desktop environment
A complete graphical desktop, such as GNOME, KDE Plasma or Xfce, with its own panels, file manager and settings tools.
In more detail
Several can be installed side by side and chosen at the login screen. They all run on X or Wayland underneath.
Related terms
- display manager — The graphical login screen, such as GDM or SDDM, that starts the chosen desktop session once a user signs in.
Taught in
- Desktops, Remote Screens And Accessibility — LPIC-1 Linux Administrator (101-500 and 102-500) Exam Prep