Difference between revisions of "Desktop Environment Terminology"
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This tutorial will try to teach the "basics of the Desktop environment", and will be apply to both Gnome and KDE. | This tutorial will try to teach the "basics of the Desktop environment", and will be apply to both Gnome and KDE. | ||
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| + | == Purpose of the Desktop Environment == | ||
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| + | The purpose of a desktop environment is to allow the user to accomplish tasks and to customize their Graphic User Interface preferences. | ||
| + | This desktop environment is designed to make it easy for users to interface with the computer system to run applications, and manage their documents, pictures, music, etc... | ||
Revision as of 08:28, 5 November 2009
Currently, the two most common desktop environment used in Linux are:
- Gnome
- KDE
This tutorial will try to teach the "basics of the Desktop environment", and will be apply to both Gnome and KDE.
Purpose of the Desktop Environment
The purpose of a desktop environment is to allow the user to accomplish tasks and to customize their Graphic User Interface preferences. This desktop environment is designed to make it easy for users to interface with the computer system to run applications, and manage their documents, pictures, music, etc...
