On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:30:23 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings, > > The default install of Mandrake 9.1 has provided us with a number of > different desktop environments (7?), and I understand that the variety > is there because of personal preferences in decoration and > performance. But it has also provided us with some programs which > seem keyed to specific desktops (Evolution for Gnome, > Kpilot/Korganizer for KDE, etc.), and this implies that those programs > will run well in all desktops (for example, the Gnome Configurations > Manager is not available in KDE, so someone has taken the care to > select what's pertinent).
Im using XFce and have for some time, i have run evolution but dont care for it and i run korganizer other k apps and gnome apps all the time without problems. > > The Gnome environment doesn't work well for me -- it is much slower > and uses a lot more CPU than KDE in my installation. I've spent the > last several weeks customizing KDE's appearance and behavior and now > have a highly responsive, visually pleasing working environment. But > I really like the way Evolution, specifically, looks. > > So my question for ya'll today is: is there any reason that I need to > stick with KDE native (would that be the right term?) applications, or > can I freely use those Gnome applications I like in KDE (and, > presumably, vice-versa)? > I guess the short answer is yes altough a few are going to give you problems, you will be pleased though to find out what will work. Have a look at XFce www.xfce.org Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Oct 7 14:02:26 EDT 2003 14:02:26 up 3 days, 1:45, 2 users, load average: 0.35, 0.17, 0.09 Sacred cows make great hamburgers.
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