Re: Question regarding upgrading from Desktop to Server version of Feisty Fawn

printdude1 writes:
I "thought" that x window was the same as xterm. I realized later that
kde and gnome are x windows.

See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System>. KDE and Gnome are
"desktop environments": collections of programs that run on top of X.
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John Hasler
john@xxxxxxxxxx
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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