On 29-Dec-98 Akintayo Holder wrote:
>> Are they both environments that Window managers run in?
>
> no gnome runs on the WM, according to BYTE it is supposed to bring
> 'order' to the Linux desktop and make it easier for us newbies.
I disagree. Window Managers run on top of GNOME. GNOME provides hints to
programs as to what they should look like, GNOME tries to give you a uniform
GUI. You can have themes and the like,( not windowmanager themes, like instead
the dead area of programs being a color, they could be a pixmap.)
>> Can they be used simultaneously?
> a cautious yes
You cannot use them at the same time, but they both can be on your system, or
you can run multiple x servers at the same time ( like :0,:1,:2, etc ...)
>> I have been told by someone that they are using Gnome with Window Manger
>> so Gnome isn't a Wmanager, but the configurations for Window Mangager
>> and Afterstep seem to be in directories called GNuStep.
> bingo!
>
> u need the files to run GNOME on top of your WM, I believe the GNUStep
> refers to a relation between the WM and GNU, again I am not sure.
GNUstep has the same initiative as GNOME, but GNOME is much more popular and
much farther in the development cycle. There is talk about them collaborating
since they are the most like of the 4 User Environments (KDE,CDE,GNOME,GNUstep).
>>
>> Please end my confusion or I'll go back to using twm.
>
> Basically, GNOME is a desktop to make X easier, supposedly very useful
> and runs on 'top' of the WM (there may be some restrictions wrt the WM)
> it competes with another desktop manager called KDE.
As stated above, very wrong...
> GNUStep is the directory in which AfterStep and WindowMaker reside, it
> is not a Desktop Manager and does not conflict with GNOME.
Know what your talking about, or don't talk at all.
> Hope that helped - check the web pages i listed.
>
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