What version of software to download?
Leandro Melo
ltcmelo at gmail.com
Wed Feb 2 10:59:09 UTC 2005
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:19:31 -0700, Kevin Fries <kevin at hcico.com> wrote:
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> Leandro Melo wrote:
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> | Hi, i'm a beginner use. I've been trying to set up my development
> | enviroment in fedora. Don't know if i'll be able to do it, but as i
> | go one step further i come up with thousands of doubts. Here's a
> | basic one. I'd like to download Eclipse (java ide) and there are a
> | few builds for linux. In my case, i know i'd get the x86's
> | versions, but there're two of them.
> |
> | - Linux (x86/Motif) - Linux (x86/GTK 2)
> |
> | There are an info page that says the red had system would use the
> | gtk version, so i think that that's what i should use in fedora.
> | However, i have a doubt: i understand that motif and gtk are user
> | interfaces software, but i don't understand why would they have two
> | diferent builds in this case. Can anyone explain to me? Also, i
> | use default's gnome in fedora core, may it cause any problem?
> | Thanks
>
> Its one thing to know which version to use, its another to know why.
>
> Linux treats the graphic system as an addon. Unlike M$, it does not
> use the actual Window objects to sending operating system messages
> (the reason that all Win apps need a window, even if it is hidden) but
> instead has a separate signaling mechanism. The graphic system in
> Linux is called X Windows. X by itself is extremely raw, and not very
> user friendly.
>
> Sitting on top of X is generally a series of programs that handle
> everything from window decorations (Metacity, etc) to full desktop
> management (KDE, GNOME, etc). Its all a wonderfully beautiful
> sandwich with layer upon layer until you get the GUI you see.
>
> Motif is a graphics package that was used to create older desktops
> such as CDE and OpenWin.
>
> GTK is the graphics package that was used to build GNOME.
>
> QT is the graphics package that was used to build KDE.
>
> In the simplest form, you can think of these as widget factories
> attached to an API. (Yes, for you purists I realize this is not
> exactly accurate, but this is a newb and its close enough for his
> needs). Almost the equivalent of the Windows API. Motif, GTK, and QT
> are all supersets of X.
>
> Most modern Linux systems include both the GTK and QT libraries even
> when only one of the desktops are installed. This is why I can run
> GIMP (also built on GTK) on a KDE desktop, or Kate (built with QT) on
> GNOME. However, Motif is not generally included any longer. You
> could technically add it on if you needed, but with modern systems,
> there really is no good reason to do this.
>
> So know you know why
>
> Welcome to Linux, and have fun
> Kevin Fries
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Thanks, nice explanation!
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Leandro
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