Re: X - window manager - desktop

2002-11-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:01:46PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Paul, I too find having a desktop unnecessary. I do prefer using the > command line most of the time because it's quicker. By the time I reach for > my mouse, I've already wasted a good second when I could have type 5 or > more charac

Re: X - window manager - desktop

2002-11-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Friday 08 November 2002 19:08, David Z Maze wrote: > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:01:46PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > >> Now for my next question, do desktops such as gnome and kde require a > >> specific version of window manager? > > > > Not that I kno

Re: X - window manager - desktop

2002-11-08 Thread David Z Maze
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:01:46PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: >> Now for my next question, do desktops such as gnome and kde require a >> specific version of window manager? > > Not that I know of. I've heard rumors that KDE only really works well with kw

Re: X - window manager - desktop

2002-11-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:01:46PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > So window manager is optional but not really necessary? Optional but rather necissary. > Now for my next question, do desktops such as gnome and kde require a > specific version of window manager? Not that I know of. -- .''`.

Re: X - window manager - desktop

2002-11-08 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Friday, 08 November 2002, 01:01 PM -0500): > >From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: X - window manager - desktop > >Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:06:00 -0800 > > > >On F

Re: X - window manager - desktop

2002-11-08 Thread Bruce Park
From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: X - window manager - desktop Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:06:00 -0800 On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:35:33AM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > the X? What exactly is a window manager? twm, enlightment, sawfish ... I The windo

Re: X - window manager - desktop

2002-11-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:35:33AM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > the X? What exactly is a window manager? twm, enlightment, sawfish ... I The window manager handles things like window title bars, resizing, and other basic window elements. You can run X without a window manager, though you won't be

X - window manager - desktop

2002-11-07 Thread Bruce Park
Hello all, I have a question regarding how linux sets up a GUI interface. As far as I can understand this, the first thing it needs to do is run the X server. I'm going to guess here and I will say that a window manager runs on top of the X? What exactly is a window manager? twm, enlightment, s