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KDE - The K Desktop Enviroment
This is one of the most mature and full featured desktops available for Linux. The developers of KDE
seem to have been inspired by MS Windows quite a bit, and KDE is nauseatingly alike it. Of course if
you use MS Windows at home, you should feel quite at home in KDE. Using so called “themes” you
can change the look of windows, borders, backgrounds ect., giving opportunity for countless hours of
fun doing “window shopping”. KDE is the default window manager in the data bars.
WindowMaker
WindowMaker is a window manager with a twist. It is designed to be like OpenStep/NextStep, the
famous operating system and computer that unfortunatly failed back in the eighties. The “look and
feel” is quite different from the other, but very effective.
GNOME - GNu Object Model Enviroment
GNOME was originally created because of some licence problems concering KDE. GNOME is much
more configurable that KDE, and can be made to look like Star Trek on steroids. The “feel” can also
be adjusted to your personal preference.
12 More about Linux
If you seek more information about Linux, searcing the Internet is a good starting point. Another
excellent source of information is the Linux User Groups (LUG’s). Located in Copenhagen, we have
a very large LUG: Sk˚ane Sjælland Linux User Group (SSLUG),
www.sslug.dk . We also have a
LUG at ITU: ( www2.itu.dk/linux ). If you are interested in Linux, you should look at these two
URL’s. At www.sslug.dk , you also find an introductory text to Linux: “Linux - Friheden til at
vælge” – mandatory reading if you are new to Linux.
You can get Linux free from many different companies. ITU also has a Linux distribution based on
RedHat. Below we give a few URL’s to some of the most popular suppliers of the Linux operating
system:
Red Hat: www.redhat.com .
Debian: www.debian.org
SuSE: www.suse.com .
A lot of books exists on using Linux. All larger bookstores have them.
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