a desktop environment manages desktop resources. No, you cannot use a rodent with all desktop managers either. Two I'm thinking of in this category definitely ratpoison and probably stump-wm.
On Sat, 11 Apr 2020, davidson wrote: > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:36:21 > From: davidson <david...@freevolt.org> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Desktop environments > Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 04:36:40 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020, mick crane wrote: > > > Well I was thinking is a valid question. > > What's the deal with these desktop environments ? > > I wonder this too. > > > I thought is like a desktop with pictures so you know where > > everything is and then you click and start a program that does > > something > > They're visual metaphors, of uncertain faithfulness, founded on the > assumption that the user would rather point at pictures like Koko the > gorilla, instead of learn > > 1. what things really are there to manipulate, > > and > > 2. language(s) with which to manipulate them. > > So it seems to me. > > > and the desktop gets out of the way ? > > If the assumption fails to suit you, or if the metaphors are otherwise > getting in the way, then you can use just a window manager. > > I like ratpoison: > > ratpoison - keyboard-only window manager > ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fancy graphics, > no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. > It is largely modelled after GNU Screen. > . > The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All > windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take > full advantage of your precious screen real estate. > . > All interaction with the window manager is done through > keystrokes. ratpoison has a prefix map to minimize > key clobbering. > Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ > > --
