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Not always true, as for someone could be just "default"
– dag729
Commented Jan 18, 2010 at 0:55
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doesnt work for all cases.. i have ubuntu 12 and the above command gave just "ubuntu" as output. the command given by @Shannon Nelson worked.
– Tejas Patil
Commented Dec 20, 2012 at 7:36
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l1zard@Marvin:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION results in default which is not very useful
– l1zard
Commented Apr 16, 2013 at 17:27
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Mine just says 'ubuntu', when sending this command :/
– josh.thomson
Commented Jan 20, 2015 at 9:29
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I have only ubuntu in this variable..
– Szymon Roziewski
Commented Oct 31, 2017 at 10:46

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