Is it possible to download and install just a desktop environment (such as KDE or Gnome) and it's appications without Linux or it's apps? Thanks! Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM Windows 98 SE

You can install KDE on Windows. http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2008/...

Thanks for the link, arochester, but I like the look of KDE as well. (The taskbar, etc.) Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM SimplyMepis 3.4

Yes, you can use solaris or almost any BSD based OS instead of linux. Others too might be supported. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

What I mean is, just install a Desktop environment with no Linux. Then again, A desktop environment needs a Linux Kernel to run, doesn't it? Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM SimplyMepis 3.4

The KDE desktop environment provides a graphical user interface to the Operating System (OS) on which it runs. You could also use a command interpreter (bash, command.com, etc.) as your computer's user interface. It passes your commands to the OS and displays any feedback on the monitor screen. The OS (Operating System) provides the link to your hardware (hard drive, CPU, monitor, printer CD and/or DVD drive, mouse, keyboard, etc). It 'operates' your hardware devices in response to the commands you send through the user interface then returns the result of the execution of your commands to the user interface as feedback. To answer your original question, you do not have to have the Linux OS installed to run KDE, but you must have some OS installed and you must match the KDE build to the OS on which it will run (KDE for Linux, KDE for Windows, KDE for Solaris, etc.). To explain this another way, you interact with KDE and your hardware interacts with the OS. KDE and the OS work together so you use your hardware tp get things done. HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790

Very informative! Thank you! Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM Currently Testing Redhat 9