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## Auto-converted by kwiki2moinmoin v2005-10-07 ["XFree86"] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment desktop environment] |
#language en ~-[[DebianWiki/EditorGuide#translation|Translation(s)]]: [[ar/DesktopEnvironment|العربية]] - [[bn/DesktopEnvironment|বাংলা-(Bengali)]] - [[de/DesktopEnvironment|Deutsch]] - [[el/DesktopEnvironment|Ελληνικά]] - English - [[es/DesktopEnvironment|Español]] - [[fr/DesktopEnvironment|Français]] - [[he/DesktopEnvironment|עברית (Hebrew)]] - [[it/DesktopEnvironment|Italiano]] - [[ko/DesktopEnvironment|한국어]] - [[pl/Pulpit|Polski]] - [[pt_BR/DesktopEnvironment|Brasileiro]] - [[ru/DesktopEnvironment|Русский]] - [[sv/DesktopEnvironment|Svenska]] - [[ta/DesktopEnvironment|தமிழ் (Tamil)]] - [[zh_CN/DesktopEnvironment|简体中文]]-~ <<BR>> ||<tablewidth="100%" tablestyle="border: 0px hidden ; text-align: center;"> {{https://www.debian.org/logos/openlogo-nd-50.png}} {{https://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png}} || ||<style="border: 0px hidden ;">~+ {{attachment:Portal/IDB/logo_portal.png}} Welcome to the [[Debian]] Desktop Environment Portal+~ || ---- {{attachment:Portal/IDB/icon-display-32x32.png}} Debian supports all kinds of graphical environments from fully-featured [[WikiPedia:Desktop_environment|desktop environments]] like GNOME and Plasma, to lighter environments like Xfce and LXDE, to even lighter window managers like Openbox and tiling window managers like Wmii. ---- {{{#!wiki debian https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-desktop/ - Debian Desktop Homepage. }}} == Desktop Environment == ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/GNOME-Shell-3.10.png|{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/GNOME-Shell-3.10.png/120px-GNOME-Shell-3.10.png}}]]||The [[Gnome|GNOME]] project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop.|| ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/KDE_4.png|{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/KDE_4.png/120px-KDE_4.png}}]]||[[KDE|Plasma]] by KDE is a powerful open source graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality, and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system.|| ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Xfce-4.4.png|{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Xfce-4.4.png/120px-Xfce-4.4.png}}]]||[[Xfce]] is a lightweight desktop environment for various *NIX systems. Designed for productivity, it loads and executes applications quickly, while conserving system resources.|| ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/LXDE_desktop_full.png|{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/LXDE_desktop_full.png/120px-LXDE_desktop_full.png}}]]||[[LXDE]] is designed to work well with computers on the low end of the performance spectrum such as older resource-constrained machines, new generation netbooks, and other small computers.|| ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Ubuntu_MATE_15_04.png|{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Ubuntu_MATE_15_04.png/120px-Ubuntu_MATE_15_04.png}}]]||[[Mate|MATE]] is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. || Other desktop environments available in Debian include [[DebianPackage:cinnamon|Cinnamon]], [[DebianPackage:lxqt|LXQt]], [[DebianPackage:budgie-desktop|Budgie]], [[DebianPackage:e17|Enlightenment]], [[DebianPackage:fvwm-crystal|FVWM-Crystal]], [[DebianPackage:wmaker|Window Maker]], [[DebianPackage:sugar-session|Sugar]] [[http://notion.sourceforge.net/|Notion WM]] and possibly others. Other desktop environments not available in Debian include [[https://unity.ubuntu.com/|Unity]], [[https://elementary.io/get-involved#desktop-development|Pantheon]], [[https://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/|ROX]], [[https://equinox-project.org/|Equinox/EDE]], [[https://etoileos.com/|Étoilé]], [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdesktopenv/|CDE]] and [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_Environment|others]]. == Window Manager == ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Openbox-elementary3.png||width=100}}||[[Openbox]] is a lightweight and highly configurable window manager with extensive standards support. It is well known for its minimalistic appearance.|| ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">{{http://old.fluxbox.org/download/propaganda/fb-icon48x48-metal.png}}||[[FluxBox]] is a windowmanager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience.|| ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Compiz_logo.svg/100px-Compiz_logo.svg.png|Compiz logo|width=90%, height=90%}}||[[Compiz]] is a compositing window manager for the X Window System that uses 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management.|| ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Wmii-logo.svg/55px-Wmii-logo.svg.png}}||[[Wmii]] is a dynamic window manager for X11. It supports classic and tiling window management with extended keyboard, mouse, and filesystem-based remote control. It replaces the workspace paradigm with a new tagging approach.|| ||<tablestyle="width:100%; text-align: left" style="background-color:#EEEEEE">{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Awesome_logo.png}}||[[Awesome]] is a dynamic window manager for X11. It supports tiling window management with extended keyboard, mouse, and it is scriptable in Lua. It includes many add-ons which can make it very powerful. It replaces the workspace paradigm with a new tiling approach of non-overlaping windows.|| <<Anchor(links)>> == Resources == * [[DebianDesktop|The Debian Desktop project]]. * [[DesktopResolutionDraft|Resolution about the default Desktop for Debian]]. * [[User_interface|Definition of User Interface]]. * [[DesktopDefaultSettings|Default settings]] * [[DisplayManager|Display managers]] like XDM, GDM, WDM, or KDM. ---- CategoryPortal | CategoryDesktopEnvironment |
Translation(s): العربية - বাংলা-(Bengali) - Deutsch - Ελληνικά - English - Español - Français - עברית (Hebrew) - Italiano - 한국어 - Polski - Brasileiro - Русский - Svenska - தமிழ் (Tamil) - 简体中文
Debian supports all kinds of graphical environments from fully-featured desktop environments like GNOME and Plasma, to lighter environments like Xfce and LXDE, to even lighter window managers like Openbox and tiling window managers like Wmii.
https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-desktop/ - Debian Desktop Homepage.
Desktop Environment
The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop. |
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Plasma by KDE is a powerful open source graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality, and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system. |
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Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for various *NIX systems. Designed for productivity, it loads and executes applications quickly, while conserving system resources. |
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LXDE is designed to work well with computers on the low end of the performance spectrum such as older resource-constrained machines, new generation netbooks, and other small computers. |
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MATE is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. |
Other desktop environments available in Debian include Cinnamon, LXQt, Budgie, Enlightenment, FVWM-Crystal, Window Maker, Sugar Notion WM and possibly others.
Other desktop environments not available in Debian include Unity, Pantheon, ROX, Equinox/EDE, Étoilé, CDE and others.
Window Manager
Openbox is a lightweight and highly configurable window manager with extensive standards support. It is well known for its minimalistic appearance. |
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FluxBox is a windowmanager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. |
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Compiz is a compositing window manager for the X Window System that uses 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. |
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Wmii is a dynamic window manager for X11. It supports classic and tiling window management with extended keyboard, mouse, and filesystem-based remote control. It replaces the workspace paradigm with a new tagging approach. |
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Awesome is a dynamic window manager for X11. It supports tiling window management with extended keyboard, mouse, and it is scriptable in Lua. It includes many add-ons which can make it very powerful. It replaces the workspace paradigm with a new tiling approach of non-overlaping windows. |
Resources
Display managers like XDM, GDM, WDM, or KDM.