I just installed Debian base on the machine that was a Redhat 6.X box. I was looking at the debian site trying to figure out how to do a minimal installation of X windows. Looking at all the packages under http://packages.debian.org/stable/x11/ confused me a bit. I looked at the howto and I went in to denial. I don't want every feature, application, etc,, that comes with Gnome or KDE. I really like Afterstep so that's the direction I want to go. I find that using a minimal set of tools lets me understand the internals of any system and reduces the clutter. To much stuff is just, to much stuff in my book. (KISS = Keep It Simple Sam) "Does anyone have or know of websites I can read that will help me better understand the internals of X windows?" I know I will need Xfree, Afterstep, and other components to make this work. X windows has just boggled my mind when it comes to configuration. I had times when it just doesn't work because I don't understand what to tweek to get it to run. What I presently have installed is Debian 2.2.20, ssh, samba, vlock, apache, mysql, joe, and php4. I want X windows so I can use a graphical HTML editor (unknown). Once X windows is installed I'll install Mozilla and thats about it. Eventually I want to have only Linux "servers" in the house and moving to the desktop when I can get more up to date hardware for my kid's so they can run Wine or other windows emulator for the games they like. I also need to be able to support the environment so it doesn't drive me crazy. I have these websites bookmarked for study. I have found having more then 1 source of information is important. Each community has it's own resources and ideas on how to do things that help in learning. http://www.x.org/ http://www.xfree86.org/ http://www.afterstep.org/ Thanks Sam. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list