[techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #468 - 18 msgs

coldfire rolick571 at duq.edu
Thu May 17 17:23:58 EST 2001


> > > Quoth Coldfire: > > i was just curious what the window manager of >
> > choice is on this > > list :) .. i'm a die hard windowmaker fan...
> > 
> > 
> > I'm currently addicted to Gnome - only because on my possessed
> > computer only Gnome works with my motherboard's built in sound card.  
> > I like to listen to MP3s sometimes when I use Linux and read my email
> > and whatnot.  For some reason KDE locks up on me too - but like I said
> > - the computer is possessed.
> 
> Do keep in mind that neither GNOME nor KDE are window managers. One could
> think of them as "desktop environments", a part of which is a window
> manager.

yeah, when someone just says "GNOME," i just assume they're running
sawfish.  if they know enough to pick another windowmanager under GNOME,
they usually say GNOME with <windowmanager here>. :)


abe





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