Dumb Question

[Benedikt Meurer]

Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
> On Saturday 15 January 2005 04:48, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> 
>>Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
>>
>>>I will be grabbing XFCE when it comes out in final form this weekend. 
>>>Being a belt-and-suspenders type (very risk averse) I have an elementary
>>>question before I start:
>>>
>>>I notice that there are two installers for XFCE.  One is for XFCE and the
>>>other is for GTK+XFCE engine.  What is the difference between the two?  I
>>>don't think I need both.
>>
>>The gtk2-xfce-engine-installer contains the Xfce Gtk+ Theme Engine,
>>whereas the xfce4-installer contains the Xfce Desktop. They are separate
>>because the Gtk+ Theme Engine has to be installed in the same prefix as
>>Gtk+ itself, whereupon Xfce can be installed basicly everywhere on your
>>system.
>>
>>
> 
> Thank you for your answer to my question.  I have another:  When would one 
> take the GTK+XFCE engine rather than the XFCE desktop?

You take the xfce4 installer if you want the Xfce desktop. The Gtk+ Xfce 
engine contains _additional_ and optional Gtk+ themes, which will give 
you the typical Xfce look&feel.

> Thanks
> dj tuchler

HTH,
Benedikt

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