On 8/4/05, Harol Hunter <dicoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The problem is that Windows has the windows manager integrated with the
> Desktop enviroment that's why is so dificult to find likeness between
> them, let me explain my self better
>
>
> XServer ------------------------------> X.org,XFree86
> Desktop Enviroment (window manager)--->Gonome,KDE,XFace,etc
>
> The XServer is in charge of produce de windows and the WM is in charge
> of define and manipulate de appearance of it.
>
> Hope this be enough for you
And to confuse things just a little more, note that X is not constrained to
the local machine. It is perfectly capable of running the entire window
manager/desktop from a different machine or intermingling individual
windows from various machines or both. Likewise you are not constrained
to just running the applications associated with one or the other of the
desktop environments - you can mix those as well.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
