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Alucard90:
http://slax.linux-live.org/

NoBonus:
Thanks!

NoBonus

NoBonus:
Okay, I don't think the livecd is what I want, I want the two .iso cds.  I guess I should just scour the ftp server to find them?

barvaz:

--- Quote from: NoBonus on June 14, 2004, 12:37:56 pm ---Slackware seems appealing, but what should I run KDE, Gnome, or X window system?

--- End quote ---

X windows server (known as simply "X") is the windows server that is the base for most of the GUIs on Linux and Unix platforms. You don't have much choice here if you want to run a windows GUI, you need to use X (you have a little choice of which X implementation, but I won't get into that). Both KDE and Gnome require X.

X is not very usable by itself, on top of X runs what is called Window Manager, which controls how windows behave and appear, there are plenty of choices here and there is no best option (both KDE and Gnome use their own Window Manager by default but this can be changed to some extent).

And then comes the Desktop Environment (which both KDE and Gnome are). This is the set of themes, utilities, applications and applets that are combined under one roof and supposed to be well integrated with each other. Desktop Environments use a Windows Manager and X server underneath. Some people don

NoBonus:
barvaz,

thanks for explaining that.  I still have not had any Linux experience, but your explaination sure makes sense of a lot of things.  I guess the thing to do now is install Slackware and monkey around.  I sure hope it installs easier than Gentoo.

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