Dropline Gnome

bhodi · 04-24-2005, 03:51 AM

Hi,

I've installed Gnome with the default install of Slackware but I want to instal Dropline Gnome now. Is it possible to install Dropline on top of the already existing Gnome software (wich is not Dropline)?

Artanicus · 04-24-2005, 04:34 AM

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: yeah, but you prolly should reconsider a tad. PAtrick Volkerding himself encouraged the community to use the community gnome packages out there, but didnt himself recommend dropline due to its style of interfearance.. Well, read for youself:

quote from the slackware changelog:

Quote:

gnome/*: Removed from -current, and turned over to community support and
distribution. I'm not going to rehash all the reasons behind this, but it's
been under consideration for more than four years. There are already good
projects in place to provide Slackware GNOME for those who want it, and
these are more complete than what Slackware has shipped in the past. So, if
you're looking for GNOME for Slackware -current, I would recommend looking at
these two projects for well-built packages that follow a policy of minimal
interference with the base Slackware system:

http://gsb.sf.net
http://gware.sf.net

There is also Dropline, of course, which is quite popular. However, due to
their policy of adding PAM and replacing large system packages (like the
entire X11 system) with their own versions, I can't give quite the same sort
of nod to Dropline. Nevertheless, it remains another choice, and it's _your_
system, so I will also mention their project:

http://www.dropline.net/gnome/