User:Lebreton/Gnome KDE

An Introduction to GNU/Linux

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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.

Special distro's

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