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**fyrephlie** · 10-31-2005

is there any real drawback to installing both kde and gnome beside the obviously space consumption on drive? i am talking compatibility / dependency problems. it seems like there might be good reasons all the distros either offer to install only one of the two ... or only COME with one of the two to begin with. I know ususally a distro is more tuned on the default ... but can there be any problems with setting up both?

thanks

(p.s. i already did on a simplyMEPIS distro on another machine ... so far no blowup ... but i want to tread lightly and not lose anything over there)

**techieMoe** · 10-31-2005

You shouldn't run into any issues. I usually keep them both on my systems if the distro offers them. You never know what kind of mood you might be in.

**fyrephlie** · 10-31-2005

that is sort of where i am at ... i like all of them ... and tend to want to use kde, gnome, fluxbox, windowmaker ... etc ... here and there . its somehow entertaining and fun to set up the different environments.

thanks

***Cabhan*** · 11-02-2005

I have GNOME, KDE, Fluxbox, and Enlightenment 17 all installed. I am currently installing FVWM.

You can have as many as you want :P.

**fyrephlie** · 11-02-2005

i was just concerned about kde and gnome duking it out at all ... but i am happily using kde gnome fluxbox blackbox fvwm and windowmaker... i will be getting enlightenment soon as i fix my other box ... see my other posts ... also ... anyone have any experience using fluxspace (i.e. fluxbox with rox filer and idesk... just wondering about idesk... cause the screenshots on their website look bad really...) ... thanks

***Cabhan*** · 11-03-2005

I use Fluxbox with Rox Filer, and it works wonderfully. I even use Rox in Gnome and KDE, because I love it so much.

As far as iDesk, I don't use it (if I'm on the dekstop, I can just open the Fluxbox menu), but I have previously. I had no real problems with it except that if I tried to open a KDE app (KMix, KSysguard, etc.), my icons would all disappear.

Also, the icons can be a little funky, but it all got set up fairly nicely after a little tinkering.

**a thing** · 11-03-2005

I have KDE, GNOME, E17 and XFCE with no problems.

**josolanes** · 11-03-2005

i just use xfce, but i have it set up to run gnome and kde libraries (one of my favorite things about it) so i can run either kde or gnome programs whenever i feel like it. i often use a few of each

**fyrephlie** · 11-03-2005

xfce you say ... will be sure to look at that too

thanks

**IsaacKuo** · 11-03-2005

To the original question--no, there's no problem with having both KDE and GNOME installed. I always install both with Debian installs, because the laziest thing for me to do is to select Debian's "Desktop Workstation" software suite. This suite includes both KDE and GNOME.

Originally Posted by techieMoe

Originally Posted by Cabhan

I use Fluxbox with Rox Filer, and it works wonderfully. I even use Rox in Gnome and KDE, because I love it so much.

Not to go completely off topic, but how do change the background image for your desktop with ROX filer?

ROX filer doesn't do anything with the background image. It's just the filer. I use ROX filer, but have never bothered even installing any other ROX components.

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