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On desktop machines, [[KDE]], [[GNOME]] and [[Xfce]] are the most popular user interfaces,<ref>{{cite web | title = Debian popularity-contest program information | url = http://times.debian.net/1092-30000-popcon-submissions }}</ref> though a variety of additional user interfaces exist. Most popular user interfaces run on top of the [[X Window System]] (or X), which provides [[network transparency]], enabling a graphical application running on one machine to be displayed and controlled from another.
Other GUIs include [[X window manager]]s such as [[FVWM]], [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]] and [[Window Maker]]. The window manager provides a means to control the placement and appearance of individual application windows, and interacts with the X window system. This is a more [[minimalism (computing)|minimalist]] goal than KDE, GNOME et. al, which are termed [[desktop environments]].
A Linux system typically provides a CLI of some sort through a [[Shell (computing)|shell]], which is the traditional way of interacting with a Unix system. A Linux distribution specialized for servers may use the CLI as its only interface. A “headless system” run without even a monitor can be controlled by the command line via a remote-control protocol such as [[Secure Shell|SSH]] or [[telnet]].
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