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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -5 points 9 months ago

People here are under the illusion that a DE changes nothing about the base OS. It seems like those people have never actually been using their OS.

[-] tubaruco@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

the DE doesnt change anything in the base os unless you count its packages and rare incompatibilities as noticeable changes.

what it does change is the visual experience.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

No it installs and uninstalls a ton of packages and often relies on specific versions of certain packages. This is like saying Ubuntu isn't different from Debian.

Some DE's even use Wayland which will break a ton of software such as OpenCV.

this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
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