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What is your favorite terminal emulator.
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When I'm using a tiling window manager, I use kitty, because I like its speed and support for font ligatures. When I'm using a Desktop Environment like Gnome or KDE I usually don't use the terminal at all, but if I need it, I use the default emulator.
Sorry for the off-topic question, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around basic linux concepts: you use "tiling window manager" and "desktop environment" as if they were mutually exclusive options. What's the relationship between them?
Thanks!
I don't know if I'm correct, but in my head, a window manager JUST manages windows. Gnome and KDE also manage windows, but they also contain applications for settings, printing, etc. Desktop Environments also have window managers, but they have more applications on top.
So, just to check I understood:
Now... the next questions (if you have the patience :P) are:
Thanks for the answers!
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!
You're welcome!
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