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-====== About ======+====== Desktop environment ======
  
 A **desktop environment** is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment|complete ecosystem of software and resources]] providing a homogeneous graphical user experience. Generally based on specific [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_widget|graphical widgets]], configuration system, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_window|root window]] with desktop background, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taskbar|taskbar]] with window list and menu, icons, window manager etc. It provides a coherent visual metaphor for a user to interact with the computer. A **desktop environment** is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment|complete ecosystem of software and resources]] providing a homogeneous graphical user experience. Generally based on specific [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_widget|graphical widgets]], configuration system, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_window|root window]] with desktop background, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taskbar|taskbar]] with window list and menu, icons, window manager etc. It provides a coherent visual metaphor for a user to interact with the computer.