Re: [K12OSN] Window manager/Desktop question

[anthony baldwin <anthonybaldwin snet net>]

Do any of you guys know anything about this?
http://www.academiccomputingenvironments.com
They offer low cost ltsp lab solutions for schools.
They offere labs for as few as 6 users for as low as $1500.
I don't even know if they are using K12ltsp or not.
The site doesn't really say.
I am very impressed at the idea of offering an
out-of-the-box lab solution like this, frankly.
Wish I'd thought of it first and had the dough to start up.
Of course, such a venture would have to offer other products
to remain solvent, I am sure, as I suspect the market isn't
exactly booming...yet.

tony

anthony baldwin wrote:
> Tom Kovalcik wrote:
>
> > I have always been confused by the concept of window managers and 
> > desktops and how they relate. Could someone please give a quick 
> > tutorial (or a link to one) that explains how they relate? I know KDE 
> > and Gnome are desktops, and I have heard of icewm and sawfish as 
> > window managers. Can I install multiple wm's and desttops and switch 
> > between them? Is this difficult to do? Can I use any window manager 
> > with any desktop? What are the benefits/drawbacks for some of the more 
> > popular choices? Sorry for what seems like a rudimentary question. I 
> > just have never got a good handle on these terms and have been afraid 
> > to experiment for fear of screwing something up.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom Kovalcik
>
>
> IceWM, KDE and Gnome are all graphical user interfaces to linux.  They 
> all run on top of the X server. They are window manager/desktops and 
> allow you to accopmlish your work via graphical tools, instead of all at 
> the command line/terminal.
> Using K12 3.1.2 one has the option to install all three of these during 
> install.  I have all three installed and had been using only KDE for a 
> long time, but have recently found that I am beginning to lean towards a 
> more streamlined gui and am using IceWM, now.   they all look very 
> similar, but have various levels of customizability.  Certtain app are 
> written for a specific WM, but you can run them in others as long as you 
> have the necessary libs installed.  Switching from one WM to another is 
> as simple as logging out, choosing another, and logging back in.
>
> tony
>
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