Here's How to Find Out Which Desktop Environment You are Using | Linux Today

Here’s How to Find Out Which Desktop Environment You are Using

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Abhishek Prakash Chaturvedi
Apr 13, 2020

Wondering which desktop environment are you using on your Linux system? Here’s how to find our desktop environment and its version information.

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Abhishek Prakash Chaturvedi

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