[UCLA-LUG] gnome+fvwm2

[Mark James Fasheh]

> hi,
> 
> 1. is fvwm2 not a compliant gnome manager?
fvwm2 out of the box afaik, is not gnome compliant.  I believe there are
some patches you can d/l to make it compliant. 

> 2. and even if it, strictly speaking, is not fully compliant, wont most
>    gnome apps work in it?
Gnome applications only require that the libraries be installed.  One does
not need to be running an actual gnome session to take advantage of it. 
You can run GNOME applications from anywhere, including KDE.

> 3. and if it does work, does anyone know how to 'force' gnomepager_applet
>    to start in it?
can't help you on that one.  I can however suggest several lightweight
Window Managers which are gnome compliant (I am assuming you run fvwm
because you don't want to run E).  The current hackers favoraite seems to be
Sawmill (http://sawmill.sourceforge.net), but there are others, including
IceWM (http://icewm.sourceforge.net).  If you just want to get up and go
with something like sawmill, without all the configuration to make it act
nice, I highly suggest using the helix gnome desktop (www.helixcode.com). 
It comes with some pretty nice defaults.

	--Mark

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Mark James Fasheh <mfasheh@linux.ucla.edu>
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