Re: stuff and Re: Computerfest '99

["Casey Boone" <cboone@accessus.net>]

heh .. thats what i was refering to .. the window manager ..  other than the
xwindows (well thats what the red hat installation guide calls it ) is there
one that is as stable if not more stable than that?  thats what i would
prefer. :)

casey



----Original Message-----
From: Richard H. Fifarek <rfifarek@som.siu.edu>
To: silug-discuss@silug.org <silug-discuss@silug.org>
Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: stuff and Re: Computerfest '99


>
>On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Casey Boone wrote:
>
>> Subject: Re: stuff and Re: Computerfest '99
>>
>> is xwindows more stable than any of these?  i would prefer to use the
most
>> stable and least processor hungry if possible
>
> It appears that there is some confusion on terminology here.
>Xwindows (or more properly referred to as "X"), is a program that
>establishes the X protocol, communicates with your video card, etc.  A
>window manager (such as fvwm2, WindowMaker, BlackBox, the list goes on and
>on) runs on top of X to give it it's nice look.
> As far as stability is concerned, X is very stable by itself.  The
>window manager tends to be the less stable, and what causes X as a whole
>to crash from time to time.  So, in short, your choice of a window manager
>will (in most cases) determine your stability.
>
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