Mate or Gnome are desktops. A desktop include several components, among which a window manager whose task is to manage the windows on the screen : create them, move them, resize them, lose them etc. As an an example, by default MATE uses Marco as window manager, but can also use compiz, Gnome now uses Mutter. Didier Spaier Slint maintainer http://slint.fr On 9/11/18 12:23 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Exactly what is a window manager? Is that gnome, or mate? > >> On Sep 10, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello I want to install arch on my laptop. I would like to use a >> window manager rather than a full blown desktop because I'm limited on >> space. I would also like to setup a accessible login prompt. I would >> like to try my hand at i3. I tryed ratpoison and I could never get >> firefox-esr sound to work. Also how do you save speakup settings >> between reboots. It always resets my speech rate when using speakup. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list