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HI!
I am trying to set up FreeNX (one Remote X desktop software) on my VPS (CentOS 5.5). I have googled and found several different tutorials.
One tutorial says:
yum groupinstall “X Window System”
yum groupinstall “GNOME Desktop Environment”
Another says:
For a KDE desktop, do "yum install -y kdebase".
For Gnome, do "yum install -y gnome-session".
I want to know:
Is “X Window System” optional? When I googled, it says “X Window System” is the backbone of KDE and GNOME. Some tutorials say “X Window System” eats lots of computer memory and it is optional if you have small computer memory. I am confused.
If I am going to install Firefox and extensions on my VPS, is yum install -y kdebase enough? Should I use yum -y groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"?
Thanks a lot!
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Both KDE and GNOME run on top of X Windows. KDE and GNOME are desktop environments whereas X Windows is the windowing manager.
GNOME is generally regarded as streamlined and less resource-intensive than KDE. Interestingly, while GNOME's minimum system requirements are less demanding as far as CPU speed is concerned (700 Mhz, vs KDE's 1 Ghz requirement), KDE actually requires less minimum RAM (615 MB vs GNOME's 768 MB).
The name KDE was intended as a wordplay on the existing Common Desktop Environment, available for Unix systems. CDE was an X11-based user environment jointly developed by HP, IBM, and Sun through the X/Open consortium, with an interface and productivity tools based on the Motif graphical widget toolkit.
The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems. X Window System. twm - the default X11 window manager.
Both KDE and GNOME run on top of X Windows. KDE and GNOME are desktop environments whereas X Windows is the windowing manager.
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