Questions about Gnome?

Slovak · 11-20-2004, 08:44 AM

How come when one first installs Slack 10 and choosed Gnome as their desktop that they don't have squat for applications installed compared to KDE?
Also, what is Gnome's filemanager, and how does it compare to the power of KDE's?

slackaddict · 11-20-2004, 09:45 AM

I think if you did a full install of Slack you will have all the same apps installed, but they may not be showing up in the gnome menu. I don't have any experience editing the gnome menu (fluxbox is too cool), but you should be able to find all the KDE apps in /opt/kde/bin and run them from there.

As for the file managers, I think Nautilus is gnome's default and from what I've seen its pretty customizable and will do anything you need a file manager to do, personally I've always preffered the style of Konqueror though

shilo · 11-20-2004, 10:18 AM

KDE also automatically includes all of the Gnome apps in it's menu, making it appear like even more apps. What are you looking to do in Gnome?

Slovak · 11-20-2004, 10:30 AM

I am looking to have all the packages/applications listed in the KDE menu to show in the gnome menu. I just decided to try gnome since I always have sound problems in KDE, but miss everything in the KDE menu, gnome looks sort of "empty", if you know what I mean. I have not updated anything yet as I am affraid to since every time I try I lose sound using swaret or somilar utilities, even with or without alsa in the exclude list, sound never works again period.

ringwraith · 11-20-2004, 10:30 AM

And if you search this forum IIRC, you will find instrucions to add the KDE menu to your Gnome menu.

shilo · 11-20-2004, 01:05 PM

Something to think about, the Gnome menu looks "empty" by design. 1 function, 1 program. You'll only find one Text editor, for example, by default. Same goes for teminal applications. KDE lists them all. It's all about preference. I prefer my menu to just have the programs that I use in it. If I need something else, I call it from the command line.