{"id":6019,"date":"2020-12-13T20:52:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T01:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/?page_id=6019"},"modified":"2020-12-13T20:52:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T01:52:24","slug":"linux-desktops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/?page_id=6019","title":{"rendered":"Linux Desktops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I really like the command line interface (CLI) in Linux. It bestows great power upon its users and I spend a good deal of time availing myself of those powers. And yet without the GUI desktop I would still be limited. It is through the combination of the GUI and the command line that I find the power of Linux to be more fully realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with many things in Linux there are several choices available for desktops. A short list includes Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, GNOME, KDE \u2013 and for the kids \u2013 Sugar. I have tried all of these at various times over the years, and I always install all of them on my main workstation so that I can try out the latest versions of each. My current favorite, for several reasons, is Xfce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The articles following in this section discuss a bit about each of these desktops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really like the command line interface (CLI) in Linux. It bestows great power upon its users and I spend a good deal of time availing myself of those powers. And yet without the GUI desktop I would still be&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/?page_id=6019\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6019","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6020,"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6019\/revisions\/6020"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}