RedHat also has a "desktop switcher."
In Debian, I think you just vi a file called "windowmanager(s)"
somewhere in the /etc hierarchy. The wm at the beginning of the
file is the default wm.
D
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Joseph T. Tannenbaum wrote:
> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:14:39 -0700
> From: "Joseph T. Tannenbaum" <tannenba@access1.com>
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: Windows manager
>
> depending on the flavor of Linux, Redhat and Caldera use
> rpm so the command rpm -e kdexxx should remove kdexxx.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Tim
> > Weaver
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 2:44 PM
> > To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
> > Subject: RE: Windows manager
> >
> >
> > My Toshiba has 48 mb RAM (the most available at the time) and
> > a 1.2 GB HD.
> > I know KDE is GUI...what I meant was "how to install xxx GUI
> > and remove
> > KDE". I haven't played enough with Linux to know, since the
> > machine is too
> > slow!! :)
> >
> > I will be installing Linux on a 10 GB drive for my home
> > computer (I am going
> > to use a swap tray for the HD so there will be NO way I screw
> > up my Windows
> > installation...as much as I hate it, I have a lot of valuable
> > info I don't
> > want hosed). So, what I will end up doing is partitioning
> > the 10GB linux
> > drive to have a file server, a mail server and an apache
> > server to play
> > with, and keep the laptop as a workstation to run off the server.
> >
> > /NEWBIE ALERT
> > So, anyone able to point me to a HOW-TO to uninstall KDE and
> > install another
> > GUI? (Like, how the heck to untarball a tarball and un .gz a .gz)
> > /NEWBIE ALERT
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim W [mailto:farli@wiredglobal.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 2:15 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Windows manager
> >
> > Just a bit of clarification for you, Tim. KDE is a GUI
> > environment. It is
> > not the smallest or fastest one tho. If your machine is
> > underpowered (i.e.
> > it has a P5-90 or something like that) or has limited memory
> > (less than
> > 16M), KDE will be sluggish. There are other window managers (ICEWM is
> > particularly small and fast) that will allow you to use the
> > Linux box with a
> > less-visible performance hit. It goes without saying,
> > however, that if you
> > run lots of big applications (i.e. Netscape, Gimp, etc.) at
> > the same time,
> > the smaller window manager may not hide the fact that the box
> > is inherently
> > slow and underpowered.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > the future is now
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Weaver <Tim.Weaver@visitalk.com>
> > To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
> > <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> > Date: Thursday, March 09, 2000 1:20 PM
> > Subject: Windows manager
> >
> >
> > >Thanks for the info. I'll give it a look. And then figure
> > out how to
> > >change over the GUI environment. Oh well, that's why it's great it
> > installs
> > >in only about 15 minutes now that I have done it a couple of
> > times!! :)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: arson smith [mailto:arsonsmith@hotmail.com]
> > >Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 12:47 PM
> > >To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > >Subject: RE: Food for thought
> > >
> > >While recompiling the kernal might gain a fraction of
> > >a handfull of extra cpu cycles you most likely will
> > >not knowtice any diffrence in the speed of kde. by
> > >default kde/gnome/other "desktop environments" will
> > >put a lot of strain on a lighter weight system. I
> > >would sugest if you don't have the horse power try a
> > >lighter window manager and don't use a "desktop environment"
> > >
> > >some of my suggestions would be: Window Maker or FVMW
> > >there are many others. I think there was a windowmanagers.org
> > >site that had a list of several.
> > >
> > >have fun
> > >
> > >Bill Warner
> > >
> > >
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