[oclug]Mix and match desktops.

[charles.macdonald at hrdc-drhc.gc.ca]

 Raymond Wood <raywood at magma.ca> wrote:

<<Bear in mind that one doesn't have to use the KDE desktop to
take advantage of a specific KDE app like Konqueror.  You'll
need some libraries from KDE, and then you can download and
install the app within the framework of your existing window
manager.  The same thing goes for GNOME apps.>>


Sometimes:

I am using KDE at home, and tried to install the Gnome spreadsheet - while it 
was happy to run, it appeared to want to display everything in Unicode, so 
anything one typed was gibberish.  Another pass with YAST and out it went, 
although I beleve it left me a bononbo file or two as a legacy.

Mind you, gFTP is AFAIK also a Gnome app, and it runs quite well.


Charles MacDonald - Labour Information Management
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