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== Linux has multiple GUIs ==
== Linux has multiple GUIs ==
Windows has ''only one'' Graphical User interface depending on its version whereas,
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 *and people who like to tinker!* :hammer_and_pick:
* 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 *can* have different DEs one a single computer  
* 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.
* '''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... 😁)
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