We review some of the most popular Linux desktop environment options. Included are KDE Plasma, Gnome, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, LXDE, Budgie, Pantheon and Deepin. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #444 · Welcome to Linux! - Desktops 01:18 Bill broke KDE on his computer 02:08 Larry fixed a 13 year old laptop with LXLE 09:29 Definition: Linux desktop environments 14:50 The Linux Experiment's DE review video 17:24 The KDE Plasma desktop 21:47 Unity and the Gnome desktop 26:03 The Cinnamon desktop 27:48 The MATE Desktop 32:09 The XFCE desktop 34:25 The LXDE desktop 37:23 The Budgie desktop 40:43 The Pantheon desktop 44:17 The Deepin desktop 45:49 The most modern desktop environment 50:20 The choice is yours 51:53 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 53:13 End

Larry Bushey and Bill Smith

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