Comparison of X Window System desktop environments: Difference between revisions

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=== Comparison of ease of use and stability ===

GNOME's graphical file manager Files (Nautilus) is intended to be very easy to use and has many features.<ref>[http://www.gnome.org/projects/nautilus/screenshots.html Official Nautilus screenshots page]</ref> KDE's file manager Dolphin is described as focused on usability.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://dolphin.kde.org/ |title=Official Dolphin file manager page on KDE project site] |access-date=2020-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324033008/http://dolphin.kde.org/ |archive-date=2011-03-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prior to KDE version 4, the KDE project's standard file manager was Konqueror, which was also designed for ease of use.

Both GNOME and KDE come with many graphical configuration tools, reducing the need to manually edit configuration files for new users. They have extensive bundled software such as graphical menu editors, text editors, audio players, and software for doing administrative work. All applications installed in most distributions are automatically added to the GNOME and KDE menus. No major configuration changes are necessary to begin working. However, by using graphical tools, the extent to which the desktops can be configured is determined by the power provided by those tools.

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== Compatibility and interoperability issues ==

Some desktop environments and window managers claim that they support applications made for other desktop environments explicitly. For example, Fluxbox states KDE support in its feature list.<ref>[http://fluxbox.org/ Fluxbox official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514023032/http://fluxbox.org/ |date=2008-05-14 }} line 15</ref> Using software made specifically for the desktop environment in use or window manager agnostic software is a way to avoid issues. For software developers, the [[Portland Project]] has released a set of common interfaces that allows applications to integrate across many desktop environments.<ref>[http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7768863113.html Linux leaps toward KDE/GNOME compatibility] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226050357/http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7768863113.html |date=2008-02-26 }}</ref>

==System resources utilization==