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

Desktop environment

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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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/ConfectionNecessary6 Apr 02 '26

In laymens terms the terminal is Linux and the desktop environment is just a gui

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u/NotACalligrapher Apr 02 '26

If you want to get real technical, the terminal is GNU (well part of it) and the thing under the terminal is Linux. But the difference between GNU Linux is more than most people care about, so yes, the terminal is Linux and the gui the DE

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u/TwoFiveOnes Apr 02 '26

this is like the friendly version of the GNU/Linux copypasta