From: Kulwant B. <kul...@bt...> - 2003-12-23 18:50:27
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Hello Alan, Thanks for your reply. > xfree86 is the driver system and XWindow main code > GNOME is a desktop manager, as is KDE, twm, fvwm, ICE, XFCE, Nextstep etc > they all sit ontop of X and do tha fancy stuff - window management, > borders, skins, themes, preferences etc I guess appearance is down to personal taste, but are there any differences to do with functionality or stability I should be aware of before I choose one? Is it possible to install more than one or would that necessitate a different Linux boot partition for each desktop manager? Does any one of them have more application support than the other or are they all internally compatible (I'm thinking a Reaction and MUI type thing here if that analogy applies)? Kind Regards, Kulwant |