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Only the technically inclined -were likely to use a Unix-like operating system, and the user interface reflected this -fact. GUIs tended to be fairly bare-bones, designed to run a few necessarily graphical -applications like CAD programs and image renderers. Most file and system management was -conducted at the command line. Various vendors (Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, etc) -were selling workstations with an attempt to provide a cohesive “look and -feel”, but the wide variety of GUI toolkits in use by developers led inevitably to -the dissolution of the desktop's uniformity. A scrollbar might not look the same in two -different applications. Menus might appear in different places. Programs would have -different buttons and checkboxes. Colors ranged widely, and were generally hard-coded in -each toolkit. As long as the users were primarily technical professionals, none of this -mattered much.</p> - -<p>With the advent of free Unix-like operating systems and the growing number and variety -of graphical applications, X has recently gained a wide desktop user base. Most users, of -course, are accustomed to the consistent look and feel provided by Microsoft's Windows or -Apple's MacOS; the lack of such consistency in X-based applications became a barrier to -its wider acceptance. In response, two open source projects have been undertaken: The K -Desktop Environment, or KDE, and the GNU Network Object Model Environment, known as -GNOME. Each has a wide variety of applications, from taskbars and file managers to games -and office suites, written with the same GUI toolkit and tightly integrated to provide a -uniform, consistent desktop.</p> - -<p>The differences in KDE and GNOME are generally fairly subtle. They each look different -from the other, because each uses a different GUI toolkit. KDE is based on the Qt library -from Troll Tech AS, while GNOME uses GTK, a toolkit originally developed for The GNU -Image Manipulation Program (or The GIMP, for short). As separate projects, KDE and GNOME -each have their own designers and programmers, with different development styles and -philosophies. The result in each case, however, has been fundamentally the same: a -consistent, tightly integrated desktop environment and application collection. The -functionality, usability, and sheer prettiness of both KDE and GNOME rival anything -available on other operating systems.</p> - -<p>The best part, though, is that these advanced desktops are free. This means you can -have either or both (yes, at the same time). The choice is yours.</p> - -<p>In addition to the GNOME and KDE desktops, Slackware includes a large collection of -window managers. Some are designed to emulate other operating systems, some for -customization, others for speed. There's quite a variety. Of course you can install as -many as you want, play with them all, and decide which you like the most.</p> - -<p>To make desktop selection easy, Slackware also includes a program called <tt -class="COMMAND">xwmconfig</tt> that can be used to select a desktop or window manager. It -is run like so:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">xwmconfig</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<div class="FIGURE"><a id="FIG-X-WINDOW-SYSTEM-XWMCONFIG" -name="FIG-X-WINDOW-SYSTEM-XWMCONFIG"></a> -<p><b>Figure 6-5. Desktop Configuration with <tt class="COMMAND">xorgconfig</tt></b></p> - -<p><img src="x-window-system/xwmconfig-w.png" /></p> -</div> - -<p>You'll be given a list of all the desktops and window managers installed. Just select -the one you want from the list. Each user on your system will need to run this program, -since different users can use different desktops, and not everyone will want the default -one you selected at installation.</p> - -<p>Then just start up X, and you're good to go.</p> -</div> - -<div class="NAVFOOTER"> -<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> -<table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" -cellspacing="0"> -<tr> -<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href="x-window-system-xinitrc.html" -accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> -<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="index.html" -accesskey="H">Home</a></td> -<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="x-window-system-xdm.html" -accesskey="N">Next</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">xinitrc</td> -<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="x-window-system.html" -accesskey="U">Up</a></td> -<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><tt class="COMMAND">xdm</tt></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> -</body> -</html> - |