On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:42:41AM +0100, Chris G wrote: > Would I see any significant differences between an fvwm2 installation > on an ubuntu system when compared with an installation on an xubuntu > system? > My gut feeling is that it's probably better/safer to install fvwm2 on > ubuntu as xfce is fairly specifically expecting the xfwm window > manager I suspect whereas the base Gnome installation in ubuntu does > allow for different window managers. > > ... this is all on [x]ubuntu 9.04 by the way.
It is perfectly fine to install Fvwm on Ubuntu or Xubuntu. The only difference between them is what they have installed by default; that doesn't prevent you from installing other packages, or removing packages that you don't want. I've installed Fvwm on Ubuntu and on Xubuntu, doesn't matter. The login manager will detect that Fvwm is one of the options for one's login session, and thus you can choose it as your default window manager. The only real reason you might want to install Fvwm on Ubuntu rather than on Xubuntu is if you *want* to use it under Gnome, rather than using it by itself. And even then, you could do the same on Xubuntu, you'd just have to install Gnome as an additional step. Kathryn Andersen -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen <http://www.katspace.org> / \ | \_.--.*/ | GenFicCrit mailing list <http://www.katspace.org/gen_fic_crit/> v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe
