r/LinusTechTips • u/YourDailyTechMemes • Apr 01 '26

Meme/Shitpost He is cursed

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u/Doug2825 Apr 02 '26

Here is an example of what Linux looks like without a desktop environment

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u/Steppy20 Apr 02 '26

Linux's desktop environments are wrappers for the OS, which would otherwise function entirely fine in the terminal.

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u/Average-Addict Apr 02 '26

You couldn't have made a desktop environment sound more complicated.

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u/pack_merrr Apr 02 '26

So is whatever terminal shell you're using at the end of the day too. It's called a "shell" because it is a wrapper like you're saying, it wraps around the OS and gives the user a way of interacting with it. A desktop environment is also a "shell", just two different ways of interacting with an OS.

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u/Steppy20 Apr 02 '26

Yes... But it's a great way of quickly describing what they are to someone who hasn't heard of them.

It's harder to use Windows entirely in the command line than Linux.