Thread: Easy-Debian - GNOME, KDE OR XFCE? Available - but do they work?
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2010-04-24 , 00:57
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Hi trips, GNOME KDE are not really window managers are they? they are desktop enviroments that require a window manager.

if you want to start a different window manager through debian chroot you can. This is how I would do it for example with jwm (not a big window manager but the same applies)

run Debian chroot
Code:
sudo apt-get install xnest
sudo apt-get install jwm

Xnest :1 -ac -geometry 800x430
jwm -display :1
the result is this
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but you have to force keyboard focus. there is a thread somewhere that eplains how to do so:

hope this helps
 

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