• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    11 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.

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      11 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.

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        11 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.