Bare bones desktop...RH9...?

[georgie]

Hello,

If I just install X Windows (no KDE, no Gnome,no desktop thingy)

Will I be able to run applications like Mozilla? and internet
connection applications etc.

Will the RPM application work for installs?

I guess I'm asking how dependent are these GUI apps on the
desktop environments?

I just want to see a terminal and start the apps from scripts.

In RH can I install just X Windows and get a terminal?.

I'm kind of plowing into this linux thing and I think if I start with
the simplest configuration and then add to it as I want certain
applications that this would be easier than taking apart the
scripting that produced say the big bulk "Server" option on the
installation.

Thanks,

Georgie.

[je_fro]

RedHat is going to discover all the dependencies when you want to install mozilla. It'll load GTK and whatever else. It's hard to get a barebones RedHat install. Maybe try the "minimal" install (if they still have it in 9) and add X from there. When you go to install Mozilla, though, it will have a lot of dependencies. Just about anything'll work in X, everything I've tried anyway.

[georgie]

Thanks.