Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:53:30 -0600 From: Laurence Sanford <lauasanf@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare Message-ID: <421CDF3A.2030708@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <1763669737.20050223212628@wanadoo.fr> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAkUru9e0Xgkm1jphiEj0758KAAAAQAAAAVNKPkcwi5Uq3w6wWDp/biAEAAAAA@video-phones-evdo.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIEHPFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <476138570.20050223180240@wanadoo.fr> <421CD2EB.9060503@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> <1763669737.20050223212628@wanadoo.fr>
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Anthony Atkielski wrote: >Laurence Sanford writes: > > > >>Well, I don't use KDE because I don't particularly like heavyweight >>software unless I need it ... >> >> > >Heavyweight in the sense of resources required, or complexity, or what? > >I got the impression that KDE was the one that everyone used. > >Which window manager most closely approximates the GUI of traditional >UNIX workstations? > >Is it possible to install multiple X servers on the same machine so that >one can fire up whichever one strikes one's fancy at a given time? > > > In the sense of resource usage is what I mean when I say heavy weight. While KDE is quite popular, there are probly (litterally) hundreds of window managers that will run under X, so saying "Everyone uses N window manager" is going to be patently false. You'll only need one X server - what you're looking at having multiple versions of is the window manager. That's what runs over top of X to provide the style.
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