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Is Cinnamon a desktop environment or a window manager? (Or both?)
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As far as I understand it:
- X11 is how you draw primitive things;
- A (compositing) window manager is something that uses X11 to provide the tools for drawing more complex things, and position them in layers on screen;
- A desktop environment is something that uses a window manager to provide the bare essentials of a GUI-based operating system, like a control panel, calculator and solitaire apps, task bar, etc.
If my understanding is correct - what is Cinnamon? Its wiki article (and the tag here on SU) describe it as a "desktop environment", but I can't find what window manager Linux Mint uses by default in its wiki article, and the Tara release notes mention improving the "window manager" in the Cinnamon 3.8 section.
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As far as I understand it:
- X11 is how you draw primitive things;
- A (compositing) window manager is something that uses X11 to provide the tools for drawing more complex things, and position them in layers on screen;
- A desktop environment is something that uses a window manager to provide the bare essentials of a GUI-based operating system, like a control panel, calculator and solitaire apps, task bar, etc.
If my understanding is correct - what is Cinnamon? Its wiki article (and the tag here on SU) describe it as a "desktop environment", but I can't find what window manager Linux Mint uses by default in its wiki article, and the Tara release notes mention improving the "window manager" in the Cinnamon 3.8 section.
linux xorg window-manager cinnamon desktop-environments
asked 2 hours ago
Adam BarnesAdam Barnes
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As far as I understand it:
- X11 is how you draw primitive things;
- A (compositing) window manager is something that uses X11 to provide the tools for drawing more complex things, and position them in layers on screen;
- A desktop environment is something that uses a window manager to provide the bare essentials of a GUI-based operating system, like a control panel, calculator and solitaire apps, task bar, etc.
If my understanding is correct - what is Cinnamon? Its wiki article (and the tag here on SU) describe it as a "desktop environment", but I can't find what window manager Linux Mint uses by default in its wiki article, and the Tara release notes mention improving the "window manager" in the Cinnamon 3.8 section.
linux xorg window-manager cinnamon desktop-environments
asked 2 hours ago
Adam BarnesAdam Barnes
210126
As far as I understand it:
- X11 is how you draw primitive things;
- A (compositing) window manager is something that uses X11 to provide the tools for drawing more complex things, and position them in layers on screen;
- A desktop environment is something that uses a window manager to provide the bare essentials of a GUI-based operating system, like a control panel, calculator and solitaire apps, task bar, etc.
If my understanding is correct - what is Cinnamon? Its wiki article (and the tag here on SU) describe it as a "desktop environment", but I can't find what window manager Linux Mint uses by default in its wiki article, and the Tara release notes mention improving the "window manager" in the Cinnamon 3.8 section.
linux xorg window-manager cinnamon desktop-environments
linux xorg window-manager cinnamon desktop-environments
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Cinnamon's a desktop environment, as it's wikipedia page and archwiki page both state.
Cinnamon uses it's own window manager called muffin, installing the cinnamon package also installs the muffin WM package on Debian.
Cinnamon also has "a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI)" as Wikipedia's Desktop environment says is a basic definition. It's programs are X-Apps, but like all programs they're generally voluntary if you want to remove & use others instead.
Additionally, the archwiki page also states:
Cinnamon does not support using a different window manager.
answered 2 hours ago
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ArchWiki seems strong. Is that something I could rely on to get any information regarding Linux? Or is it limited to stuff relevant to Arch?
– Adam Barnes
2 hours ago
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ArchWiki is a very professional source, not only for Arch and derivatives.
– GabrielaGarcia
1 hour ago
Arch's wiki is generally fantastic, mostly relevant to packages available to any linux, but sometimes the system config info seems specific to arch
– Xen2050
51 mins ago
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Cinnamon's a desktop environment, as it's wikipedia page and archwiki page both state.
Cinnamon uses it's own window manager called muffin, installing the cinnamon package also installs the muffin WM package on Debian.
Cinnamon also has "a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI)" as Wikipedia's Desktop environment says is a basic definition. It's programs are X-Apps, but like all programs they're generally voluntary if you want to remove & use others instead.
