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 == Linux has multiple GUIs ==
+Windows has ''only one'' Graphical User interface depending on its version whereas,
+Linux has different Desktop Environments (DE) :
+* XFCE: Lightweight, simple, best for beginning users
+* KDE: lots of bells and whistles, good for recent and powerful hardware *and people who like to tinker!*  :hammer_and_pick:
+* Gnome: Simple, the default for lots of distributions
+* Cinnamon: <s>Gnome like it should be</s> Beefed-up Gnome with more bells and whistles.
+* LXDE: comparatively low resource requirements. This makes it especially suitable for use on <s>older</s> resource-constrained computers.
+* I3: Great for power users that need non-overlapping titling windows.
+And all of the above come with their own:
+* File Manager
+* System Settings (Known to you as "Control Panel")
+* Partition Manager (except XFCE: they need one of the others to be installed)
+{{note The above is less important on modern computers and has become more a matter of taste than functionality}}
+'''What you should remember is that mixing and matching DE's is not wise!'''
+More specifically:
+* Don't install the Gnome Editor (`gedit`) on KDE but use `kate` instead because `gedit` will pull in a ton of libraries (and functionality) of Gnome which will bloat your system.
+* Don't install 2 DEs for one user:
+* You *can*  have different DEs one a single computer
+* Each user can have their own DE
+* **Having 2 DEs for one user is a recipe for disaster as one single configuration file might be used by 2 DEs for wildly different functionality!** and untangling this Gordian knot will be so complex that a reinstall is always easier.
+'''Remember:''' ''You're a N00b again! You're going to re-install'' '''at least once!''' (Unless you're smarter than the authors of this article... 😁)
 == Linux has multiple file systems ==
 == Linux has multiple kernels ==