Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:58:34 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare Message-ID: <421D0A9A.2000109@daleco.biz> 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. > > Hmm, now a different thread, perhaps? Different WM's marketshare? It's pretty much "to each his own" out here, I'd say. (see my earlier). >Which window manager most closely approximates the GUI of traditional >UNIX workstations? > > Well, once again, I dunno. I will mention that "AfterStep" is "NextStep"'s successor, I think. >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? > > I don't see why not, although it'd probably be more common to simply kill one wm session and start another to save resources. Maybe it's possible. I don't know if, since you've just one DISPLAY (in theory, anyhow) you would configure it. Hmm, just tested. No can do, because just one DISPLAY. Maybe some X guru has a solution. GNOME on ttyv1, fluxbox on ttyv2, term on ttyv3 etc., etc.... Would be pretty cool. Now, if you have two video cards.... Kevin Kinseyhome | help
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