Timeline for How do I check whether I am using KDE or Gnome?
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| Mar 22 at 0:52 | comment | added | Norbert | Works for me on Ubuntu 22.04. Output was 'unity'. | |
| Aug 2, 2021 at 9:50 | comment | added | Scott Anderson | The answer superuser.com/a/749958/936592 below is a better version of this | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 6:59 | comment | added | René Nyffenegger |
$DESKTOP_SESSION is not defined/set at all.
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| Nov 26, 2017 at 12:11 | comment | added | chriscatfr |
works for CentOS. On Debian it shows only default
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| Oct 31, 2017 at 10:46 | comment | added | Szymon Roziewski | I have only ubuntu in this variable.. | |
| Jan 3, 2016 at 13:23 | comment | added | Violet Giraffe | I've found my answer to be more reliable on a variety of different systems - I recommend finding my answer below and checking it out. Let me know if it works for you or not. | |
| Jan 20, 2015 at 9:30 | comment | added | josh.thomson | The only noticible difference after installing gnome, was the the button in the top right corner changed from an (X) to a little computer with a blue screen, that's all I can see, I've checked the 'About this Computer' option, but no mention of gnome | |
| Jan 20, 2015 at 9:29 | comment | added | josh.thomson | Mine just says 'ubuntu', when sending this command :/ | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 17:27 | comment | added | l1zard | l1zard@Marvin:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION results in default which is not very useful | |
| Mar 14, 2013 at 22:01 | comment | added | Felipe Buccioni | it works in my Ubuntu 12.10 KDE | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 7:36 | comment | added | Tejas Patil | 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. | |
| Oct 14, 2011 at 3:38 | history | edited | Gareth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 2 characters in body
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| Jan 18, 2010 at 0:55 | comment | added | dag729 | Not always true, as for someone could be just "default" | |
| Jan 15, 2010 at 18:13 | history | answered | NewGuy220 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |