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inline:Portal/IDB/logo_portal.png Welcome on Debian desktop environment


inline:Portal/IDB/icon-display-32x32.png This portal talk about desktop environment. Technical words can be used but explained.

In graphical computing, a desktop environment (DE) offers [:GUI:graphical user interface] solution to operate a computer. The name is derived from the desktop metaphor used by most of these interfaces.

A desktop environment provides icons, folders, toolbars, applications, applets, wallpapers, abilities like drag and drop and much more. As a whole, the particularities of design and function of a desktop environment endow it with a distinctive look and feel.

On systems running the ["X Window System"] (typically Unix-like systems, including Linux), the desktop environment is flexible. It creates the graphical display, the window manager display the windows on your desktop, and the desktop environments put the window manager and other components all together into one fully featured desktop (a set of themes, and programs and libraries for managing the desktop). This may seem strange coming from a Windows, Mac OS or OS/2 background - since each provide one set of programs and no choice about what components you want.

The three predominant desktop environments and installation in Debian are Gnome, KDE and XFCE.


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http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-desktop/index.en.html - Debian Desktop Homepage

Desktops

  • [:DebianGnome:GNOME]: Simple and effective.

  • [:DebianKDE:KDE]: Complet and offer many personnalizations.

  • [:DebianXFCE:XFCE]: Light and usable.

  • [:DebianFluxbox:Fluxbox]: light and offer many personnalizations.

  • [:DebianGNUstep:GNUstep]: Who want to discover a new informatic experience.

  • [:WindowManager:Windows Manager]: A simple way to organize your desktop without using much ressources.

Resources

  • [:DebianDesktop:The Debian Desktop project].

  • [:DesktopResolutionDraft:Resolution about the default Desktop for Debian].

  • [:User interface:Definition of User Interface].
  • [:DesktopDefaultSettings:Default settings]

  • [:display manager:Display manager] like XDM, GDM or KDM


CategoryPortal | CategoryDesktopEnvironment