101027 Dale wrote:
>> Have you looked at Mutt ?
> I'm guessing it is a command line thing. I like a GUI.
> I could have used Lynx to access my email and not even have fluxbox.
Well, everyone's preferences are different. However,
Mutt isn't "command-line", rather it's "text-based", ie non-GUI:
it
Peter Humphrey wrote:
On Thursday 28 October 2010 00:21:25 Dale wrote:
It's sort of hard to check my email with no GUI tho.
I didn't suggest you should run without X all the time :-)
I know. I could check it with Lynx but I would have to gargle my mouth
first. lol
Dale
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:43:34PM -0500, Dale wrote:
> I'm guessing it is a command line thing. I like a GUI. I could have
> used Lynx to access my email and not even have fluxbox. ^_^ Gmail has
> web access so I could do it that way I guess.
You can, in fact, also read G-mail with Mutt thr
Apparently, though unproven, at 11:24 on Thursday 28 October 2010, Peter
Humphrey did opine thusly:
> On Thursday 28 October 2010 00:21:25 Dale wrote:
> > It's sort of hard to check my email with no GUI tho.
>
> I didn't suggest you should run without X all the time :-)
Why not? If he was using
On Thursday 28 October 2010 00:21:25 Dale wrote:
> It's sort of hard to check my email with no GUI tho.
I didn't suggest you should run without X all the time :-)
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Philip Webb wrote:
101027 Dale wrote:
It's sort of hard to check my email with no GUI tho.
Have you looked at Mutt ?
I'm guessing it is a command line thing. I like a GUI. I could have
used Lynx to access my email and not even have fluxbox. ^_^ Gmail has
web access so I c
101027 Dale wrote:
> It's sort of hard to check my email with no GUI tho.
Have you looked at Mutt ?
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Peter Humphrey wrote:
On Wednesday 27 October 2010 06:52:10 Dale wrote:
I once had kdm to fail on me during a KDE upgrade. I think it was a
version mismatch of some kind because later on as it emerged more
packages, it worked fine.
Whenever I have a wholesale upgrade of KDE to do, I
Dale wrote:
Vincent Launchbury wrote:
On 2010/10/26 07:29PM, Dale wrote:
Is starting fluxbox without kdm as easy as typing "startfluxbox" in a
console as a user? Surely it can't be that easy.
No, since X has to be started first. X creates windows, but just puts
them all on top of each other,
Philip Webb wrote:
101026 Dale wrote:
I'm installing fluxbox, got it emerged.
I use KDE but want a back up in case a upgrade goes bad.
I want to select fluxbox in kdm when I login
but also know how to start fluxbox even if kdm doesn't work.
Why not eschew Kdm altogether ? -- just use
Vincent Launchbury wrote:
On 2010/10/26 07:29PM, Dale wrote:
Is starting fluxbox without kdm as easy as typing "startfluxbox" in a
console as a user? Surely it can't be that easy.
No, since X has to be started first. X creates windows, but just puts
them all on top of each other, wit
On 2010/10/26 07:29PM, Dale wrote:
> Is starting fluxbox without kdm as easy as typing "startfluxbox" in a
> console as a user? Surely it can't be that easy.
No, since X has to be started first. X creates windows, but just puts
them all on top of each other, with no way to move them, and no way t
101026 Dale wrote:
> I'm installing fluxbox, got it emerged.
> I use KDE but want a back up in case a upgrade goes bad.
> I want to select fluxbox in kdm when I login
> but also know how to start fluxbox even if kdm doesn't work.
Why not eschew Kdm altogether ? -- just use 'startx' + ~/.xinitrc :
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