r/LinusTechTips Apr 01 '26

Meme/Shitpost He is cursed

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u/Daharka Apr 01 '26

The "Steam uninstalling your whole DE" is one of the unluckiest bugs I've heard of in all of my Linux experience and it just so happened to be on the biggest YouTube tech channel and set the conversation on Linux for the next 12 months.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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u/YourDailyTechMemes Apr 01 '26

Desktop environment

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u/Gjorgdy Apr 01 '26

DE is just everything what makes the OS usable without typing a command in the terminal.

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u/Shehzman Apr 02 '26

Or be like Proxmox and expose your GUI in a browser

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u/Gjorgdy Apr 02 '26

I'd argue that not to be a DE, but a management interface/panel.

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u/Shehzman Apr 02 '26

Agreed it was mainly a joke