• @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    110 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
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      210 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
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        210 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.