[Gllug] What is the Gnome & KDE difference??

[Shakthi Kannan]

Hi Emon,

--- Emon <contact_emon at gawab.com> wrote:
> OK, my knowledge on this topic is close to zero...
> can someone please 
> clarify the difference (if there is any) between
> Desktop Manager & 
> Window Manager.

A Desktop environment ships with software packages and
the windowing interface to X.

A window manager is only an interface to X.
 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/ref-guide/s1-x-clients.html

SK

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