User:Lebreton/Gnome KDE

What is a desktop-environment?

 * A desktop-environment is the grafical environment for a computer.(Desktop, windows, mousepointer, colors, fonts, etc..), the most known are:
 * Gnome (Ubuntu, Mint, …)
 * KDE (PCLinuxOS, openSUSE, …)
 * XFCE, Enlightment, …
 * A distro with more desktop-environments:
 * Ubuntu → Gnome
 * Kubuntu → KDE
 * Xubuntu → XFCE

Gnome

 * Recognisable by the menubar at the top of the screen. The statusbar is at the bottom.
 * The Ubuntu Ibex Desktop.

KDE

 * KDE has the menubar at the bottom of the screen as most of us are used to.
 * The PCLinuxOS Desktop.