Additional Desktops
Several alternative desktops are available for use on Fedora. Table 11-1 lists several popular alternative desktops that you can use for Fedora. You can use these desktops as additional ones that you can install on your Fedora system. At the login screen,
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Additional Desktops Several alternative desktops are available for use on Fedora. Table 11-1 lists several popular alternative desktops that you can use for Fedora. You can use these desktops as additional ones that you can install on your Fedora system. At the login screen, the Sessions menu lets you choose which desktop you want to use, just as with Plasma. You can install them from with the dnf install command and the desktop name. Some can also be installed with the Packages or Dragora software managers. Look for the meta package with desktop in the name, such as xfdesktop and cinnamon-desktop. Such meta packages will download the entire collection of packages for that desktop interface. The desktops have their own desktop spin ISO images, which you can download and burn onto a DVD or USB. They also operate as Live Workstation DVD/USBs. The spins can be downloaded from the Fedora Spins download page at https://spins. fedoraproject.org.
Table 11-1. Additional Desktops Website
Description
https://xfce.org/
Xfce desktop. Simple lightweight desktop.
https://lxde.org/
LXDE desktop. Small desktop for low-power systems.
https://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) desktop. Education desktop soas/ for children. https://mate-desktop.org/
MATE desktop. Enhanced GNOME 2 desktop interface.
https://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/
Cinnamon desktop. Mint desktop base on GNOME 3 with both GNOME 2 and GNOME 2 features.
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Additional Desktops
You can also install specialized desktops such as those with a custom set of selected applications for Science, Astronomy, Games, or Graphics. The specialize desktops are available at the Fedora Labs website: https://labs.fedoraproject.org/. A list of these specialized desktops is shown in Table 11-2.
Table 11-2. Fedora Labs Desktops Website
Description
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/ en/astronomy/
Astronomy: device control tools, astronomy simulation and mapping
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/ en/design-suite/
Design Suite: tools for multimedia and publishing projects
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/ en/games/
Games: sample of games available for Fedora
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/ en/jam/
JAM: for musicians; create, edit, and produce music
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/ en/python-classroom/
Python Classroom: Python instruction
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/ en/robotics/
Robotics Suite: Robotic open source software
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/ en/scientific/
Scientific: Science open source research support tool (graphs, data analysis, math computation)
https://labs.fedoraproject.org/ en/security/
Security Lab: tools for security testing and instruction
The Xfce Desktop Xfce is a lightweight desktop designed to run fast without the kind of overhead required for full-featured desktops such as KDE and GNOME. You can think of it as a window manager with desktop functionality. It includes its own file manager and panel, but the
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