__/ [ Bruce Scott TOK ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 20:02 \__
> Roy S wrote:
>
>>__/ [ Bruce Scott TOK ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 19:48 \__
>>
>>> A general question on these distros... while they use one or the other
>>> "icon based desktops to mollify those familiar with windows", is it
>>> possible and/or well supported, as in the case of SuSE, to set something
>>> like fvwm (or whatever the user likes) as the default? If this works as
>>> it should, all KDE vs Gnome arguments become irrelevant for those who
>>> want to ignore them.
>>
>>KDE (largely Qt-based applications) and GNOME (GTK+GDK applications) work
>>interchangeably. Those applications thatjust using X with other
>>development/UI toolkit -- likewise.
>>
>>In practice, this means that you can use any application you like under
>>all desktop environments (and window managers). SuSE indeed comes with a
>>large variety of those and you can choose which one is initiated by
>>default. At login time, you have a drop-down box, in case you wish to
>>change.
>
> [...]
>
> Thanks Roy... I knew the situation with SuSE (and recently saw the same
> with, IIRC, Fedora, at a conference where they were nice enough to
> supply us with a room of Linux PCs). I'd like to know how Ubuntu and
> Kubuntu do this... are they the same except for KDE or Gnome? And do
> they offer the same choice level as SuSE (i.e., the pull down menu on
> the X-login screen)?
I suspect not. Kubuntu is (was) a fairly independent project, much like
nUbuntu is at the moment (like Goobuntu, unlike Xubuntu, Edubuntu, and
various server/business editions). About a month ago, Mark Shuttleworth, the
man who founded and funds Ubuntu, announced that they would get closer to
the rather isolated and neglected Kubuntu and Xubuntu (xfce-based, just to
clarify) teams [1]. All in all, there is still some fragmentation, which I
suppose answers the question is less of a long-winded way. *smile*
> Thanks again...
Best wishes,
Roy
[1] Link of interest:
LinuxTag: Ubuntu offers three desktops
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| In his keynote address at the LinuxTag conference, Ubuntu head Mark
| Shuttleworth not only spoke about his concept of Open Source software,
| but also revealed a few details about the new version of the Linux
| distribution he initiated -- "Dapper Drake" is expected to be released
| on June 1. It is expected to offer users three desktops to choose from:
| Gnome, the KDE used in Kubuntu, and Xfce in Xubuntu. The latter desktop
| is considered to have a wide range of functions and nonetheless run
| smoothly on old hardware.
|
| ...Shuttleworth said he was confident that the three certificates fort
| he corporate use of VMware, IBM DB2, and MySQL will soon follow...
|
| ...Shuttleworth currently favors Xen as the visualization technology.
|
| Shuttleworth believes the market is about to cross a threshold for
| driver support for Linux by hardware vendors. The number of Linux users,
| he claimed, will soon reach critical mass, forcing vendors who do not
| support Linux to lose revenue in the near future.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/72823
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