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 +====== About ======
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 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.
  
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 Gentoo does not have separate releases or "flavors" for different desktop environments, as some other distributions do - a desktop environment is simply installed on the base system.  Gentoo does not have separate releases or "flavors" for different desktop environments, as some other distributions do - a desktop environment is simply installed on the base system. 
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 +===== Available display servers =====
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 +  * [[en:system:userspace:display_servers:lumina_desktop|Lumina Desktop]]
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 +===== Acknowledgement =====