I'm looking for what I would think of as a "frontend" or gui for ppp for this 
Slackwarish Linux install I've got. I have some confusions about just what ppp is: 
yes, I know it stands for "point to point protocol", and it stands to reason that it 
is therefore a protocol that computers use to communicate over phone (and perhaps 
other) lines. I would think a "protocol" in computing would be something like 
"etiquette" in other spheres of human activity: in order for social interections to 
occur smoothly, but also to facilitate in communication, people follow certain rules 
called "etiquette." For example, not everyone should be trying to talk at the same 
time. Or, one should not fall asleep or suddenly run out of the room when someone is 
trying to communicate with them. So, on this understanding, ppp would be like 
etiquette, while the actual vehicle for communication would be language (and TCP/IP 
might be analogous to language in the realm of computer intercommuncations?) While 
clarifying comments on that analogy would be appreciated, I think my confusion over 
ppp might be owing to the fact that a process that seems to run on the computer is 
also called "ppp." I think of this as some sort of software, or perhaps an element of 
the operating system that allows the computer to "kick in" ppp communications: it runs 
when a ppp connection is needed, and stops when it is no longer needed. Apart from 
making these discreet connections, ppp is not needed or used by the computer. Such is 
my vague understanding of the matter: please feel free to correct my errors. And if I 
am unduly confused by naming what I think of as a program with the same name as the 
protocol the program is written to utilize and implement - both being called "ppp" - 
please offer a better understanding. All that to say that I need some sort of cute, 
clicky pictures to operate this ppp stuff. I currently just open a console, su, and 
type in "ppp-on" when I want to start the connection, and "ppp-off" when I want to 
stop it. That's fine for me, but others who may use the computer might be confused by 
it or think it unnecessarily arcane. It's for them that I need the pretty, clicky 
pictures. I should mention in closing that I have neither KDE nor Gnome installed on 
this computer. Kppp I've used before and it is right along the lines of what I need. 
But I don't think one can get Kppp without installing the whole KDE shebang, can one? 
Thus, suggestions for other frontends/gui's will be appreciated.

Thanks, James
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