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FiremothPilot

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From: TX

Registered: 2008-06-06

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Enerald Themes in Arch?!?!

I am an intermediate linux user (started with ubuntu about 1.5 years ago) and today I embarked upon the great journey of Arch Linux.:D

I installed using the CORE 2008.03 disc, and got Xorg, GNOME, and GNOME-extras installed successfully. As I was perusing the menu selections I noticed that under 'System -> Preferences' there lived the antiquated 'Emerald Theme Manager'.

If I am not mistaken (and please let me know if I am), with the advent of Compiz-Fusion Emerald ceased to exist as a separate configuration tool. So if C-F has been out for a pretty long while now, why was it installed with either 'gnome' or 'gnome-extra'? Is the package tree out of date or something?

I'm not too terribly upset - I simply removed 'emerald' via pacman.:cool: I'm just curious as to why it is still included in the base version of GNOME...

Have fun.

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elliott

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 296

Re: Enerald Themes in Arch?!?!

It shouldn't have been installed with Gnome, Gnome uses Metacity as it's window manager. Emerald is still the window manager of Compiz-Fusion.