<k5ehx> tests: the window manager has nothing to do with the distro. you can rip out KDE and put in icewm, fluxbox or whatever.
<k5ehx> tests: in fact, if you install icewm, a "good" distro will make it available to you at the time you log in.
<k5ehx> *and* keep menus consistent across all versions of window managers
<tests> o
<k5ehx> so under pclinuxos you should go to synaptic and install icewm and see if you can get it when you log back in.
<tests> this offerd kde an some others i forget
<k5ehx> that's what I was trying to tell you yesterday about a "base linux install" - that's not the kernel, that's a basic system with a good package manager.
<k5ehx> and most of these distros are just a customized version of debian...
<tests> im lost buddy i try all im told would work an im not close to happy
<k5ehx> lol
<k5ehx> no you haven't
<tests> ok you got me elive i couldnt d/l or i would have
<tests> lol
<tests> hell i even tryd centos
<k5ehx> I'm sorry
<tests> or what ever its called 5disks yuck
<tests> if i knew this stuff better i could probable make my own but i dont i got the time but not the know how
<k5ehx> you don't need to make your own. You can customize pclinux most likely.
<k5ehx> all you're really looking for is a differen WM and a particular program...
<tests> i dont know how to shred it to have ice an the new kde so when i get the 512 i can use it
<k5ehx> do you have it up now?
<tests> + this has stuff i read the info on an still got no clue on
<tests> yes im on it now
<k5ehx> try this. Hit alt-f2 and in the window that comes up type "ksysguard" (no quotes) and click run or ok or whatever.
<k5ehx> or whatever the system monitor for kde is
<k5ehx> hmmm... yeah. ksysguard is a kde applet for system monitoring.
<tests> alt f12 nothing
<tests> alt f12 nothing
<k5ehx> alt-f2
<k5ehx> what's the best BSD to use?
<jaeger> whichever one you like the best :)
<k5ehx> I don't know anything about any of them
<tests> it wants url
<jaeger> try free or open, they're good to start with
<k5ehx> I'm thinking a BSD would fit nicely on this system recovery partition on this acer...
<k5ehx> freebsd?
<jaeger> aye
<k5ehx> I got another suggestion for PCBSD, got an opinion on it?
<tests> thats what i tryd
<jaeger> it's based on freebsd; past that I've no experience with it
<k5ehx> kthx
<tests> the pc 1 watnt mostly com line i was told by everyone to use that
<tests> ugh im confussing
<tests> ok pcbsd i got it didnt go on here that was the 1 thay all said for me to get
<tests> ok so in here put what tell me an ill do it i dont care at this point
<k5ehx> it sounds like you're about done, tests. You've got a working linux install right?
<tests> yes
<k5ehx> so what are you wanting us to tell you?
<tests> how to get a sysmoniter would be nice lol
<k5ehx> start up synaptic and search for "system monitor"?
<k5ehx> since it's KDE, it will use whatever the canonical KDE tool is. I don't know what that is.
<k5ehx> or maybe modify the taskbar and add a monitor applet to it?
<k5ehx> you're not going to get a distro that does things exactly the way you want. I just setup a new notebook, took me several weeks to get things the way I like them.
<k5ehx> also search for other window managers while you're in synaptic
<k5ehx> ok, yeah. pcbsd looks nice
<tests> altf2 is that were id put in system moniter? would it get me 1
<jaeger> alt-f2 generally just gets you a window where you can run a command
<jaeger> so you need to know the name of the system monitor command to use it there
<tests> o fooeee
<tests> ok back to there list
<k5ehx> use the "apropos" command or "apt-cache search"
<k5ehx> you'll want to open up a terminal for either of those
<tests> ok the fist1 did nothing the second gave me a lot to read
<k5ehx> apropos searches man pages for text
<k5ehx> apt-cache search searches through available packages. So something like "apt-cache search system monitor | less" will let you browse through a list of stuff. It's the same list you get when searching in synaptic.
<tests> i did the 1st 1 an got a prompt
<k5ehx> so I probably shouldn't have mentioned it...
<tests> whats the difference?
<jaeger> did you give it a keyword to search for?
<jaeger> you might want to read the man page for it, too, or for both that and apt-cache
<tests> the 1st 1 no
<k5ehx> if you asked someone who was familiar with pclinuxos, tests, about system monitor tools they could probably give you an answer instantly.
<k5ehx> we don't know any more about pclinuxos that you do...
<jaeger> there's probably a #pxlinuxos channel on this network
<tests> i under stand sorry to bug ya
<tests> lol i can be a pest some times huh?
<tests> lol
<k5ehx> we don't mind trying to help with general linux stuff
<k5ehx> but you're asking questions specific to pclinuxos, so you'll want to direct those to someone who can help you.
<tests> i understand
<k5ehx> it probably has some sort of system monitor tool, but you'll want to refer to the package list to see what that is.
<tests> ok back to readin the list
<tests> thanks for your time
<k5ehx> yes, freenode has a "#pclinuxos" channel.
<k5ehx> and better a "#pclinuxos-support" channel
<tests> i no im in them
<k5ehx> no answer to that question?
<tests> i dont get responce much
<tests> thats why i ask in here