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Re: xwindows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mike kohout)
Thu Oct 29 20:09:41 1998
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:07:46 -0600
From: mike kohout <mwkohout@csbsju.edu>
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OK, I installed linux two days ago. I was wondering if you could
explain to me (and maybe some of the other newbies out there) what KDE
and xfce2 are. From what I've read of your thread so far, are they like
a replacement for XF86? or are they something else
sorry if my question annoys you, but the question has been nagging me
for a little while.
Rick Forrester wrote:
>
> drgreer@QTIWORLD.COM said:
> > Just wanted to throw my quick .02 in on KDE. I would not even bother
> > going with KDE unless you have plenty of RAM. It is an extreme
> > memory hog. I agree that it is nice, and easy to configure, but just
> > be sure you have enough RAM. I ended up dumping it and then tryign
> > Gnome, but I didn't have too much luck with it.
>
> > Darren
>
> You might want to give xfce2 a looksee. I wanted something comfortable to
> work with, nice looking, and with a lightweight footprint. XFCE pretty
> much fills the bill all the way around & is somewhat overlooked in all the
> "I LOVE KDE" noise.
>
> Best
> rickf
> --
> Rick Forrister <Richard.Forrister@jpl.nasa.gov>
>
> You'll wonder why your data's lost
> When you load your system with MicroSoft...
>
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