Re: Newbie Question - KDE-Gnome-xfce
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On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 07:53:01AM -0500, Randy Patterson wrote:
> On Thursday 05 April 2007 08:14, Michael Pobega wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:33:28AM -0500, Randy Patterson wrote:
> > > On Thursday 05 April 2007 06:22, Michael M. wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 20:19 -0400, Javier Enrique Tiá Marín wrote:
> > > > > Why Gnome is the Default Desktop for Distributions like
> > > > > Ubuntu/Debian, RedHat/CentOS/Fedora and OpenSuse?
> > > >
> > > > Because Gnome is superior, of course. :-)
> > >
> > > As stated previously I am a newbie in the Linux world, but one that seen
> > > enough to know that there is no going back now! So currently I don't
> > > really have a loyalty to any of the higher level window systems. I would
> > > be interested in knowing from your experience why you feel that Gnome is
> > > superior to KDE. I guess what I am looking for deals more with the
> > > functionality than anything else and not speed. So far going from Windoze
> > > to Linux/KDE is like going from dialup to wireless!
> >
> > It really depends on what you want. KDE is better if you want to fine
> > tune how your system runs (But KDE is sluggish in my opinion), GNOME
> > is a /bit/ lighter without much customization involved. Xfce is the
> > best of the three in my experience, giving the user both control and
> > speed.
> >
> > Or, if you want to really save your CPU cycles, try a window manager.
> > Fluxbox/FVWM/WindowMaker are the best in my opinion, I personally use
> > Window Maker (As I've stated dozens of times on these mailing lists).
> >
> > You really don't have to worry about desktop integration, because if
> > you love Kmail and Kwallet then you could run the Kwallet daemon when
> > you log in and have all of the functionality of Kwallet in say,
> > GNOME/Fluxbox.
> >
> > # aptitude install fluxbox wmaker icewm gnome-core kde-core xfce4 xfwm4
> >
> > And give them all a shot :)
>
> I ran the above aptitude command line and here is last section copied from the
> terminal window;
>
> <begin>
>
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> libfam0
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> libnspr4-0d libnss3-0d
> 2 packages upgraded, 203 newly installed, 1 to remove and 52 not upgraded.
> Need to get 113MB of archives. After unpacking 428MB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> gamin: Conflicts: fam but 2.7.0-12 is to be installed.
> Resolving dependencies...
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
> Keep the following packages at their current version:
> fam [Not Installed]
>
> Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
> libgnomevfs2-0 recommends fam
> nautilus recommends fam
> Score is -341
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
>
> <end>
>
> I chose not to accept this right now. Do I need to add these two packages to
> the above command line so that they will be resolved or does it even matter?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
As long as you have Gamin installed it should be fine. I have Gamin
and not Fam and my system hasn't exploded yet :D
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