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The default desktop environments are LXQt (former LXDE), MATE, Xfce, and KDE, but users can install other desktops via 'Sparky APTus'. As Sparky ISO image features a few proprietary packages, the 'Sparky APTus' provides a small tool called 'Non-Free Remover' which can easily uninstall all 'contrib' and 'non-free' packages from the system. [6]
KPackage was KDE's package manager frontend. It supported BSD, Debian, Gentoo, RPM and Slackware packages. It provided a GUI for the management and upgrade of existing packages and the installation and acquirement of new packages. Additionally, it provided functionality to help manage package caches.
Advanced Package Tool, or APT, is a free-software user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions. [4] APT simplifies the process of managing software on Unix-like computer systems by automating the retrieval, configuration and installation of ...
KDE Desktop Environment improved usability by reworking many applications, dialogs and control panels to focus on clarity and utility, and by reducing clutter in many menus and toolbars. Hundreds of new icons were created to improve the consistency of the environment, along with changes to the default visual style, including new splash screens ...
Waf is a build automation tool designed to assist in the automatic compilation and installation of computer software.It is written in Python and maintained by Thomas Nagy.. Waf's source code is open source software, released under the terms of the New BSD License, though its accompanying documentation is under the CC-BY-NC-ND license, which forbids both modification and commercial ...
PCLinuxOS uses APT-RPM, based on APT (Debian), a package management system (originally from the Debian distribution), together with Synaptic Package Manager, a GUI to APT, to add, remove or update packages. If there is enough memory on the machine, and an active network connection, the Live CD can update packages.
It is based on Debian 11.5 (Bullseye) and is available as Xfce, Xfce AHS, [14] KDE, and Fluxbox versions. Includes Debian's recent Grub-PC updates. Further details are in the MX blog. [15] MX-21.3 3rd refresh of MX-21, was released on 14 January 2023. Based on Debian 11.6 with bug fixes, new kernels, and many application updates.
On 12 July 1998 the finished version 1.0 of K Desktop Environments was released: KDE is a network transparent, contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations.KDE seeks to fill the need for an easy to use desktop for Unix workstations, similar to the desktop environments found under the MacOS or Window95/NT [].