Enlightenment controls the way the windows look, feel and move. Gnome
controls the icons on the desktop, the Gnome panel and things like that.
If you didn't have a wm (windows manager) you would not be able to move,
resize, minimize, maximun windows (among other things). (You could probably
do it from an xterm window, but it would be a major pain)
If you didn't have a desktop envoirment (gnome) you would not be able to set
icons on the root window (desktop) have cool little panel go across the
bottom of your screen, etc.
You could replace Enlightenment with another wm, like icewm or replace Gnome
with another desktop envoirment, like KDE. Gnome also has a api
(application program interface) that programmers can us in their program so
that if they use these their will be the same "look & feel" between all
apps. If you run like Gnome, KDE, xforms, and motif apps side by side you
can see a differance between the programs. Mostly I think it is used so
each program doesn't have to rewrite alot of code. I am not a programmer,
so I shouldn't comment on this and stop now : )
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Downey, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 9:02 AM
Subject: Gnome/Enlightenment
> Hello all,
>
> I was hoping someone out there could just explain something really basic
to
> me: What is the relationship between Gnome and Enlightenment. I know
that
> Enlightenment is a window manager, but isn't that what Gnome is as well?
> They both run on top of X, but what are the interaction characteristics
> between them? Does Gnome need Enlightenement? Or is it just kind of like
a
> Win 98 & a Win 98 Plus thing?
>
> I've got them both running now, but I was just curious... thanks to
everyone
> who replies...
>
> brian
