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Linux Mint Essentials

Linux Mint Essentials

By : Jay LaCroix
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Linux Mint Essentials

Linux Mint Essentials

4.2 (10)
By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content. If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform or are well versed with Linux Mint and want a guide that shows you how to exploit certain functionality, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is assumed.
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Understanding the KDE desktop

With all the different desktop environments available for Linux, your options are endless. In the Linux world, we have GNOME, Cinnamon, Xfce, MATE, Pantheon, Unity, Openbox, KDE, and others from which you can choose. The benefit is that if you don't like one interface, you can use another, though finding your favorite can take a bit of research.

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) has been around for quite a while and is actually one of the oldest of the Linux graphical environments. It largely competed with the GNOME desktop in the early days, and for the most part, the decision of which user interface to install basically revolved around those two environments. Back then, the GNOME desktop largely resembled the user interface used by Mac while KDE looked closer to Windows. However, today, GNOME doesn't resemble the Macintosh platform anymore, and KDE has also developed an aesthetic of its own. Even today, many debates on the "best" desktop...

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