I would define a "desktop environment" to mean a bundled suite of applications and services along with a window manager.
So I guess I agree with purgatori and wouldn't call a bunch of terminal emulators running under xmonad a DE. The crucial point is whether someone else has chosen the components for you and put them together in a suite you can download and install.
So I guess I agree with purgatori and wouldn't call a bunch of terminal emulators running under xmonad a DE. The crucial point is whether someone else has chosen the components for you and put them together in a suite you can download and install.