About installing more desktops

Sir Debian OS provides more desktops and editors to the users but it’s package management subsystem is very inferior so is it possible to install all the desktops available in Debian OS and if possible directly install the packages available in Debian DVD’s. If so please suggest the procedure.

Regards,
Rupesh.

YaSt > Software > Software management. Then, from the View menu choose Patterns. Scroll down to Graphical environments (or how it is called). There you can check LXDE, Gnome, KDE and XFCE for installation (at least one of them was already installed by you during installation I guess).

When it is just about a specific application (you mention editor), just seach for it in the Search field of YaST Software management. If it is there, you can install it. Most applications, even if they come with a specific desktop, will also run on other desktops. But they may install al lot of dependancies with them

In Debian we can find upto 25 desktops and window managers and I am asking how to install these desktops and window managers under openSUSE.

On Sun 14 Jul 2013 01:26:01 AM CDT, rupeshforu3 wrote:

In Debian we can find upto 25 desktops and window managers and I am
asking how to install these desktops and window managers under openSUSE.

Hi
Add this repository…?

I have twin and spectrwm in my testing repository…


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I am curious as to why you need 25 desktops ?

On 07/14/2013 04:36 AM, vazhavandan wrote:
> why you need 25 desktops

because they are available, and free.


dd

On 2013-07-14 07:17, dd wrote:
> On 07/14/2013 04:36 AM, vazhavandan wrote:
>> why you need 25 desktops
>
> because they are available, and free.

What are their names?


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

There are several types of people in these world.

For some people, a desktop is only an underlying tool to get work done. When the desktop half way does what is needed, they get used to it and forget about it. Any change is an unasked for interuption in the routine of the work to be done.

For others, desktops are the work to be done. To be compared, to be tested.

We need both types of people.

(But I admit that making a consumers test about 25 desktops is a huge task)

I guess i myself tested 10 (GNOME,KDE,E17,awesome,fluxbox,pekwm,fvwm,manokwari,icewm,twm) desktops on openSUSE but 25 would be a big number.

On 2013-07-14 12:16, hcvv wrote:
> For some people, a desktop is only an underlying tool to get work done.
> When they half way do what is needed, they get used to it and forget
> about it. Any change is an unasked for interuption in the routine of the
> work to be done.

I’m one of those :slight_smile:


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

KDE is the best DE ever … :wink:

On 07/14/2013 11:58 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> What are their names?

here are some (but i do not think all):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment#Desktop_environments_for_the_X_Window_System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment#Examples_of_desktop_environments


dd

On 2013-07-14 17:49, dd wrote:
> On 07/14/2013 11:58 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> What are their names?
>
> here are some (but i do not think all):

A lot.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment#Desktop_environments_for_the_X_Window_System
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment#Examples_of_desktop_environments

Hey! Windows 7 has a photo in there. :-o


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)