Re: Suse 9.1 KDE vs Gnome

From: ac (aecnews_at_candt.demon.co.uk)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:25:16 +0000

el Cucaracha wrote:
> "Preston Crawford" <me@prestoncrawford.com> wrote in message
> news:slrncu5f9r.hgs.me@serpentor.cobrala...
>
>>On 2005-01-10, el Cucaracha <monkeybasketNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>My Suse box boots to KDE. I might understand it all wrong, but Gnome is
>>>another interface, right? Can I boot it to Gnome instead by typing
>>>something
>>>in during bootup?
>>>
>>>/noob
>>
>>First off, what version of SuSE 9.1? Pro or Personal. If it's Personal
>>then no, you're stuck with KDE. If Professional, then go into the KDE
>>Control Center and into the logon settings and turn off "log in
>>automatically" (assuming that's why you're going into KDE automatically).
>>Then you'll get the option, via a drop-down, to choose Gnome when you
>>login.
>>
>>So first, Pro or Personal. Second, are you logging in or is it just going
>>right into KDE?
>>
>>Preston

> I'm on 9.1 Personal. On boot, I have to choose a user and enter my
> password.
> Then I have "Login" and "Menu". Under menu, I have these options:
> "Restart X
> Menu" and "Shutdown"
> What you're saying is that this is where a "KDE / GNOME" choice would
> be, if I had it?

I think that maybe 9.1 personal might not include gnome on the cd (??)

Anyway, even with 9.1 prof I found that my default install options did
not apparently include gnome, or enough of it to show up recognisably
(to me) in the log-on menu.

I installed a number of gnome related files via yast. (These were in
fact on the 9.1 prof CDs). I could have downloaded them I suppose (?).

Without gnome things installed, at logon, I see:
menu, session type;
default custom FVWM KDE TWM windowmaker admin failsafe

With gnome things installed I see:
menu, session type;
default custom FVWM GNOME KDE TWM windowmaker admin failsafe

I notice that the number of items to be installed for a full yast
activity for gnome is over 80, although it did not take very long. I do
not know how many files I would have needed to download if I had done it
via 'download'.

Having said all this, my first look at gnome did not lead to me using it
at all. In my newbiness, I still prefer kde. Maybe when the ghosts of
another OS that cannot be named have faded for me, I will appreciate the
big G more?
:-) 

-- 
AlanC

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