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X/Unix Question
Sep. 16th, 2007 10:26 amKDE, GNOME, or something else? How do I decide?
I know just enough about X to know that I can use any of a lot of Window Managers. I have never taken the time to get to know any of them - mostly because until recently, I haven't had a system that I could get X working on (mrfl, mrfl proprietary video drivers). Yes, there were theoretically ways to get it working - but it was a low priority. I had no real reason to get X working on my server, and never had a workstation to play with.
I've recently come up with a machine that I can get X working on - I had Linspire working on it, it sounds like Ubuntu has a good probability of installing pretty painlessly. As I understand it, the default Ubuntu is GNOME, KUbuntu is KDE.
I'm very used to the current default Windows behavior. I was a moderately competent Mac user many years ago. I'd be using a two-button mouse. The other think I'd like is a tutorial - I'd be fine with something very basic that I could work through quickly, but I need something to tell me what habits I need to unlearn.
I know just enough about X to know that I can use any of a lot of Window Managers. I have never taken the time to get to know any of them - mostly because until recently, I haven't had a system that I could get X working on (mrfl, mrfl proprietary video drivers). Yes, there were theoretically ways to get it working - but it was a low priority. I had no real reason to get X working on my server, and never had a workstation to play with.
I've recently come up with a machine that I can get X working on - I had Linspire working on it, it sounds like Ubuntu has a good probability of installing pretty painlessly. As I understand it, the default Ubuntu is GNOME, KUbuntu is KDE.
I'm very used to the current default Windows behavior. I was a moderately competent Mac user many years ago. I'd be using a two-button mouse. The other think I'd like is a tutorial - I'd be fine with something very basic that I could work through quickly, but I need something to tell me what habits I need to unlearn.
