[Ham-Linux] Forget the modem, other questions

[Brian D Heaton]

Jacob,

On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 13:31, Jacob Tennant wrote:
> I have given up on the modem on my laptop so I have a few other smaller
> questions.
> 
> First, I am very new to linux so I need very descriptive replys, so you
> might reply directly to me.
> 
> 1. Which of the 3 windows manager (gdm,kdm,xdm) uses the least amount of
> system resources?
> 
None of these are actually window managers. They are login managers.  In
order (IIRC) they are for Gnome, KDE, and raw XFree86.

Window managers would be things like Sawfish, Enlightenment, FVWM2,
BlackBox, ICE, etc.  Of the bunch FVWM2, ICE, and BlackBox have smallish
resource footprints. I'm a gnome user so I'm not sure which of them is
best integrated (or possibly another one) with KDE.

> 2. I am presently using KDE by default, how do I change it to default to the
> reply from question #1?
> 
KDE isn't a window manager.  Its an environment that runs on top of the
window manager. The two main contenders here are Gnome and KDE. You
don't absolutely have to have one or the other.  You can run without
one.

> 3. I have downloaded and made a CD-ROM of some software and packages I want
> to install on my system. How do I tell linux to install them from the CD?
> 
I can't help you much with this one. (I'm a RedHat user)  I'd guess it
will involve use of the Debian apt-get program.


> I am running the latest stable version of Debian Woody
> 
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