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Pop OS (stylized as Pop!_OS) is a free and open-source Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu, and featuring a customized GNOME desktop environment known as COSMIC. The distribution is developed by American Linux computer manufacturer System76. Pop!_OS is primarily built to be bundled with the computers built by System76, but can also be ...
Cinnamon is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, which was originally based on GNOME 3, but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions. The development of Cinnamon began by the Linux Mint team as the result of the April 2011 release of GNOME 3, in which the conventional desktop ...
A desktop environment is a collection of software designed to give functionality and a certain look and feel to an operating system.. This article applies to operating systems which are capable of running the X Window System, mostly Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, Minix, illumos, Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. [1]
Zorin OS is available in various free and paid versions [5] including versions using XFCE instead of GNOME for use with older computers. [6] Zorin OS follows the long-term releases of the main Ubuntu system and uses its own software repositories as well as Ubuntu's repositories.
GNOME Shell is the graphical shell of the GNOME desktop environment starting with version 3, [5] which was released on April 6, 2011. It provides basic functions like launching applications and switching between windows .
GNOME (/ɡəˈnoʊm/, /ˈnoʊm/) [6] [7] [8] originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment, [9] is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like [10] operating systems.
Ubuntu Cinnamon is a community-driven, free and open-source Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, using the Cinnamon desktop environment in place of Ubuntu's GNOME Shell.The first release was 19.10 'Eoan Ermine' on December 4, 2019, and is the first official distribution to use Ubuntu with the Cinnamon desktop.
GNOME 1 is the first major release of the GNOME desktop environment. Its primary goal was to provide a consistent user-friendly environment in conjunction with the X Window System . [ 1 ] It was also a modern and free and open source software alternative to older desktop environments such as the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), but also to the ...