neylitalo Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Beryl is a window manager, rather than a desktop environment - that's one of the biggest misconceptions there are about Linux and desktops. Gnome is a DE, and uses the Metacity window manager, KDE is the desktop environment, and by default, uses Kwin, and Xfce is a desktop environment, and its window manager is xfwm. One of the beautiful things about Linux is the modularity - you can mix and match nearly anything you want - you can use Beryl instead of any desktop environment's window manager. You can even use it on its own, without a desktop environment, much like many people do with Enlightenment, and just live without the icons on the desktop, task bars, etc.I will agree with you, though - it's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldworld Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Visit [url=http://linuxreviews.org/software/desktops/]here[/url] for diff between KDE vs Gnome, What is the better desktop environment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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