On Fri 30 May 2014 at 14:09:53 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > I guess what I'm saying is this: I know KDE is a Desktop Environment, > and I know that JWM is a Window Manager, but with anything between > those extremes, I don't know what to call it, and I guarantee you that > if I call it one or the other, the guy I'm talking with will tell me > I'm wrong. > > And even beyond that, I just don't understand the significance of the > distinction.
History helps. Or should do. The start. ---------- http://www.kde.org/announcements/announcement.php The reaction. ------------- https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1997/08/msg02286.html The underdog. ------------- http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:udEA7QaDm88J:linuxgazette.net/issue43/jacobowitz.xfce.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk http://linuxgazette.net/issue43/jacobowitz.xfce.html The newcomer. ------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXDE#History The plan. --------- Common look and feel. Visual elements and UI concepts shared amongst applications. Standardise the desktop. One set of widgets. Parts should fit together and work together. The outcome. ------------ Variety within Debian is alive and thriving. The future. ----------- History will continue to be ignored. The difference between a WM and a DE will continue to be misunderstood. Technical developments will be heavily criticised on the grounds they are new. Most people will be happy with a metapackage which gives them a set of applications they are comfortable with and can work with. I will carry on building my own desktop environments and use fvwm. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/30052014192527.2765f11ad...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
