preferenc
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:39:15PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote:
> On Thursday 13 September 2001 20:25, you wrote:
> > Funny you should mention that. Isn't there a way to
> > move it? I'm scared to death I'm going to hit Lock
> > accidentally and then not know how to get back.
>
>
>
> --
On Thursday 13 September 2001 20:25, you wrote:
> Funny you should mention that. Isn't there a way to
> move it? I'm scared to death I'm going to hit Lock
> accidentally and then not know how to get back.
If I recall when you hit lock, you can recover by
On Thursday 13 September 2001 20:25, you wrote:
> I'm scared to death I'm going to hit Lock
> accidentally and then not know how to get back.
Just enter your password.
And yeah, I always accidently hit logout in the K menu. Having the most
destructive element being placed first in a menu is b
Funny you should mention that. Isn't there a way to
move it? I'm scared to death I'm going to hit Lock
accidentally and then not know how to get back.
--- Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not sure, it probably depends on what you feel is
> important. For example,
> you might call this s
I think Gnome is more resource hungry.
Two examples are xine(a multimedia player) and the command "find"
available in both environments.
My machine(PIII 600, 256MB-RAM) can run xine at its full speed
(200 frames on 200) only under KDE.
Also if i try to find a file using the respective tool, KDE
Does anybody know which is more memory and resource intensive?
KDE1/KDE2 or Gnome?
Kelly, Christopher wrote:
> Okay, I'm curious. How can I use Gnome instead of KDE? And what are the
> differneces?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Kelly
> Registered Linux user 185775
>
>
>
>
usually gnome and kde desktops get installed simultaneously. u can use
either of them at the time of initial logging in. thereafter Mandrake72
asks u in what desktop u want to start using it. Click on Gnome or KDe
ro wm or any other. Presto!On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Kelly, Christopher wrote:
> Okay, I
Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Okay, I'm curious. How can I use Gnome instead of KDE?
>
> When you boot up, at the login screen there should be a big list of desktop
> options in a dropdown box. Right now it probally says KDE, but you can pick
> any you want.
>
> >And what are the
> Okay, I'm curious. How can I use Gnome instead of KDE?
When you boot up, at the login screen there should be a big list of desktop
options in a dropdown box. Right now it probally says KDE, but you can pick
any you want.
>And what are the differneces?
The best way to explain it is to jus
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