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Linux System Administration - Linux Desktop Systems, Using Linux Desktops to Run Linux Software Programs


	Linux Training Online Articles Summary: Learn Linux System Administration and learn about Linux Desktop Systems, How to Use Linux Desktops. Read the article below and learn about using Linux Desktop systems - Now!

When you boot any Windows desktop system, the Windows operating automatically system starts up and the Windows desktop appears.

At this point, you are working in the Windows GUI (Graphical User Interface) which is a "point and click" desktop environment. In this environment, to do tasks like run Windows software programs and work inside of Windows software programs, you just point and click.

When you're using a Windows desktop system, you always boot the Windows OS and then see the Windows desktop.

In other words, whenever you boot a Windows system a Windows desktop always appears.

Linux Desktop Systems and Non-Desktop (Server) Systems

When you are using a Linux server system, a desktop may or may not be installed on the system. This is because using a desktop on a Linux system (and also on a Windows system) requires additional memory inside of the system and also requires additional processing power to run. This is the "overhead" required to run the GUI "point-and-click" desktop environment "on top of" the operating system.

For example, on a Linux server system a desktop may not have been installed because it is not needed on some types of Linux servers.

On these Linux server systems, you just boot to a black screen and you're presented with a "text-based" login prompt - that simply says

Login:

At this Login: prompt, you type in a Username and then a Password to log in.

Running Linux Commands on a Linux Server System

After logging in to a Linux terminal (on a Linux system that doesn't have a desktop) you see the Linux command line prompt. At this point, you can start running Linux commands to do Linux system administration tasks, like copying files, creating users, and assigning permissions to areas of the system.

Some Linux servers are installed with a Linux desktop and some aren't. It depends on what the server is being used for. If a desktop is not required for running a server, then it is not installed.

If a desktop is not installed on a Linux server, then the "overhead" (memory and processing time) of running the GUI desktop environment is not needed or used.

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