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Location: Monterey Bay Area; Northern Caflifornia.
Distribution: Fedora,openSUSE, Vista.
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I would not download the "source-dvd." I downloaded and installed the salix64-fluxbox-13.37.iso then burned the disk to then use it to install the Salix Operating System. So just take the one for your computer type. I have a 64-bit one so I downloaded the one with 64 in the title. I think the source-dvd contains source code for developers. I like to use fluxbox more than the other window managers; but you can pick which one you want to have installed. Later you can add what ever window managers you want anyway; easily.
Location: Monterey Bay Area; Northern Caflifornia.
Distribution: Fedora,openSUSE, Vista.
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fluxbox uses much less resources so it is faster. Also fluxbox has a nice set up for keybinding and mouse binding; making shortcuts with the mouse or keyboard easy. KDE does not have that. So a system will run faster on fluxbox than KDE. It comes with a lot less stuff; but you can add to it what ever you like.
I would go with fluxbox. I'm using openbox myself most of the time. It is easy to change window managers so you can always try them out and see which one you like better.
Location: Monterey Bay Area; Northern Caflifornia.
Distribution: Fedora,openSUSE, Vista.
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Install fluxbox to ubuntu operating system; yes you can.
Yes you can install fluxbox to Ubuntu with the following code after the prompt:
Code:
sudo apt-get install fluxbox
Then after you download it and it installs you need to restart your PC. Upon restarting you will be given the choice of which Window Manager you would like to use. It may be a drop down menu; so you have to look around the login screen. Then you just log in as usual and try out fluxbox.
I'm using Xubuntu now; but I'm using openbox as my window manager now. I like to use fvwm sometimes too on my Debian OS.
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Which Salix OS image to download?
