Definitions..?
What's the difference between the following?
A Window Manager A Desktop Environment A Display Manage Also where does Gnome, KDE, GDM, KDM fit into there? Thanks! Mike. |
A Window Manager manages windows - where they go on screen, what they look like.
A Desktop Environment generally puts icons on the desktop, has office tools, etc. Display Manager - graphical log in program Gnome - Desktop Environment KDE - Desktop Environment GDM - Gnome Display Manager KDM - KDE Display Manager |
so what's an example of a window manager?
Thanks for the quick response! |
check out this site.. has lots of different info on all the window managers and desktops out there for *nix enivronments..
http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ |
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