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This guide explains how to install/remove different Desktop Environment or Window Manager in Kali Linux 1.x

such as Gnome, KDE, XFCE, LXDE and MATE Desktops.

An X window manager is a window manager which runs on top of the X Window System, a windowing system

mainly used on Unix-like systems.

Unlike the Mac OS (Apple Macintosh) and Microsoft Windows platforms (excepting Microsoft Windows

explorer.exe shell replacements) which have historically provided a vendor-controlled, fixed set of ways to control

how windows and panes display on a screen, and how the user may interact with them, window management for

the X Window System was deliberately kept separate from the software providing the graphical display. The user

can choose between various third-party window managers, which differ from one another in several ways,

including:

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Customizability of appearance and functionality:

textual menus used to start programs and/or change options

docks and other graphical ways to start programs

multiple desktops and virtual desktops (desktops larger than the physical monitor size), and pagers to

switch between them

Consumption of memory and other system resources

Degree of integration with a desktop environment, which provides a more complete interface to the

operating system, and provides a range of integrated utilities and applications.

hardware

user

graphical interface

display server window manager

kernel

Examples:KDE Plasma, Aqua,GNOME Shell

Examples:Linux kernel, FreeBSD kernel, XNU kernel

Examples:awesome, Compiz,OpenBox

Examples:X.Org Server, Weston, KWin, Mutter,Quarz Compositor, SurfaceFlinger

Examples:X11, Wayland, Quartz

Schema of the layers of the graphical user interface

Depending on which one you need choose links below:

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How to install/remove LXDE Desktop Environment in Kali Linux

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