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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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This article is far too brief, providing no explanation of the ratings (how different are the speed ratings of 10 for LXDE and 2 for GNOME?) and the blurbs offer the same information as the first two sentences of the websites for each DE (or Wikipedia).
If this intended for newcomers to Linux who are unsure which DE to use, the comparisons to Windows XP/7/10 and MacOS make sense, but then, why include number ratings? Newbies likely won't know how to weigh those factors. And if it is for those looking to choose a DE, where are the photos showing us the default set-up and a configured version? Eye candy is a vague, unqualified quality. People have different tastes. Pictures would fix this.
And to pick apart the short blurbs discussing each DE, is there so little positive to find in XFCE that praising its speed is the go-to, despite giving LXDE a higher rating in that respect? And what about GNOME is unorthodox? The information given rates it as simple and clean, but slow, unintuitive, and difficult to customize. Is there any reason to use GNOME? What is simple and clean about it?
If this article were framed as a personal blog post recounting one's experience with each environment, containing personally meaningful numeric ratings, I would be less critical. However, titling an article What Is The Best Desktop Environment For You without giving me more than surface level introductions and relying on equating them to Windows and Mac renders this cheap clickbait. I level these critiques as a newcomer who expected to learn something while reading this.