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Most openSUSE users boot to an X-based graphical desktop
environment. By default, that has always been the K
Desktop Environment (KDE). SUSE developers have long
worked on KDE, and continue to do so. But in recent years,
many users have gravitated toward the GNU Network
Object Model Environment (GNOME, pronounced with a
hard G sound). Among those were Miguel De Icaza, Nat
Friedman, and their Ximian development team. Novell
purchased Ximian shortly before acquiring SuSE, Inc., and
has been working to promote compatibility between the
two desktops and their applications. The SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop (SLED) seeks the best of both worlds,
and openSUSE offers you the choice to install either or
both desktop environments.
This chapter covers the basics of the X Window System and how it works in openSUSE.
You??™ll learn about the primary desktop environments, KDE and GNOME. You??™ll also learn
about the new advanced 3-D display system called Xgl. Finally, you??™ll get a brief introduction
to some other X Window managers, if you don??™t need all that overhead.


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