Thanks ahead of time to anyone who will take the time to answer some of these basic questions. X11 is a whole new world.
OK. I have been purusing the X11 threads and, honestly, have not found some basic answers to some basic questions. Doing a search on Google really confuses me, because it isn't specific to the new X11 package that Apple released and a lot of the tutorials assume you run Linux or some previous Macintosh Linux installation or XDarwin or OroboOSX.
So, would people using the new X11 package from Apple help out with some BASIC answers?
1. What's a window manager? It seems like Apple's X11 has its own? Quartz-wm?
2. Can I run WindowMaker on Apple's X11? And if I do, does it undo the ability to minimize windows to the Dock and cut and paste between native apps and X11 apps? Honestly, I got Gimp up and running under Apple's X11, but the menus are these ugly grey things. Can that be overcome without undoing the ability to minimize windows to the Dock and cut and paste between apps or is it something built into the Gimp package?
3. What is KDE and this Desktop thing I am reading about? What are themes? I want to run some of this open source stuff, but I LOVE aqua, and do not need anything to replace what Apple provides.
4. Where do you get X11 apps, and how do you get them to run with Apple's X11. I got Gimp from OpenDarwin. I also got AbiWord and OpenOffice. Where are more and is there something special you have to do to get them to run on Apple's X11?
OK. I have been purusing the X11 threads and, honestly, have not found some basic answers to some basic questions. Doing a search on Google really confuses me, because it isn't specific to the new X11 package that Apple released and a lot of the tutorials assume you run Linux or some previous Macintosh Linux installation or XDarwin or OroboOSX.
So, would people using the new X11 package from Apple help out with some BASIC answers?
1. What's a window manager? It seems like Apple's X11 has its own? Quartz-wm?
2. Can I run WindowMaker on Apple's X11? And if I do, does it undo the ability to minimize windows to the Dock and cut and paste between native apps and X11 apps? Honestly, I got Gimp up and running under Apple's X11, but the menus are these ugly grey things. Can that be overcome without undoing the ability to minimize windows to the Dock and cut and paste between apps or is it something built into the Gimp package?
3. What is KDE and this Desktop thing I am reading about? What are themes? I want to run some of this open source stuff, but I LOVE aqua, and do not need anything to replace what Apple provides.
4. Where do you get X11 apps, and how do you get them to run with Apple's X11. I got Gimp from OpenDarwin. I also got AbiWord and OpenOffice. Where are more and is there something special you have to do to get them to run on Apple's X11?