I am using Kdesktop but in some tutorials it say that i should use gnome. So can someone tell me which is better? and i already have gnome installed, how do i open it?

And another question, i have windows installed in another HD, how do i make it.... for Lilo to open Linux or choose to open Windows?

The second question is the most important.

And another question to. i have a Microsoft Optical Mouse by Starck. but the roller doesnt work. in the tutorials it says to use xf86config, but in my case it doesnt have that command

Can't answer your first question, as I use KDE.

I have Windows on my second hard drive, this is how I configure Lilo to open it:

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Slackware10.2
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hdb1
label = win98
table = /dev/hdb
map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80
# Windows bootable partition ends

I use mc to put this in /etc/lilo.conf, and this will give you the choice of selecting windows regardless of what drive it is on.

About the wheel/roller mouse: this question has been asked and answered many times; use the search function for this forum.

1) Your choice of Desktop Environment/ Window manager is up to you. Use 'xwmconfig' to change your default manager. (You're using KDE, kdesktop is just a small part of it.)

2) As root, run 'pkgtool', then "Setup (Choose Slackware installation scripts to run again)" > liloconfig.

Run the 'expert' configuration, choose 'Begin', then 'Linux' (pick the correct partition), then 'Windows' (pick the correct partition - usually /dev/hda1) and finally 'install'

3) xorgconfig - although to set up a mouse with a wheel, you usually need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf - xorgconfig cannot set the wheel up for you. The FAQ entry here may be of more use to you.

thanx, i will try all that.

asking which desktop is better is the same as asking which shoesize is better.
the answer is : the one that fits.

just try some or all of them with " xwmconfig "as described above...

egag

I am a long term gnome user and so prefer it. But if I had no experience with either and was going to be a Slackware user, I would probably use KDE . Gnome is not currently included in Slackwrae and so it would eliminate having to install a 3rd party Gnome (or build my own).