On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 15:17, Gary Turner wrote: > I run X with icewm. No KDE or Gnome. What would be the advantage(s) of > adding one of these facilities? > -- > gt kk5st@sbcglobal.net > "Well, you order it from the 'Society of Hardware and Information > Technology Helpers, Executive Administration Division' website - > you're a member aren't you?"--BOFH Ability to put more computer memory/swap space to regular use ;) Actually, the benefit is the intention of common look, feel, configuration and hopefully functionality, by having Gnome versions and/or KDE versions of most common software, with comparable abilities in those programs when necessary to rival or surpass what is found on systems such as the Macintosh or Windows (although the BSoD is only available as a screensaver.) Part of this is the advantage of a good selection of applications in the menus to cover the breadth of tasks you would like to perform, but the trade off is a lot of code up front for features that contain more functionality and overhead than you'd wish, and duplication of programs you consider to be fine as they are. Add in on top of all of that that each person has their own set of priorities and values when it comes to what they find to be a nice desktop - me, I run Gnome with three panels packed with applets monitoring everything going on inside my system, outside my door, and around the world. You might just want to be able to run enough that you get your various programs to display in windows on your desktop when they require that in addition to shell interaction. It is all a matter of taste. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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