Re: Watching a SuSE install

From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro (ldo_at_geek-central.gen.new_zealand)
Date: 09/30/05 

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:42:08 +1200

In article <mvlv03-54n.ln1@penne.houghi>,
 houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> wrote:

>Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> It was interesting to see a process called "fvwm" running--does the
>> install screen really need a window manager?
>
>You see those shiny buttons during the instalation? The place where you
>fill out the language and stuff? That runs on a window manager.

No, that's an X-based GUI application (YaST, I think), not a window
manager.

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