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  • I’m an ultra-noob, so those who know more please correct me.

    I’m playing with Linux VMs and recently I installed Debian to check it out. When it asked what DE I wanted, I chose all of them :).

    The only hard conflict (AFAIK) is the [compontent / feature responsible for loging in] (I don’t know the technical term). Because each DE comes with a different one, you need to choose one.

    What I found very confusing in practice is that I could see some DE apps and configuration settings from other DEs. So, unless you know what belongs to what, it’s a bit of a mess (in my VERY limited experience).



  • So, just to check I understood:

    • “[Tiling] Window Managers” are a very specific tool.
    • “Desktop Environments” are broader tools that (may?) contain Window Managers.

    Now… the next questions (if you have the patience :P) are:

    • is is possible to use a Window Manager without a Desktop Environment?
    • how does this influence your choose for the terminal emulator? Ó_ò

    Thanks for the answers!