I posted a question and noticed people weren’t distinguishing correctly between many of these things: Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment. Can someone please clear this up, i.e. tell us the difference between them and how they are related perhaps?
I realized I can use a window manager without a desktop environment and don’t lose any functionality I care about. Applications still work fine, I can still arrange application windows as I please. This pretty much eliminates the need for lightweight desktop environments such as LXDE and XFCE for use cases like mine. I wonder … Read more
How can I start applications on specific workspaces in i3 when it starts?
I use debian wheezy xfce and want to set up my desktop. But I read some settings are redundant. Hence I want to understand how everything works, but I am massively lost. Can someone please sort, complete and entitle the following list and explain me what uses what?
I’ve used GNOME’s default window manager for some years, but now I want to try a tiling window manager.
I require Compiz for organizational reasons; I make heavy use of its window sorting features. But I like light-weight environments so that I can give as much of my system’s resources to the applications as possible.
What exactly is the difference between between a Window Manager and a Desktop Environment? E.g.: sawfish vs. gnome. Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve the issue immediately. So please treat them as advisements. If you found the post helpful (or … Read more
Is it possible with I3Wm to populate an entire workspace with determined size, position and commands for each window?
When I run xprop I get a class string that has two values, one of them i3 calls an instance, the other a class, for example on chromium-browser the xprop utility will return something like this,
In Gnome 3.18, it was possible to change the titlebar height of all windows by changing the css in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css as per Reduce title bar height in gnome 3 / gtk+ 3.