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== Linux has multiple GUIs == | == Linux has multiple GUIs == | ||
Windows has ''only one'' Graphical User | Windows has ''only one'' Graphical User Interface ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface GUI]) depending on its version whereas, | ||
Linux has different Desktop Environments (DE) : | Linux has different Desktop Environments (DE) : | ||
* XFCE: Lightweight, simple, best for beginning users | * XFCE: Lightweight, simple, best for beginning users | ||
* KDE: lots of bells and whistles, good for recent and powerful hardware | * KDE: lots of bells and whistles, good for recent and powerful hardware ''and people who like to tinker!'' 🛠️ | ||
* Gnome: Simple, the default for lots of distributions | * Gnome: Simple, the default for lots of distributions | ||
* Cinnamon: <s>Gnome like it should be</s> Beefed-up Gnome with more bells and whistles. | * Cinnamon: <s>Gnome like it should be</s> Beefed-up Gnome with more bells and whistles. | ||
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* System Settings (Known to you as "Control Panel") | * System Settings (Known to you as "Control Panel") | ||
* Partition Manager (except XFCE: they need one of the others to be installed) | * 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}} | {{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!''' | '''What you should remember is that mixing and matching DE's is not wise!''' | ||
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* 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 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: | * Don't install 2 DEs for one user: | ||
* You | * You ''can'' have different DEs one a single computer | ||
* Each user can have their own DE | * 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... 😁) | '''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... 😁) | ||