Hour 19. Window Managers and Desktop Environments

Although KDE is one of the most popular desktop environments available for FreeBSD, it is by no means the only one available. There are several alternatives ranging from the very simple to the very complex. In this hour, we will look briefly at some of these alternatives.

In this hour, you will learn:

  • The difference between window managers and desktop environments

  • About some of the alternatives available to KDE

  • How to install alternative window managers

  • How to change your default window manager

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