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09-15-2006

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People looking for FreeWindows XP tend to be disappointed; UNIX is not Windows. Be warned. You will need to do things differently. There are myriad differences that not even Ubuntu can hide -- and I'm not exactly for hiding these differences anyway, why obliterate indispensable features just to ape an OS everyone hates?

Re: #1, you can download a Knoppix livecd to boot on your computer. This can run a full Linux desktop without installing anything on your computer, good for trying things out. For a full installation, I won't even get into that argument since most seem to hate my distro of choice.

Re: #2, the desktop is not the kernel. It's just a program. In Windows they are inseperable, but UNIX is not Windows. You may have seen Sun's experimental 3D window manager, which might be a cool toy, but probably needs a high-powered video card, and likely isn't too stable besides. Get your system working first is my advice, then worry about cool toys.

Re: #3, difficult to say without knowing what window manager he was using; There's no "standard" Linux desktop environment. There's some popular ones, but if he's using that 3D window manager there's no telling what other bizzare things he's got running.

If you're limited in time and need to run windows programs for school and games, skip it and come back to it when you've got time to learn how to use your computer from scratch. Otherwise you'll just end up an irrational linux hater like I did. I eventually converted for the same reason as you, cost, and have discovered many reasons to stay, but spent weeks in "wonder what this button does" mode.

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libgnome-desktop-2

libgnome-desktop-2(3)						C Library Functions					     libgnome-desktop-2(3)

NAME

       libgnome-desktop-2 - experimental GNOME interfaces

DESCRIPTION

       libgnome-desktop  is  a	collection  of volatile interfaces that are in the process of migrating to more stable GNOME libraries.  Use these
       interfaces at your own risk, according to the API documentation.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-2.so

	   FreeDesktop vector graphics library

       /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop

	   Location of developer documentation

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-panel		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnome-panel(1), libpanel-applet-2(3), libwnck-1(3), attributes(5), gnome-interfaces(5)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006.

SunOS 5.11							    31 Aug 2004 					     libgnome-desktop-2(3)