Cost of running KDE apps with Gnome

[Nathan England]

>
> Yup, the error was that arts was not present (though not clear from the
> message).  There was an option to not use it which I then checked.  Thing
> was that I could not tell anything about what I was telling it not to use.
> A web search was not forthcoming with info either. Most references just
> said it was the arts engine for AmaroK which is a totally useless
> description.  I did find one reference that seemed to say it was an add-on
> to AmaroK to support sound as if it could have no sound without it (clearly
> false since I have sound without it).

I didn't think about the sound engine in that respect, you're right. it could 
just be using the xine engine or the gstreamer engine....or probably many 
others.

>
> 1) You wont lose much functionality, if any.
>
> > 2) Not really, freedesktop is working towards moving freely between
> > desktops.
>
> I had heard that and hope they get it done.  "Duping" all those libraries
> is pretty silly (yes I know they aren't really dupes).
>
I don't believe they are duplicating libraries, but rather working so that 
cut/paste and mime types work together. So if I'm using kmail and I open a 
link in a message it will open my default web browser, whether I happen to be 
in KDE or Gnome...


> 3) gtop, mem
>
gtop is a gnome front end to top. mem is a command line tool, possible just 
not installed. 

nathan