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Re: Two quick questions



On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, David Densmore wrote:

> 1. Is Gnome a window manager for X, or is it a replacement for X?
>    (or it it something else?)

It is something else. Gnome stands for GNU Network Object Model
Environment.  It is (or will be when completed) a complete desktop based
on the GTK+ toolkit.  There are already many apps, including some window
managers, using it.

> 
> 2. What is the advantage of using a kernel source package in .deb
>    format as opposed to a generic kernel source in tar.gz format?

Sometimes the kernel source packages have patches applied which haven't
yet shown up in the tar.gz. files.  Otherwise, none.

Bob

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