What is a desktop environment?
Q: What is a desktop environment?
A: A desktop environment is a location on a personal computer that helps the user get around on the computer.
Q: What is a desktop?
A: A desktop is a place in the operating system used for short cuts to computer files and folders on the hard drive.
Q: How are computer icons used on desktops?
A: Computer icons (small pictures) are used to represent files/folders. Clicking these icons will open or start a folder or program.
Q: What is the main screen on a computer?
A: Usually, the desktop is the main screen on the computer.
Q: What are some common desktop environments on personal computers?
A: The most common desktop environment on personal computers is the one given by Microsoft Windows; another common environment is the one given by Apple Mac OS X.
Q: What are some mostly-used desktop environments for Unix-like operating systems using the X Window System?
A: Other mostly-used desktop environments for Unix-like operating systems using the X Window System are KDE, GNOME, Xfce.
Q: What are some other desktop environments?
A: Other desktop environments include Aston, EDE, GEM, IRIX Interactive Desktop, Sun's Java Desktop System, Mezzo, Project Looking Glass, ROX Desktop, UDE, Xito, XFast.
