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XK0-004 · Question #110

Which of the following are Linux desktop managers? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. KDE B. GNOME. KDE and GNOME are the two most prominent Linux desktop environments, each providing a full graphical shell, window manager, and application suite for end users.

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Question

Which of the following are Linux desktop managers? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AKDE
  • BGNOME
  • CGUI
  • DVNC
  • EX11
  • FSPICE

How the community answered

(18 responses)
  • A
    94% (17)
  • E
    6% (1)

Why each option

KDE and GNOME are the two most prominent Linux desktop environments, each providing a full graphical shell, window manager, and application suite for end users.

AKDECorrect

KDE (K Desktop Environment) is a complete Linux desktop environment that provides a graphical shell, window manager (KWin), and a full suite of bundled applications built on the Qt framework.

BGNOMECorrect

GNOME is a widely used Linux desktop environment that provides a complete graphical interface with its own window manager (Mutter) and application ecosystem built on the GTK framework.

CGUI

GUI stands for Graphical User Interface, which is a generic concept describing any graphical interface paradigm and is not itself a Linux desktop manager.

DVNC

VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a remote desktop sharing protocol that transmits screen data over a network, not a desktop environment or manager.

EX11

X11 (X Window System) is the underlying display server protocol and windowing infrastructure that desktop environments run on top of, not a desktop manager itself.

FSPICE

SPICE (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) is a remote display protocol primarily used in virtualized environments such as KVM, not a Linux desktop manager.

Concept tested: Linux desktop environments - KDE and GNOME identification

Source: https://www.linux.org/pages/download/

Topics

#desktop managers#KDE#GNOME#Linux GUI

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