Re: Blastwave Gnome vs. Sun's Gnome

From: Jeffery Small (jeff_at_cjsa.com)
Date: 06/30/05

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    Akop Pogosian <akopps+usenet@ocf.berkeley.edu.remuvthis.com> writes:

    >I have an old Solaris 9 box that doesn't have Gnome installed. I can
    >install either the Sun package or the Blastwave one. Are there any
    >noticeable differences between the two? Which one is better?

    Suns Gnome 2.0 must have been modified to properly support dual-head
    setups running two separate gnome desktops. The blastwave versions of
    gnome up through 2.8.0 do not work properly if a 2nd desktop is run.

    Regards, 

    -- 
Jeff
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