A windowmanager makes/resizes/destroys/iconifies/shades/etc windows and creates menus. A desktop environment is a collection of applications that work in unison. If you use kde and click on a text file in the kde file manager in a window created by the kde windowmanager, it will launch the kde text editor, or if you click on a .jpg etc etc etc etc. Any of the applications, the kde file manager, the kde text editor, the kde image viewer, are stand-alone applications that are not dependent on kwm(the kde window manager) being the host, but they are designed to be a component of an integrated environment. I prefer gnome as a desktop environment because it allows you to run the window manager of your choice. Joseph Beaman wrote:
What is the difference between a desktop enviorment, as you say, and a windows manager?
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