β² 1782 βΌ Hot take (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by SchrodingersPat@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 353 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) People here are under the illusion that a DE changes nothing about the base OS. It seems like those people have never actually been using their OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) the DE doesnt change anything in the base os unless you count its packages and rare incompatibilities as noticeable changes. what it does change is the visual experience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No it installs and uninstalls a ton of packages and often relies on specific versions of certain packages. This is like saying Ubuntu isn't different from Debian. Some DE's even use Wayland which will break a ton of software such as OpenCV. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) the DE doesnt change anything in the base os unless you count its packages and rare incompatibilities as noticeable changes. what it does change is the visual experience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No it installs and uninstalls a ton of packages and often relies on specific versions of certain packages. This is like saying Ubuntu isn't different from Debian. Some DE's even use Wayland which will break a ton of software such as OpenCV. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No it installs and uninstalls a ton of packages and often relies on specific versions of certain packages. This is like saying Ubuntu isn't different from Debian. Some DE's even use Wayland which will break a ton of software such as OpenCV. permalink fedilink source parent
