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[[File:Linux kernel ubiquity.svg|thumb|400px500px|Two '''[[windowing system]]s''' foundreached wide adoption for the Linux Desktopdesktop environments &mdash; [[X11]] and [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]];<br>. current Current UIs are e.g.including [[KDE Plasma Workspaces]], [[GNOME Shell]], orand [[Docky]];<br>obsoleted. Obsoleted UIs are e.g.including [[GNOME Panel]], [[Kicker (KDE)|Kicker]], orand [[KDesktop]].]]

The term '''Desktop Linux''' refers to all the software components that build a [[graphical user interface]], that is designed for usage with a [[desktop computer]] and also devices, that offer identical [[human interface device]]s, such as [[Laptop]]s.

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== Components of the Linux Desktop ==

[[File:Free and open-source-software display servers and UI toolkits.svg|thumb|400px700px|Illustrates the '''''visibleVisible software components''''' of the Linux desktop stack likeare including the [[display server]] or, [[Template:Widget engine|widget engines]], and some of the more widespread [[Template:Widget toolkits|widget toolkits]]. and There are also '''the ''invisible ones'''components'', likeincluding [[D-Bus]] orand [[PulseAudio]].]]

Obviously there is no "one" Linux Desktop, but rather there is a pool of [[free and open-source software]] from which Desktop environments / Linux distributions select components with which they construct a GUI implementing some more or less strict design guide, such as e.g. . GNOME, for example, has its [[Human interface guidelines]], as a design guide, which gives the Human-Machine Interface an important role, not just when doing the graphical design, but also when looking at people with [[disability|disabilities]] and even when looking at security.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/562902/ |title=Prompt-free security for GNOME}}</ref>