Linux Desktop Systems (a.k.a. Linux Workstations) - The Linux OS, Plus the Linux Desktop Software
Linux "desktop systems" have the Linux operating system on them and also have a Linux desktop installed on them.
As with Windows, after booting a Linux "desktop system", you are at a Linux desktop.
Note: On some Linux systems, you may need to log in to the Linux desktop after booting the system (and before the Linux desktop appears). You will see what is called a "GUI login prompt".
The "GUI Login prompt" usually looks like a box in the middle of the screen where you are asked to for a Username and Password and then you click on the OK button to log in.
The Linux desktop has all the features and functionality of the Windows GUI "point-and-click" desktop - and some people find the Linux desktop
far superior to the Windows desktop!
There is more than one Linux desktop that can be installed on a Linux desktop system - in fact, there are several Linux desktops - used one at a time - and two of the more popular ones are the GNOME desktop and the KDE desktop.
As with Windows, to do tasks at a Linux desktop, like run software programs and work inside of software programs, you just point and click. If you know how to work at a Windows desktop, then you know how to work at a Linux desktop!
Working at a Linux desktop and doing things like: pointing, clicking, double-clicking, dragging to select, and other GUI point-and-click tasks, are virtually identical to working at a Windows desktop.
Running Linux Commands On a Linux Desktop System
To run Linux commands when you are working at a Linux desktop system, you need to do one or more simple steps to get to the Linux command line prompt.
To get to the command line prompt and run Linux commands, you can either go to:
1. a Linux "terminal"
- or -
2. a Linux "terminal emulation window"
Notice the word "window" in the Linux term (phrase) "terminal emulation window".
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