Other Linux Desktop
Hi Group,
What are the other popular desktop systems used under linux are popular, other then KDE and GNOME ? Any detail about them ? Any url ? Thanks |
XFCE is a popular DE (http://www.xfce.org)
A lot of people use the Fluxbox Window Manager (http://www.fluxbox.org/) |
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Note that there is a distinction--however subtle--between "window manager" and "desktop environment".
I have not seen a precise definition, so this is only mine: Window manager=something that interfaces with the X server and allows GUI programs to open windows Desktop environment=Window manager + tools to help organize things--eg utilties, file browser, panels, toolbars, etc. In my diddling, KDE, Gnome, and XFCE are the big three Desktop Environments. Note that Xubuntu is Ubuntu + XFCE. (Is this the only example of a major distro that pacages something besides KDE and Gnome?) |
Most distros package things other than KDE and GNOME. Vector uses (or used to) IceWM, Arch comes with xfce if you download a complete iso.
There are many packagers/distro maintainers who realize not everyone wants to use KDE or GNOME. In fact, Knoppix comes with four or five different WMs. |
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