Linux Small Knowledge Translation-desktop environment

Talk about the desktop environment this time.

The last time I talked about X Window System-related content, although surprising, X Window System and desktop environment is not the same thing. Please think about it a little bit.

X Window System refers to the software or protocol that provides the GUI environment. In contrast, a "desktop environment" is a GUI package that combines a variety of software, such as toolbars, icons, window managers, desktop managers, and so on.

In other words, "a collection of software that is necessary to use the desktop."

The famous desktop environment is "gnome" and "kde". Recently, many Linux distributions do not care whether the desktop environment used is "gnome" or "kde".

This is because there are many desktop environments for UNIX-based systems and can be customized flexibly. Based on this feature, you can even make a desktop that is easy for you to use and like.

However, these desktop environments require X Window System if they want to run. Generally speaking, the desktop environment is run based on the X Window System.

Although you don't have to be too concerned with the differences between the desktop and the X Window System, sometimes it's nice to look at them differently. (After all, it's something that Linux desktop users use every day)