On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 07:29 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote: > Jorge Cecílio wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I use FC2 and would like to know what desktop shell should I use (Gnome, > > KDE, other) and why. > > (My system should connect to others FC2 and windows (XP home) (with samba)). > > > > What about File Managers? Should depend usage on what desktop shell I use? > > The ones I tried are Nautilus and Konqueror... > > (Once again, these are mainly used for local but also remote (smb://) access > > and program execution) > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > JC > > > > > > With my brief encounter trying to access windows shares on a LAN. I > found konqueror better than nautilus with connecting to the windows LAN. > > Nautilus asked for a password for every directory that I changed to. > Konqueror only asked for the password once and was able to dive into > subdirectories. > > I prefer GNOME as a desktop. I think the choice is a matter of which > desktop you feel meets your needs. KDE works decent also. > > Jim In Gnome 2.6, there is a Nautilus Keyring type doohicky that allows you to save username/password pairs for specific servers/directories, so that it does not constantly hound you for the information. -- Douglas Furlong Systems Administrator Firebox.com T: 0870 420 4475
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