Linux - Shells and Desktop Environments

In Linux you can use numerous shells and Desktop Environments in order to interact with your system.

Shells and Desktop Environments

Shells are the software you use to directly interact with the operating system.
Generally “shells” refer to command line shells.
Desktop Environments are GUI shells with the added functionality and software that make up what users think of as a Desktop operating System.
Command Line Shells

BASH is the default Command Line Shell.
There are numerous other command line shells that offer functionality such as autocomplete that users may find more useful.
XFCE

XFCE is a very lightweight Desktop Environment that looks like something from the 90’s
KDE

KDE is a modern Desktop Environment with a large amount of resources and tools.
GNOME 3

GNOME 3 is a modern Desktop Environment that is the default from some distributions.
Mate

Mate is the continuation of GNOME 2. Some users preferred GBNOME 2 over GNOME 3 and so kept maintaining it as Mate.
Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu Touch is an Ubuntu Distribution customized for touch devices.

[AlaKernel]

I am sooo happy that Eli The Computer Guy us back to the technical videos .

[winddrake]

Great video. So glad to see you going back to your roots in your videos. These educational videos are why I started subscribing to your channel. Keep up the good work.

[ecuasteelo]

Eli be pumping out that Linux content on the daily.

[chescarino]

aand he's back! great work eli and thank you!

[patrickmooiman]

Great video' about Linux. Finally someone who gives easy explanations about Linux.

[gaunterodimm]

The KING of development related technical videos has risen again!
Linux channels, specially the Indian ones should be scared...

[mohadiamond]

I really appreciated your presentation, and tnx alot 'JASON STATHAM ' lol😉👏

[vivekdevops]

Eli, we need videos on Devops concepts, etc.. So after linux please add some Okd, devops, k8's, etc..

[apurvadoshi]

Hi Eli, I need your help in understanding how to configure windows 2012 LDAP over TLS to support user certificate based authentication instead of username/password. Can you please provide some help on the same.

[Gornius]

Dude, I love XFCE, it doesn't really look ugly after you spend some time customizing it, and boy, is it customizable...

[johndoe-ridv]

I would like a touch screen ui for my raspyberry is that a thing?

[usmanabdurrazzaq]

Linux is better with a CLI than a GUI. I myself use Arch and it comes with a CLI (Bash) as the default user interface and to be honest with you, I love it. I didn't install a DE. If I need to run X applications, just starting them with xinit or nvidia-xrun (requires a Nvidia card), image scaling them with Openbox if needed, but still I don't use Openbox as my default user interface (just run it if I need it).

[ahuman]

Eli did you read Louis Rossmann's comment on previous video?

[ajvgraphicngpinas]

i have watch all your videos ... please heart me .. my Idol😍

[sela]

Whats the best linux distro for gaming??
Games such as MineCraft and Roblox

[MrLeeFergusson]

As primarily a coder love zsh, ohmyzsh and the spaceship theme, you never need to leave the terminal. :D And your also saying I SHOULDN'T put everyone on bspwm...? ill be right back... ;)

[Mike-zxlq]

Fish is the best shell, change my mind!

[SantiYounger]

Notes
6:50 examples of popular shells

[DDBAA]

Can't believe you've been on YouTube for a decade Eli. XFCE can be nice looking, and your just looking at the 'core' install. I dont think its fair to say a desktop environment is ugly, and only show the default interface . Linux being a monolithic kernel and not an operating system in the traditional sense makes it very flexible. Where Windows will just tell you no sometimes and smack your hand, linux will let you throw your whole file system into a dark void as long as you have Root lol. Peppermint uses XFCE and it looks modern, while retaining the feel of familiar windows systems, although similar cinnamon is more elegant. KDE I feel defeats the purpose of running gnu/linux why smother a distro with a heavy desktop like that, unless you cant survive without every bell and whistle. Also KDE has a vulnerability released a week ago within the Dolphin file manager, just some friendly information. It probably wont turn into anything, but good to know. The great thing about linux is you can mix and match, using different features from different Desktop environments. You also didn't mention window managers, because that changes the look, feel, and performance of your install. That decision comes down to whether you like to use the mouse or you like to use keybindings and tiling window managers. These freedoms are what drove me away from Windows a long time ago. I am glad to hear you talking about gnu/linux, I knew IOT would eventually drive you toward it anyway. Playing with micro controllers also gets exponentially more fun & interesting when you throw a wifi stack in the mix. I know there are a bunch of Raspberry Pi channels but none of the hosts are close to as technically competent as you are. You can interface micro comptrollers with the Pi's 20x20 headers, incorporate Linux, you'll hit all your talking points with one cheap piece of hardware, which for $55(4GB) you can get with 1, 2, and 4GB of RAM now. Thats a game changer, other boards support these specs but none are as well documented and supported as the Raspberry Pi .

[NoEggu]

I was not aware mate was simply gnome version 2.