[Wylug-help] Window systems

[Jim Jackson]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Tim Grey wrote:

> 1. When i installed i chose to run the GNOME window system - how can i
> change to try others? (KDE, IceVM etc)

In debian the gnome login screen is configured to allow you to choose.
Not sure about other distro's.

> 2. Which window system do you recommend - office and multimedia
> applications required?

Should basically run in any. They are essentially X-Windows applications.
All the window managers/desktop environments are X-Windows based.

> 3. If i install a device driver under Gnome - is the device driver
> carried over if i then change to use KDE?

Very very probably. The desktop environments are a veneer (often a very
thick 1" think solid wood veneer :-) over the X-windows system for making
applications interact a bit better. Things like printer setup, networking,
USB etc etc, all work whether you run a GUI, or use Linux in Command line
only.