Hi, I am trying out SuSe 5.3 and the default user wm seems to be kde. I am not impressed and would like to switch it to something else. Where can I do this and would anyone suggest a wm that works well in suse. Thanks Alot Rick -- Rick Knebel rknebel@rknebel.uplink.net - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
I am trying out SuSe 5.3 and the default user wm seems to be kde. I am not impressed and would like to switch it to something else.
Where can I do this and would anyone suggest a wm that works well in suse. I alternately run gnome with the latest WindowMaker or E. If you
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Rick Knebel wrote: like a NeXT-ish look WM and AfterStep seem to be the way to go. I tend to feel E is the most original, and it has grown on me over time. A particular pleasant set up is E with esd and transparent Eterm's and a themed gnome panel. It's a 'sweet suite'. Of the attempted NeXT look-alikes ( WM, AS, Bowman(old)) I prefer WM, cause it's fast, has a nice set of apps that were built with it in mind, like FSview,WMSound, and WMakerConfig, and is fairly stable. Configurability is a breeze with WindowMaker. AfterStep, however, I tend to dislike, though I am a AS user who later switched to WindowMaker, and I feel it's development in trying to please too many different people too much of the time has gotten bloated and unstable. Ice and blackbox are ugly but fast, and resource friendly. I've tried just about all of them, but always wind up with my old buddies, WindowMaker and Enlightenment. You can set your wm in your .xinitrc or set a global variable in profile to a universal default. There are so many wms now, and it all seems to come down to taste which one you use. Personally, I'd say try them all till you find one you prefer, cause just cause one of us likes one doesn't mean you will--look at all the people that love kde ( which I truly can't stand.) -M - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
hi. how do i make kde as the default wm when using grpahical login. i did this by modifying the initlevel to 5. using this option, my wm is fvwm2. using the text login and manually starting X, my wm is kde. i did modify xinitrc file. my still not working. please help. jl Michael Johnson wrote:
I am trying out SuSe 5.3 and the default user wm seems to be kde. I am not impressed and would like to switch it to something else.
Where can I do this and would anyone suggest a wm that works well in suse. I alternately run gnome with the latest WindowMaker or E. If you
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Rick Knebel wrote: like a NeXT-ish look WM and AfterStep seem to be the way to go. I tend to feel E is the most original, and it has grown on me over time. A particular pleasant set up is E with esd and transparent Eterm's and a themed gnome panel. It's a 'sweet suite'. Of the attempted NeXT look-alikes ( WM, AS, Bowman(old)) I prefer WM, cause it's fast, has a nice set of apps that were built with it in mind, like FSview,WMSound, and WMakerConfig, and is fairly stable. Configurability is a breeze with WindowMaker. AfterStep, however, I tend to dislike, though I am a AS user who later switched to WindowMaker, and I feel it's development in trying to please too many different people too much of the time has gotten bloated and unstable. Ice and blackbox are ugly but fast, and resource friendly. I've tried just about all of them, but always wind up with my old buddies, WindowMaker and Enlightenment.
You can set your wm in your .xinitrc or set a global variable in profile to a universal default. There are so many wms now, and it all seems to come down to taste which one you use. Personally, I'd say try them all till you find one you prefer, cause just cause one of us likes one doesn't mean you will--look at all the people that love kde ( which I truly can't stand.)
-M
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On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, you wrote:
hi. how do i make kde as the default wm when using grpahical login. i did this by modifying the initlevel to 5. using this option, my wm is fvwm2. using the text login and manually starting X, my wm is kde. i did modify xinitrc file. my still not working. please help.
if you are gonna use the graphical login, i'd suggest using kdm instead of xdm. kdm will allow you to choose which wm you want to run each time you login...very nice. kde is the default, btw. -derek - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
hi. thanks michael for the advice. nut i did change the login using kdm. but the script is like this. .../kdm -nodaemon. is this the correct script? anyways, i did have the option to select the session type and the default is kde. but after logging in, it's still loading fvwm2. do i need to edit some other files. please help again. thank you in advance. =) jl "Rev. Michael Derek Barnett" wrote:
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, you wrote:
hi. how do i make kde as the default wm when using grpahical login. i did this by modifying the initlevel to 5. using this option, my wm is fvwm2. using the text login and manually starting X, my wm is kde. i did modify xinitrc file. my still not working. please help.
if you are gonna use the graphical login, i'd suggest using kdm instead of xdm. kdm will allow you to choose which wm you want to run each time you login...very nice. kde is the default, btw.
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Rick Knebel wrote:
Hi,
I am trying out SuSe 5.3 and the default user wm seems to be kde. I am not impressed and would like to switch it to something else.
Where can I do this and would anyone suggest a wm that works well in suse.
Thanks Alot Rick
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First I recommend fvwm95 for ease of use and familar features of windoze. second about hw to change it. I will need to know what init level you are running at most of the time (2 or 3) and what command you are using to start the xserver (xinit or startx or xdm or kdm). If you email with that info I will help you change your wm. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
¡Rick Knebel wrote:
Hi,
I am trying out SuSe 5.3 and the default user wm seems to be kde. I am not impressed and would like to switch it to something else.
Where can I do this and would anyone suggest a wm that works well in suse.
Thanks Alot Rick
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When using kdm, klick session type, choose another windowmanager from the list. When using xdm, I think the standard choice is fvwm. Roland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UNIX isn't dead, it just smells funny... Run Linux! Keep The Net Free! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
Rick Knebel wrote:
Hi,
I am trying out SuSe 5.3 and the default user wm seems to be kde. I am not impressed and would like to switch it to something else.
Where can I do this and would anyone suggest a wm that works well in suse.
If your tendencies are to clean desktops, might I suggest UDE. It's a fast, simple window manager that doesn't use any special libraries, like Qt, and similar to 'lwm', doesn't leave icons on the desktop. It's control panel is unique, and the authors declare it's as different from MS-Windows as possible. URL: <A HREF="http://www.ude.org"><A HREF="http://www.ude.org</A">http://www.ude.org HTH, and Happy New Year -- Sandy Seeds Going there today with SuSE Linux! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
I struggled with bloated susewm and fvwm2 for a while and never got them to feel right. I liked WindowMaker in the past, but its focus-follows-mouse mode is still buggy. So I uninstalled susewm and all the WMs and installed the icewm RPMs. Took 15 minutes to set up, looks decent, no frills, always works. Though I still dream of setting up E. :) Just one new SuSE 5.3 user's experience. - Scott Rick Knebel wrote:
Hi,
I am trying out SuSe 5.3 and the default user wm seems to be kde. I am not impressed and would like to switch it to something else.
Where can I do this and would anyone suggest a wm that works well in suse.
Thanks Alot Rick
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