Additionally, the archwiki page also states:
Cinnamon does not support using a different window manager.
answered 2 hours ago
Xen2050Xen2050
11.4k31637
ArchWiki seems strong. Is that something I could rely on to get any information regarding Linux? Or is it limited to stuff relevant to Arch?
– Adam Barnes
2 hours ago
1
ArchWiki is a very professional source, not only for Arch and derivatives.
– GabrielaGarcia
1 hour ago
Arch's wiki is generally fantastic, mostly relevant to packages available to any linux, but sometimes the system config info seems specific to arch
– Xen2050
51 mins ago
add a comment |
Cinnamon's a desktop environment, as it's wikipedia page and archwiki page both state.
Cinnamon uses it's own window manager called muffin, installing the cinnamon package also installs the muffin WM package on Debian.
Cinnamon also has "a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI)" as Wikipedia's Desktop environment says is a basic definition. It's programs are X-Apps, but like all programs they're generally voluntary if you want to remove & use others instead.
Additionally, the archwiki page also states:
Cinnamon does not support using a different window manager.
answered 2 hours ago
Xen2050Xen2050
11.4k31637
ArchWiki seems strong. Is that something I could rely on to get any information regarding Linux? Or is it limited to stuff relevant to Arch?
– Adam Barnes
2 hours ago
1
ArchWiki is a very professional source, not only for Arch and derivatives.
– GabrielaGarcia
1 hour ago
Arch's wiki is generally fantastic, mostly relevant to packages available to any linux, but sometimes the system config info seems specific to arch
– Xen2050
51 mins ago
add a comment |
Cinnamon's a desktop environment, as it's wikipedia page and archwiki page both state.
Cinnamon uses it's own window manager called muffin, installing the cinnamon package also installs the muffin WM package on Debian.
Cinnamon also has "a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI)" as Wikipedia's Desktop environment says is a basic definition. It's programs are X-Apps, but like all programs they're generally voluntary if you want to remove & use others instead.
Additionally, the archwiki page also states:
Cinnamon does not support using a different window manager.
answered 2 hours ago
Xen2050Xen2050
11.4k31637
Cinnamon's a desktop environment, as it's wikipedia page and archwiki page both state.
Cinnamon uses it's own window manager called muffin, installing the cinnamon package also installs the muffin WM package on Debian.
Cinnamon also has "a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI)" as Wikipedia's Desktop environment says is a basic definition. It's programs are X-Apps, but like all programs they're generally voluntary if you want to remove & use others instead.
Additionally, the archwiki page also states:
Cinnamon does not support using a different window manager.
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ArchWiki seems strong. Is that something I could rely on to get any information regarding Linux? Or is it limited to stuff relevant to Arch?
– Adam Barnes
2 hours ago
1
ArchWiki is a very professional source, not only for Arch and derivatives.
– GabrielaGarcia
1 hour ago
Arch's wiki is generally fantastic, mostly relevant to packages available to any linux, but sometimes the system config info seems specific to arch
– Xen2050
51 mins ago
add a comment |
ArchWiki seems strong. Is that something I could rely on to get any information regarding Linux? Or is it limited to stuff relevant to Arch?
– Adam Barnes
2 hours ago
1
ArchWiki is a very professional source, not only for Arch and derivatives.
– GabrielaGarcia
1 hour ago
Arch's wiki is generally fantastic, mostly relevant to packages available to any linux, but sometimes the system config info seems specific to arch
– Xen2050
51 mins ago
ArchWiki seems strong. Is that something I could rely on to get any information regarding Linux? Or is it limited to stuff relevant to Arch?
– Adam Barnes
2 hours ago
ArchWiki seems strong. Is that something I could rely on to get any information regarding Linux? Or is it limited to stuff relevant to Arch?
– Adam Barnes
2 hours ago
1
1
ArchWiki is a very professional source, not only for Arch and derivatives.
– GabrielaGarcia
1 hour ago
ArchWiki is a very professional source, not only for Arch and derivatives.
– GabrielaGarcia
1 hour ago
Arch's wiki is generally fantastic, mostly relevant to packages available to any linux, but sometimes the system config info seems specific to arch
– Xen2050
51 mins ago
Arch's wiki is generally fantastic, mostly relevant to packages available to any linux, but sometimes the system config info seems specific to arch
– Xen2050
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