Thanks Michael to explain to Mac/Windows users the windows managers on linux, i.e. choices.
Juste want to correct my usage of gnucash on gnome or mate: It never worked properly on gnome but I tended to think that I should use gnome as I only see documentation talking of gnome. With this helpfull list, I think I will succeed on mate soon. Le 10 janvier à 10:50 Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > On 1/9/2023 7:10 PM, Anne Possoz wrote: > > Thanks for a quick answer Mattia, > > > > As far as I remember, I had to move from mate to gnome to have > > it reasonably starting. But I feel so bad under gnome. > > > <<Just so that all the non 'nix folks will make sense of this>> > > Those who are using Windows or even a Mac OS are used to having only ONE > "windows manager". In other words, what you are used to thinking of as > the operating system is really the sole windows manager that comes > bundled with your operating system. You are not directly interacting > with the operating system itself. IF you work at the command line you > are working closer to the operating system, but even then there is a > "shell language" involved. > > It is different for the 'nix users because they usually have a wide > choice of windows managers available to them and they tend to be > passionate about their favorite windows manager. For you to get a sense > of that, the appearance, etc. of these different windows managers can be > much farther apart than say Windows vs Mac OS. > > So what Anne is saying here is that she can get it working under the > windows manager "gnome" but not under "mate" and she doesn't like > :gnome". This is typical of linux users, to have such a very strong > preference for one over another. > > Michael D Novack _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
