From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lew Pitcher  wrote at 15:34 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   > On Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:10:10 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >   
   >> Jeff Gaines  wrote at 12:42 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>> I am taking a breather at the moment and wanted to ask if there is a   
   >>> distro that comes with a 2D desktop as standard since it might be easier   
   >>> to start from fresh?   
   >   
   > [sni]   
   >   
   >> Wait, what's a 3D desktop?   
   >   
   > AFAICT, a "3d desktop" is a Window Manager or Desktop Manager that   
   incorporates   
   > or requires a compositor to function.   
   >   
   > Standard X11 window managers (like fwm or blackbox, etc) and early desktop   
   > managers (like enlightenment) do not need the compositing facilities offered   
   > by OpenGL add-ons to X11 or the builtin compositor in Wayland. But, more   
   > "modern" Desktop Managers (like Gnome and KDE and others that use the GTK+/Qt   
   > toolkits) often depend on a compositor to provide their standard visual   
   environment.   
   >   
   > FWIW, if it uses a compositor, then its not likely to work well with RDP, and   
   > not at all with networked/remote X11.   
      
      
   Oh.. I was hoping it would be some futuristic design.   
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