Windows manager

[Lucas Vogel]

before you uninstall kde, though, be sure to install your new window manager
first and try to get it running as best as you can before you uninstall the
KDE. In fact, you may not want to remove most of the kde if you wish to use
the applications that are built with it, i.e. kpackage and others. IOW,
think it through and come up w/ a game plan before execution. 

HTH


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph T. Tannenbaum [mailto:tannenba@access1.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 4:15 PM
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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