You're right. However, if you run a KDE app, you still wind up running most of the KDE background stuff. This is true of GNOME apps as well, but they seem to start up faster--although the latest KDE ports are closing the gap.
On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 17:22, P. T. Rourke wrote: > > > > > >As for apps: vanilla X11 apps are perfectly happy running under KDE or > >GNOME, some GNOME apps work fine even if you don't run the whole GNOME > >environment, but KDE apps have to have the entire KDE environment > >running. > > > KDE has to be installed to use KDE apps; one doesn't necessarily have to > be in a KDE window manager to use it. (At least in RedHat one can run > Konqueror from the Gnome environment; I haven't tried it with fink yet). > > Think of it as three layers: > > X11 > GNOME/KDE > Window Manager > > Not all window managers require either Gnome or KDE; and some > applications require other graphics libraries like Lesstif. It's pretty > complex, but for now, assume that all X apps require X11 + a Window > Manager, and most require either GNOME or KDE. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing > your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte > Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
