Mike Manchester wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what the difference is between Gnome as what comes with a
> Distro installs and Ximian?
>
> In other words. Can one still update the Gnome libraries etc. without
> install Ximian? At one time I thought I heard that Ximian was the new
> Gnome.
>
> I tried to install a package the other day and received some error messages
> and when I talked to the developer about it he suggested I install Ximian
> as that's what he was using when you wrote the program. Note the install
> was from a source file and not an RPM.
>
> I have also seen a performance decrees with Ximian on my think pad. And
> I don't want to upgrade my desktop to Ximian unless that is the only way to
> get the latest Gnome libraries.
>
> Thanks for any feedback on this.
> Mike Mancheter
Have you checked out the Gnome web site? I don't think that Ximian is
the new Gnome, though they are certainly very large contributors and
some of the newer packages require it. As far as Red Hat is concerned,
it comes with Gnome-sans-Ximian. Check out gnome.org for more info.
Norb
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