Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:28:15 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: polling my FreeBSD compariots... Message-ID: <20070312132401.T58112@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <20070312062419.64896959@localhost> References: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <45F438DC.8050508@fastmail.fm> <45F46A6A.7070400@hdk5.net> <20070312110943.E43617@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20070312062419.64896959@localhost>
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> It is for someone who wants to work in that environment. > exactly, but it would be handy to define what "desktop" is. could someone provide me a definition? is X server alone a desktop? i think no. is KDE a desktop? i think yes from what i heard. is XFCE a desktop? i think too. so is my X server+fvwm2 having no visible icons, windows, frames etc. (but having a menu under keypress) a desktop or not? if yes - then we can define desktop as any software able to run graphics mode programs on graphics capable machine. like bash or csh for text mode. if no - what part of say KDE make it a desktop? i'm not trying to start any war, just want to hear a definition of so commonly used term today. Wojtek
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