Re: gnome compliant window managers

["Jesse D . Sightler" <jsight pair com>]

Would it be possible to use something like "Gnome-guru" so that first
time users could be very Windows like and just hit "Next...Next...Finish"
until they were done?  Oughtta be easy for the user.  :-)

On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:33:51 Michael Fulbright wrote:
> 
> If the main problem we are discussing here is that the donated RPMS I
> build for ftp.gnome.org require enlightenment by default, we can fix that
> problem by removing the requirement. I'm not sure that is what we want to
> do however (read below).
> 
> The requirement will remain in the Starbuck release and next release of
> the distribution because of our decision to use Enlightenment by default.
> But I agree there is no reason to force people who are trying out GNOME
> from the RPMS on ftp.gnome.org to have to use Enlightenment.
> 
> However, since users of all backgrounds are trying out the GNOME RPMS for
> the first time, I think it wise to bundle a window manager that will
> actually work properly with the pager/etc with the GNOME RPMS. Requiring the
> user to install said WM will insure they get it up and running. Remember,
> these people may not even know what a window manager is.  Starting GNOME w/o
> a window manager is a BAD thing, especially for new users who will not
> know how to start one from a command line.
> 
> I'm open to other technical solutions, but at the moment I think the
> benefits from requiring Enlightenment far outwiegh the 3.6 meg of
> disk space it uses ( $0.10 US dollars at current HD prices :)
> 
> The GNOME user's guide that we've written at RHAD mentions exactly how to
> change the window manager:
> 
>   http://www.gnome.org/users-guide/gccdesktop.html#GCCWM
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Fulbright
> drmike@redhat.com
> Director - Red Hat Advanced Development Labs
> 
> 
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