http://netvouz.com/narky/tag/gnome?feed=rss narky's bookmarks tagged "gnome" on Netvouz http://www.psychocats.net/essays/kdevsgnome One of the most common questions people new to Linux ask is "Should I use KDE or Gnome?" Unfortunately, the answers are usually useless--anything from "Just try each one to see what works for you" to "Gnome is much better." That said, selecting a desktop environment should probably be one of the last things you worry about as a Linux "newbie." Hardware detection, email set-up, etc. are far more important to day-to-day functioning than your desktop environment. It's sort of like just learning how to ski and worrying about the color of your skis--learn how to ski first! Also, most versions (or distributions) of Linux have a default desktop environment (for example, Blag and Ubuntu default to Gnome, and Mepis and PCLinuxOS default to KDE) Computing > Linux narky Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:41:15 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz Compiz is one of the first compositing window managers for the X Window System that is able to take advantage of OpenGL-acceleration. The integration allows it to perform compositing effects in window management, such as a minimization effect and a cube workspace. Compiz conforms to the ICCCM standard and as such can substitute for the default Metacity in GNOME or KWin in KDE. Compiz brings some of the features found in competitors, such as Exposé in Apple's Mac OS X and a new Alt-Tab application-switcher, similar to the one found in Microsoft's Windows Vista. Computing > Linux > Window Managers narky Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:42:11 GMT http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-216333.html Hi, what's the hotkey in gnome to switch workplaces? Computing > Linux > Howto narky Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:05:10 GMT http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok is a very nice media-player for KDE. It can also be used with Gnome and gstreamer. Amarok has some very advanced playlist and music collection management tools. Computing > Linux narky Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:10:27 GMT