Re: why I don't use gnome...

[Nicolas Mailhot <Nicolas Mailhot email enst fr>]

On jeu, 01 mar 2001 20:32:00 "Blad, John Erling" wrote:
> > 2) I cannot _not_ have the desktop managed by gnome. 
> This is bizarre, I
> > can start up panel separetely, but I cannot start
> gnome-sesion without
> > have a root app running.
> 
> > kenneth
> 
> I know there are at least a few applications that draws on
> the root window.
> Some of them uses specialized hardware to intermingle
> video and X11 windows.
> Perhaps it would be a good idea to be able to start GNOME
> in a say-away-from-root
> mode.

And I'm afraid with Nautilus things will only get worse, not
better, at least with gmc the only thing managed was some
shaped windows.

-- 
Nicolas