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30 Jun
1998
30 Jun
'98
04:53
Chilini wrote:
Hello, I am downloading (as i type) the basic packages for suse (a1,a2,d1,d2,doc1,n1) are the packages kde1 and kde2 necessary for a base install?
No. KDE is the K Desktop Environment. It is a window manager and a bunch of apps for X. You don't NEED it to get linux going, but you might want to take a look at it later on, but take a look at WindowMaker too! Luck, Mark - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e