Re: window-managers and GUI environments
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 10:18:14PM -0700, S. Champ wrote:
> [ alternate subject-line:
> "the big ol' debian tree. : GUI node." ]
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> hi.
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> while i'm still working on getting debian installed, i'd like to look ahead to
> what options are available among the windowing environments.
I'm not sure but wouldn't X Windows be the windowing environment and
not each window manager?
Afterstep and sawfish are window managers, Gnome and KDE are desktop
environments that run in addition to a window manager.
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> i know of the following:
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> Gnome (? uses motif? )
Gnome uses gtk [http://www.gnome.org] [http://www.gtk.org]
> KDE (? uses Q? )
Qt.
> Afterstep (? is this still used by anyone? an analogue of it is heavily used in
> the ms-w community, under the name 'litestep' )
I've never heard of litestep but if the ms-w community uses it I
highly doubt it has anything to do with afterstep because ms-w is
pretty much a one desktop thing.
Afterstep is still being developed AFAIK, but I personally do not
like it as much as, say, WindowMaker.
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> and i'd like to build some sort of a tree for helping folks to choose from among
> the options, and to install the chosen one(s). (~~ external links, wget-lists,
> etc. )
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> this'll take some doc-digging on my own, and may take some package-building if
> there are options that aren't yet *.deb'd , but i wanted to gather the comments
> >from the community, about it, and to pick up on what other options there may be
> for a linux GUI.
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Debian seems to have a good selection of window managers.
Personally, I use sawfish (was called sawmill). When I'm in the
eyecandy mood, I use Gnome with sawfish.
Don't forget the classic fvwm.
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> thank you.
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> -- s.c.
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BTW, I think cross-posting on the debian lists is a no no...?
--
Pat Mahoney <pat7@gmx.net>
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