Linux › Section N · The Linux desktop and printing › Topic N.1
Desktop components
A Linux desktop is not one program but a cooperating set of parts: a display system, a window manager, toolkits, a desktop environment and the applications on top. Knowing which part does what tells you where to look when a window, a keyboard layout or a whole session misbehaves.
In this topic
- A stack of cooperating parts
- The framebuffer
- Worked example: sizing a framebuffer
- Two designs: X and Wayland
- Window managers
- Toolkits and desktop environments
- Applications and how they talk
- Are you running Wayland or X?
- Worked example: reading the clues
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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