Well, yes. But, gdm is the "Gnome Display Manager." And, you can correctly take the implication that the default windowing environment on Fedora is Gnome. I have never heard of a distro shipping with kdm as the default display manager, and gnome as the default windowing environment, in other words. Nor have I heard of of any permutation of that. Kenny Hitt writes: > Hi. > Gdm is a display manager, not a window manager.The difference is important. > I don't know what the default window manager is for Fedora, but > metacity will probably be best for accessibility. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 09:41:56AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > The default window manager for the Speakup Modified Fedora is GDM. > > > > In other words, Gnome is the default window environment on a Speakup > > Modified Fedora installation under Xwindows. > > > > So, if you follow the instructions in the HOWTO, you'll end up with > > everything you need, just as the HOWTO says. > > > > But, no. You are going to second guess. OK. Your choice. > > > > Luke Yelavich writes: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 05:56:07PM EST, Gustafsson Kristoffer (elev) wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > What differences is there between the gnome desktop environment and the x environment? > > > > I have read a bit, but can't really find any. > > > > > > X is the graphical environment that communicates with your video > > > hardware to display graphics, the mouse pointer, etc. GNOME is a desktop > > > environment that has everything you need to run and manage running > > > grapical applications. It has a window manager, provides a desktop > > > background, and other features to make using apps easier. The various > > > components of GNOME communicate with X to display their content. > > > > > > > also, what packages do I need to install in order to enable gnoe? > > > > I didn't install it with fedora core since I'm unsure if gnome will start automatically as x does if I select that during the installation. > > > > > > I am unable to help you there, as even though a lot of distros package > > > GNOME, they all package it differently. > > > > > > > is there automatic boot of gnome like for x? > > > > thanks > > > > > > Automatic booting of GNOME requires X to do so. So in effect, X is being > > > loaded, but with GNOME as well. > > > - -- > > > Luke > > > > > > Get my public GPG key here: http://www.themuso.com/themuso-gpg-key.txt > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFCdeeTjVefwtBjIM4RAhBKAJ43tB4QWur3R/tOmpu1EfriTZG2qgCdHChS > > > KqDTc7uFofTqHAkLPNzsji8= > > > =mGHy > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org > > > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list