OT: Linux

[nakomus]

Adding onto what Taqwus said, in case it isn’t clear: Gnome or KDE sits on top of the XFree86 system, which provides the low level interface.

Normally the hierarchy is like this:

XFree86 -> Window Manager -> Desktop Environment -> Applications

Gnome and KDE technically lie in the “desktop environment” Category. By default with use their own window managers as well (sawfish and Kwin, respectively, I think), but can be used with other window managers that provide the right features. Also applications using the KDE and Gnome libraries (QT and gtk) will generally work whether or not you are using the corresponding desktop environment.

You can also completely skip the Desktop Environment and just use the window manager of your choice (what I do).

Gandalf:

If its Linux and Windows XP then wouldnt it be easier to run the WinXP as FAT32 or even just FAT instead of NTFS?

In my case this wouldn’t be easy to do: I don’t have a real XP installation disk, only a recovery disk which I think would restore the format and partitioning to factory state (I haven’t tried it). In order to get XP onto FAT I’d have juggle the live system off onto some other storage and than change the formatting, which sounds like a hassle.

guybrush threepwood: I suspected that was probably the case but hadn’t tried it.