On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:07, you wrote: > On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:54:22 +1300 > > Christopher D MAHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I had a guy come in to work today and talk about Linux. He said he ran > > Gentoo with something called "fluxbox"... is this right? Can anyone <snip> > you can use a number of different window managers and desktops in > linux. fluxbox's home page is here: <snip>
I think it's a good time to point out one of the fundamental differences between Linux and, say, MS Windows. The Linux OS is essentially a text-based OS (much like a command window in XP). In fact, Linux works perfectly well in text-only mode. In Linux the GUI runs "on-top" of the OS, whereas in XP the GUI *is* the OS (i.e. they are inseparable). Once you get that it's not hard to see how you can run many different GUIs on a given Linux installation. In fact, since Linux is multi-user it is possible for all users of a single Linux system to have a different GUI (Maybe Gnome, KDE, fluxbox, ratpoison, etc), or for a single user to use a different GUI every time they log in. So, choose your favourite distro (it's not Gentoo, it's Mepis), and your favourite GUI on top (it's KDE), and you're all set. A
