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== Linux has multiple GUIs == | == 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 file systems == | ||
== Linux has multiple kernels == | == Linux has multiple kernels == | ||