Hello. I am a brand-new Debian user. I have another computer running
Mandrake with the full Helix Gnome installed. (These days it's Ximian
Gnome but I haven't updated in a while.)
I'd like to get my Debian system running the same desktop environment as
my Mandrake computer. But my understanding is that it would be better
to use Debian packages rather than Ximian packages.
As far as I can tell I have all the Gnome stuff, including control
center, installed. But I don't know how to get things set up the way I
want them.
0) I am used to Sawfish. What apt-get commands can I use to get it?
1) How do I enable the Gnome desktop? I want the "foot" menu, the
panel, applets, etc.
P.S. Not a Gnome question, but my X display is in a display mode that
refreshes at only 60Hz. I'd like to set it up to 90Hz, which my monitor
will handle. I'm using Xfree86 4.0.2 running on top of a woody system.
I already edited the XF86Config-4 file to tell it what ranges of
scanning rates my monitor can handle. Not only do I not know how to set
it the way I want it, but Ctrl+Alt+Numpad+ doesn't do anything, so I
can't even fix it manually.
Thanks!
