Digant C Kasundra wrote: > I'm a bit new to Linux. I understand that KDE and GNOME are different > Windows Managers. KDE = K Desktop Environment. GNOME = GNU Network Object Model Environment Bothe are general desktop environments, like CDE (Common Desktop Env.) from Solaris and HP-UX. The window manager is one part of that. KDE uses kwin by default, but others work with it. CDE uses dtwm. GNOME has had several, first was Enlightenment, then Sawfish, now Metacity. > Is Bluecurve also a Windows Manager? Bluecurve is a theme. Similar to XMMS/Winamp or Mozilla/Netscape skins, or Windows(9x/ME/XP) themes. Bluecurve is unique (so far) in that it includes GNOME, KDE, Metacity, GTK+, and XMMS parts. It it also an icon theme, using Red Hat developed icons. > The main focus of this question revolves around desktop themes. Will a > desktop theme for KDE also work for Bluecurve? GNOME? Are all themes > interchangable? If not, where can I find themes or informatin on > creating themes for Bluecurve? See above. But, you can change the the themes, like replacing the bulecurve XMMS skin with another, or a different GTK+ theme. Themes generally only work for the component they are designed for. So a GTK+ them won't change things in KDE, and a KDE theme won't affect GNOME apps. You can find themes/skins for lots of the parts at http://themes.freshmeat.net Hopefully soon you will be able to find meta thems, like bluecurve too, that affect most of the themable parts of the system. Untill them, you have to piece theme together yourself. A lot of themes are written to look good with certain others, like LCARS (based on Star Trek), which has Enlightenment, GTK+ (1.x), Sawfish, KDE, and Mozilla parts, multiples of some. -Thomas _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
