On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, David Densmore wrote: > 1. Is Gnome a window manager for X, or is it a replacement for X? > (or it it something else?)
It is something else. Gnome stands for GNU Network Object Model Environment. It is (or will be when completed) a complete desktop based on the GTK+ toolkit. There are already many apps, including some window managers, using it. > > 2. What is the advantage of using a kernel source package in .deb > format as opposed to a generic kernel source in tar.gz format? Sometimes the kernel source packages have patches applied which haven't yet shown up in the tar.gz. files. Otherwise, none. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
