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Re: [PLUG] A few newbie questions :-)
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On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 12:45:54PM -0400, Greg Lopp wrote:
> We're helping out a newbie. I figured that this is most opportune
> time to clear up that common point of confusion. GNOME and KDE
> are desktop environments that rely on a window manager. Window
> managers rely on X. They each provide separate functions.
Point taken.
That said, I've seen the term "window manager" defined before. I've
never seen anyone give a definition of "desktop environment". I feel
like I know what it is, but when I think about it, I realize that I only
have a vague notion of what such a beast is. (Perhaps even a recursive
definition -- "What is a desktop environment? It's a collection of
software like GNOME and KDE that provide window-management and other
services. What are KDE and GNOME? Desktop environments.")
Anyone have a good, unambiguous definition of "desktop environment"?
--
Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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