Rox is indeed a full desktop environment as far as I know. It certainly is a window manager and file manager at the very least.http://roscidus.com/desktop/
Justin Gary wrote: > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, Drmgiver <drmgi...@...> wrote: > > > > I have always been curious to try out the ROX desktop, though I have > > been told it doesn't play well with Ubuntu, so what distro can I use > > that uses ROX, as well as a grub installer? (or just instructions on > > how to add it to my current grub) The distro using a live CD would be > > very nice as well. > > > > Justin > > > I wasn't aware that Rox was a "desktop", I've encountered it as a file > manager program (analogous to KDE's Konqueror, Gnome's Nautilus, and > XFCE's Thunar) under distributions that offer the (extremely > lightweight and somewhat obscure) "IceWM" or "JWM" window managers as > options. I'm trying to remember now if it was D_mn Small Linux or > Puppy Linux where I saw it. I do recall, from distro-hopping, that > desktops utilizing Rox as file manager were *very* minimalist, not > newbie-friendly. I certainly didn't continue using them ;) > > Properly speaking, "desktop" is a combination of window manager, file > manager, control panel applications, and possibly other graphical > underpinnings that have been developed together and integrated > together. Linux being Linux, one can also go piecemeal and create > apps in any or all of these primary categories. > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
