Windows manager

[Joseph T. Tannenbaum]

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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