> Hi ,
>
> I've installed linux without GUI and I'm working in init level
> 3. Now I want to go for GUI in my system. What all rpm's I've to install
> for getting the GUI ? I want GNOME DeskTop. I'm still confused about X
> Servers , DeskTop's and different Window Managers. Anybody please help
> me.....
Hi
In Linux, GUI is provided by the X Window System (www.xfree86.org). X
Window System simply provides a mechanism by which you can have a graphics
environment. ie. it consist of a Server, which can provide interface to
the output devices (Monitor, Touch Screen ...etc.), and input devices
(Mouse, Keyboard, Graphics Tablet, Stylus ...etc.). Normally there
would be one X Server for a specific set of VGA Cards (like XF86_SVGA
supporting Cirrus Logic, S3 ...etc.). I guess this Server architecture is
changing from X 4.0 onwards.
But for any practical utilisation of the Graphics Environment, you need
clients (ie. applications). It's no fun having just an X Server ! A Window
Manager is an application ie. client (eg. WindowMaker, Enlightenment ..etc.)
that provides the functionality of controlling the windows ie. providing
functions such as minimising/maximising of windows, resize, move,
iconify ...etc.
GNOME and KDE are called Desktop Environments. The basic aim of KDE and
GNOME is to provide a consistant user interface to the Users. See
www.kde.org and www.gnome.org for details. KDE and GNOME are shipped with
a lot applications that are reqd. for day-to-day use (office apps., IDEs,
games ...etc.)
GNOME and KDE are heavy (resource hungry), due to the functionality they
provide. If you want lightweight GUI, probable you can try fvwm (It's
simply a Window Manager).
See linux.desktops.com for details about GUI in Linux.
As for the RPMs, you can check the Redhat CD. Some1 else would be able to
point out the exact CD, as I don't use Dedhat :-) (Slackware is cool, if u
wanna learn everything by hand !)
Sreeji
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