Difference between revisions of "Install Desktop Environments"

* '''Stacking window managers''' are by far the most popular, and essentially allows application windows to be moved freely around the screen, and may overlap - or 'stack' - upon one another, hence the name. All popular desktop environments (e.g. XFCE, KDE, Gnome, etc.) use stacking window Managers.

* '''Stacking window managers''' are by far the most popular, and essentially allows application windows to be moved freely around the screen, and may overlap - or 'stack' - upon one another, hence the name. All popular desktop environments (e.g. XFCE, KDE, Gnome, etc.) use stacking window Managers.

* '''Tiling window managers''' - as the name would suggest - tile application windows; each will have their own place on the screen. However, unlike conventional tiling as one would imagine, these window managers are usually very flexible, and allow for a multitude of different tiling patterns to suit personal taste and preference. Where stacking window managers focus on using the mouse for navigation, tiling window managers focus on the utilisation of the keyboard instead. As such, they can be much faster to use.

* '''Tiling window managers''' - as the name would suggest - tile application windows; each will have their own place on the screen. However, unlike conventional tiling as one would imagine, these window managers are usually very flexible, and allow for a multitude of different tiling patterns to suit personal taste and preference. Where stacking window managers focus on using the mouse for navigation, tiling window managers focus on the utilisation of the keyboard instead. As such, they can be much faster to use.