Re: KDE or gnome: How to keep screen saver on - ie No shutdown of screen to black

2005-08-19 Thread Hubert Palme
> "C" == Cybe R Wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: C> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:35:12 +0200 C> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hubert Palme) wrote: >> Seems to me that KDE uses xscreensaver, but I'm not sure -- the >> cooperation netween KDE and X is pretty inscrutable for me. >> =20 >> In the "KDE con

Re: KDE or gnome: How to keep screen saver on - ie No shutdown of screen to black

2005-08-15 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:35:12 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hubert Palme) wrote: > Seems to me that KDE uses xscreensaver, but I'm not sure -- the > cooperation netween KDE and X is pretty inscrutable for me. > > In the "KDE control center" (KControl) I find "Attached devices" > (Angeschlossene Geräte)

Re: KDE or gnome: How to keep screen saver on - ie No shutdown of screen to black

2005-08-15 Thread Hubert Palme
> "C" == Cybe R Wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: C> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:05:53 +0200 C> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hubert Palme) wrote: C> sudo xset -dpms ? >> >> How can I make this setting the default? >> >> It is lost on logout and I'm still searching a central place (script?) >> wh

Re: KDE or gnome: How to keep screen saver on - ie No shutdown of screen to black

2005-08-14 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:05:53 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hubert Palme) wrote: > C> sudo xset -dpms ? > > How can I make this setting the default? > > It is lost on logout and I'm still searching a central place (script?) > where such settings are made when logging in on panels like kdm, xdm, > ..

Re: KDE or gnome: How to keep screen saver on - ie No shutdown of screen to black

2005-08-12 Thread Hubert Palme
> "C" == Cybe R Wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: C> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:09:30 -0400 C> Mitchell Laks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I use kde desktop and notice that my screen saver works for a while >> and then I get a dark screen. Where is the "power" setting that is >> doi

Re: KDE or gnome: How to keep screen saver on - ie No shutdown of screen to black

2005-07-15 Thread Mitchell Laks
On Friday 15 July 2005 01:24 am, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > sudo xset -dpms ? > Thank you very much. That is exactly what I needed to know. It is even better to know what the command level structure is that lies behind the gui setting !!! Now I can play with xset. Mitchell > Cybe

Re: KDE or gnome: How to keep screen saver on - ie No shutdown of screen to black

2005-07-14 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:09:30 -0400 Mitchell Laks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I use kde desktop and notice that my screen saver works for a while > and then I get a dark screen. Where is the "power" setting that is > doing this. > > I would like to waste cpu cycles running opengl screensav

Re: Kde or gnome

2002-10-03 Thread csj
On 02 Oct 2002 19:52:05 -0500 Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joyce> So, before I do something irreversable, which is the > Joyce> preferred desktop ? > > Joyce> Some peolle seem not to like kde (3) and other seems to > Joyce> love it. > > Joyce> Any advice p

Re: Kde or gnome

2002-10-02 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
se. > > Is one better suited to this spec than the other ? > > Matthew Joyce > > > > -Original Message- > From: David Pastern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 9:22 AM > To: Joyce, Matthew; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Kde or gnom

Re: Kde or gnome

2002-10-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 19:13, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > So, before I do something irreversable, which is the preferred desktop ? > > Some peolle seem not to like kde (3) and other seems to love it. > > Any advice please ? > > Use twm until things are standardised ;) KDE has its strengths, Gn

Re: Kde or gnome

2002-10-02 Thread D. J. Bolderman
On Wed, 02 Oct 2002, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Joyce> So, before I do something irreversable, which is the > Joyce> preferred desktop ? > Joyce> Some peolle seem not to like kde (3) and other seems to > Joyce> love it. > Joyce> Any advice please ? I'm using kde 3.0.3 right n

Re: Kde or gnome

2002-10-02 Thread Shyamal Prasad
Joyce> So, before I do something irreversable, which is the Joyce> preferred desktop ? Joyce> Some peolle seem not to like kde (3) and other seems to Joyce> love it. Joyce> Any advice please ? Which is better. Emacs or vi? ;-) Seriously, they are both equally nice and equa

Re: Kde or gnome

2002-10-02 Thread jeff
> So, before I do something irreversable, which is the preferred desktop ? > irreversable <-- you need to get used to not using this word when talking about gnu/linux distro's :-) > Some peolle seem not to like kde (3) and other seems to love it. > i don't really care for either of them :-)

Re: Kde or gnome

2002-10-02 Thread nate
Joyce, Matthew said: > > So, before I do something irreversable, which is the preferred desktop ? > > Some peolle seem not to like kde (3) and other seems to love it. > I use neither, it depends on your needs. I have been using afterstep for at least 3 years I think, and enjoy it, it gets out of

