Linux Basics

Linux Distro = Base + Desktop Environment + Window Manager + Display Manager + Display Server

Base - The main root of the distro
Stable Base, Slowest Updates - Debian
Semi-Rolling Base - Fedora
Rolling Base, Fastest Updates - Arch

Desktop Environments = A collection of programs and utilities, customizations + Window Manager + Display Manager + Display Server
GTK3 DEs - GNOME, Cinnamon, XFCE, Mate
QT5 DEs - KDE Plasma

Window Managers - Draws and controls windows of applications
Stacking WMs - Mutter, KWin, Xfwm, Openbox
Tiling WMs - i3, bspwm
Dynamic WMs - awesome, dwm

Display Managers - The interface which allows a user to login into the system after booting process is complete.
GUI DMs - GDM, LightDM, SDDM
Console DMs - CDM, Console TDM

Display Server - Manages input and output from OS, Hardware over a GUI.
Legacy, Widely Used - X Org
Modern, Still under development - Wayland

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