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  2. Ubuntu - Wikipedia

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    Ubuntu has a server edition [131] [132] that uses the same APT repositories as the Ubuntu Desktop Edition. The differences between them are the absence of an X Window environment in a default installation of the server edition (although one can easily be installed, including GNOME, KDE, Unity or Xfce), and some alterations to the installation ...

  3. Comparison of X Window System desktop environments

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    A desktop environment is a collection of software designed to give functionality and a certain look and feel to an operating system.. This article applies to operating systems which are capable of running the X Window System, mostly Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, Minix, illumos, Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. [1]

  4. Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Wikipedia

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    There are two graphics hardware drivers: one resides inside of the X display server.There have been several designs of this driver. The current one splits it in two portions: DIX (Device-Independent X) and DDX (Device-Dependent X) Glamor will simplify the X server, and libGL-fglrx-glx [needs update] could use the libDRM of the radeon open-source driver instead of the proprietary binary blob.

  5. Comparison of Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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    This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.The specific problem is: Active distributions composed entirely of free software (Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre, gNewSense, Guix System, LibreCMC, Musix GNU+Linux, Parabola GNU/Linux-libre, and Trisquel) need information in all sub categories, #General is complete.

  6. Desktop environment - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphical shell. The desktop environment was seen mostly on personal computers until the rise of mobile ...

  7. Direct Rendering Manager - Wikipedia

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    The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) is a subsystem of the Linux kernel responsible for interfacing with GPUs of modern video cards.DRM exposes an API that user-space programs can use to send commands and data to the GPU and perform operations such as configuring the mode setting of the display.

  8. Comparison of operating systems - Wikipedia

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    Server: HarmonyOS: Huawei: 2019 OpenHarmony, LiteOS: 5.0.0.102(SP3C00E73R4P17) October 23, 2024 Bundled with hardware and updates at no cost given to most existing users, subject to hardware requirements Proprietary software except for open-source components Internet of things, Smartphone, tablet computer, education, embedded system, smart ...

  9. Comparison of user features of operating systems - Wikipedia

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    An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, printing, and other resources.