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#1 2009-05-14 22:57:45
- ftornell
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Need a couple of questions sorted out!
Hi,
I have been using Gnu/Linux for a few years now mostly at home with various distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora.
I moved over to Archlinux last summer and I was stunned by it's endless possibilities! 
Have been trying to read as much from wiki as I can but there are some things I don't get:
I'm often switching between Openbox and Gnome and things like GTK2, emerald and compiz I don't get...
Really like this desktop: http://msart2k.deviantart.com/art/previ … 8-95536060
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#2 2009-05-14 23:23:32
- SamC
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Re: Need a couple of questions sorted out!
What exactly is your question? Do you want to know how to set them? How to get the ones in the screenshot?
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#3 2009-05-14 23:54:27
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Re: Need a couple of questions sorted out!
Why don't you ask him. I am on deviantart, and most of the linux modders/skinner are MORE than happy to help you with anything. All the info is in his shot anyways.
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#4 2009-05-15 06:07:43
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Re: Need a couple of questions sorted out!
What exactly is your question? Do you want to know how to set them? How to get the ones in the screenshot?
Well, what are they, GTK2, emerald...are they engines or a framework of good-looking textures...
can one use gtk2 with emerald and compiz or are they the same?
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#5 2009-05-15 07:23:14
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Re: Need a couple of questions sorted out!
Gnome is a desktop environment, KDE is another, XFCE another.
Compiz is a window manager, metacity (Gnome's default) is another, kwin is KDE's default.
OpenBox, FluxBox, all the boxes, are sort of like in between, and more modular. You can use OpenBox with Gnome, for example, though I haven't before.
Emerald is a window decorator. Metacity is both a window manager and decorator, but compiz doesn't do window decoration, so emerald does that. You can also use the metacity window decorator with compiz, AFAIK. At least, that's what I used to do in Ubuntu.
GTK2.... I'm not sure the word for it, but its a toolset for graphical programming I think. KDE uses QT, while Gnome and XFCE use GTK2.
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#6 2009-05-16 11:21:12
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Re: Need a couple of questions sorted out!
Gnome is a desktop environment, KDE is another, XFCE another.
Compiz is a window manager, metacity (Gnome's default) is another, kwin is KDE's default.
OpenBox, FluxBox, all the boxes, are sort of like in between, and more modular. You can use OpenBox with Gnome, for example, though I haven't before.
Emerald is a window decorator. Metacity is both a window manager and decorator, but compiz doesn't do window decoration, so emerald does that. You can also use the metacity window decorator with compiz, AFAIK. At least, that's what I used to do in Ubuntu.
GTK2.... I'm not sure the word for it, but its a toolset for graphical programming I think. KDE uses QT, while Gnome and XFCE use GTK2.
Thx for the info, very informative.
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