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Recently, at the request of customers, a batch of Linux operating system vdi desktops will be released and tested. Take Centos 7.5 as an example, because this is clearly officially supported by vmware. When we installed the desktop of the system, we found that there are two kinds of gnome and kde. Which is better, Linux KDE or GNOME desktop environment, this article will introduce, as well as xfce, lxde; first of all, KDE and GNOME are the most current Linux/UNIX systems Popular graphics operating environment. The famous "X Window System" project must not be mentioned here. However, X Window (please note that it is not X Windows) is not a direct graphical operating environment, but as an intermediate bridge between the graphical environment and the UNIX system kernel. Any manufacturer can develop different GUI graphical environments on the basis of X Window. .
X Window is logically divided into three layers: the bottom X Server (X server) mainly processes input/output information and maintains related resources. It accepts keyboard and mouse operations and gives it to X Client (X client) Give feedback, and the output information sent by X Client is also responsible for output; the outermost X Client provides a complete GUI interface and is responsible for direct interaction with users (KDE and Gnome are both X Clients), The connection between X Server and X Client is "X Protocol (X Communication Protocol)", and its mission is to act as a communication channel between the two. Although UNIX manufacturers use the same X Window, the X Client of the terminal is different, which leads to the GUI interface of different UNIX products that look very different.
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KDE is not aimed at system administrators, and its user base is locked into ordinary end users. Its developer, Matthias Ettrich, wants KDE to include users’ daily applications