RE: Kde or gnome

2002-10-02 Thread Joyce, Matthew
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 9:22 AM To: Joyce, Matthew; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Kde or gnome Try both, see for you which one you prefer by usage, not opinion. I've been a gnome user for several years now, and i'm only just trying kde out. Both desktops

RE: Kde or gnome

2002-10-02 Thread David Pastern
Try both, see for you which one you prefer by usage, not opinion. I've been a gnome user for several years now, and i'm only just trying kde out. Both desktops are great imho, but try them both extensively to see which one you prefer. Dave -Original Message- From: Joyce, Matthew [mailt

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-10 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 09:49:49AM +0518, USM Bish wrote: > Just a small clarification sought : > What exactly is meant by Gnome or KDE compliance ? > > Is it the capability of running Gnome or KDE apps ? No. Window managers don't run apps, they just manage the way they are placed on the scre

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-09 Thread USM Bish
Just a small clarification sought : What exactly is meant by Gnome or KDE compliance ? Is it the capability of running Gnome or KDE apps ? I'm on fvwm2 and blackbox. I've both qt (for KDE) and necessary libs for running gnome apps installed. I am able to run kmail, kedit (and other kde pa

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-09 Thread Preben Randhol
Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/09/2000 (13:02) : > Sawfish is highly scriptable via lisp, so it probably isn't fast, either. It is faster than the default Enlightenment at least. Neither does it require that you have the latest video card with Open-GL and 128Mb RAM. -- Preben Randh

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-09 Thread Preben Randhol
Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/09/2000 (10:38) : > Read the quote again. I wrote "the only wm with _full_ support" etc. > If sawfish is "Most integrated", the others are necessarily "less > integrated", or not? I don't want the wm and the desktop to step over > each other, and that

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-09 Thread Frank Copeland
On 5 Sep 00 19:05:33 GMT, Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Namely, Gnome does not include its own window manager; KDE does. >> Gnome depends on hooks for Gnome support compiled into an external >> window manager, and at present the only window manager with full >> support for Gnome seems

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-08 Thread Felix Natter
Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Felix" == Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Helgi> Of course it depends on who you ask.:-) Generally I like > Helgi> KDE because it is locical in so many ways, but I don't like how > Helgi> big it is and therefore takes a lot of re

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-06 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "Joachim" == Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: itz> window manager, and at present the only window manager with full itz> support for Gnome seems to be Enlightenment, AKA `E'. Joachim> That's nonsense, many window managers have Gnome support now, Joachim> e.g. icewm-gnome, wmake

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-05 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > window manager, and at present the only window manager with full > support for Gnome seems to be Enlightenment, AKA `E'. That's nonsense, many window managers have Gnome support now, e.g. icewm-gnome, wmaker, sawfish-gnome. Most integrated in Gnome is

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-01 Thread Mike Werner
Ian Zimmerman wrote: > I tried both KDE and Gnome; in fact I tried installing Gnome multiple > times, and always came to the same conclusion (which is: I run KDE :). > The problem I have with Gnome is a bit subtle, and not obvious to > someone who's installing Linux or even a Linux GUI for the fir

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-01 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "Felix" == Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Helgi> Of course it depends on who you ask.:-) Generally I like Helgi> KDE because it is locical in so many ways, but I don't like how Helgi> big it is and therefore takes a lot of resources, and it's not Helgi> 'free'. Gnome is faster

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-09-01 Thread Felix Natter
Helgi Örn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > Of course it depends on who you ask.:-) > Generally I like KDE because it is locical in so many ways, but I don't > like how big it is and therefore takes a lot of resources, and it's not > 'free'. > Gnome is faster (for me) but I got problems

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-08-14 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, John Griffiths wrote: > LET THE FLAME WARS COMMENCE > This list has pretty much gotten over flaming about GNOME/KDE. We prefer to flame about licensing and social-contract wording here. 8^) > if you hae the QT and GTK libns in place the

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-08-11 Thread Moritz Schulte
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 11:19:43AM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > Gnome is faster (for me) but I got problems with using different > keyboard layouts in Gnome, but it's free. > I really love fvwm2 and icewm but there I got this problem with differet > keyboard layouts; I don't know how to configure use

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-08-11 Thread Helgi Örn
Hi! Of course it depends on who you ask.:-) Generally I like KDE because it is locical in so many ways, but I don't like how big it is and therefore takes a lot of resources, and it's not 'free'. Gnome is faster (for me) but I got problems with using different keyboard layouts in Gnome, but i

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-08-11 Thread John Griffiths
LET THE FLAME WARS COMMENCE hello all, i am new.. i don't normally comment much but i've seen this one before in other places! as to window managers... if you hae the QT and GTK libns in place then u can run apps from either.. even in other window managers... i find icewm an easy place to ope

Re: kde or gnome?

2000-08-11 Thread kmself
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 12:50:07AM -0700, Daniel Gebhardt wrote: > What's generally better, kde or gnome? Or is there something else out > there? Yes. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "G