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01-22-2005	#1 (permalink)
Dude500 Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 577	Linux Desktops How many desktops are there for linux? I have only heard of Gnome and KDE, are there any more.

01-22-2005	#2 (permalink)
loft306 Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The DairyLand Posts: 1,666	yeah that is basicaly it for desktops however there are many other options if you find that desktops are too bulky there are wm's(window managers) like fluxbox,icewm,E(Enlightenment) and many many more... __________________ ~Mike ~~~ Forum Rules Testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up, it is perfect. ~ Linus Torvalds http://loft306.org

01-22-2005	#3 (permalink)
gassman Linux User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Midwest USA Posts: 292	i never knew that ice and the others were window managers and not desktops thanx for the info __________________ If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane--Jimmy Buffett Registered Linux user # 376962

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Ethyriel Linux User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Arizona Posts: 288	http://www.xwinman.org __________________ Michael Salivar Man knows himself insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it only in himself, and of himself only within it. --Goethe

01-23-2005	#5 (permalink)
Dude500 Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 577	What are window managers?

01-23-2005

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dylunio

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dude500

What are window managers?

They manage the X windows used to display things, so basicly the boxes things like FireFox are in.

They are lighter, in my breif experience of FluxBox, you clicked on the desktop background and a menu poped up with all the porgrams etc.
I don't remember there being anything like icons on the backgraound, or a taskbar with program icons etc on it;

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