Window Managers

[FunkSoulBrother]

I'm a little confused still by the concept of window managers. I know that KDE and GNOME both have apps that are desigend for them. Does this mean I can't run a Kwhatever under GNOME? How about all these other ones, like enlightenment and such? Do they require even more apps, or are they derivative of the first 2?

[X_console]

KDE and GNOME are desktop managers, not window managers. Desktop managers just add a little more spice to what you've got. Desktop managers depend on a window manager to be present before they can run. This is true for KDE as well. KDE actually uses it's own window manager, I think it's called kwm. You can run Kwhatever or Gwhatever under GNOME or KDE so long as you have the proper libraries to run them. You can also run these apps without even having GNOME or KDE installed, so long as you have a window manager installed, such as Blackbox or Enlightenment. Again, all you need are the GNOME/KDE libraries that they depend on.

[X_console]

By the way, this should be in the Window Manager forum, so I'm moving it over there. Continue the discussion there.