I’m reconsidering my terminal emulator and was curious what everyone was using.

  • silva@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago
    • Yes, you can absolutely use a WM without a DE. A DE is usually just a set of preconfigured and pre-installed applications. If you use a WM like i3 etc. you just get something that draws windows, and no settings and bluetooth applications
    • It influences my choosing because window managers usually don’t come with a terminal, and you have to manually install a terminal emulator. But on desktop environments I use the default terminal, although I could also install kitty.
    • Crul@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Oooh… I see. I didn’t understand how broad the Desktop Env really are. Is not that they manage “a lot of things regarding the desktop and windows”… is just like a bundle of apps.

      Now it’s starting to sound like a sub-distro inside the distros, but I think this is a good point to stop bothering you. Thanks again!

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        1 year ago

        For most people, a different desktop environment probably makes a bigger difference than a different distro. They won’t notice things like a different package manager