On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:16:33 +0000 mathew butterfield <mathewbutterfi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there I am looking for some help I would like to make my own > server gui/desktop environment/shell I am not sure if I am using the > right terms I mean the graphics for the operating system. > We need to know what level you wish to go down to, and it would help to know why you want to. Rewriting the entire graphics system is probably a lifetime job for one person. Or you may just mean you want to customise the desktop you have been given, which is easy, as it will have been made to be customised. If you are accustomed to Windows, which gives you a couple of options for the taskbar and free placing of icons, you will be spoilt for choice. You have half a dozen popular desktop environments and a few lesser known ones. You don't need a desktop environment at all, a minimalist screen can be drawn just with a window manager, and you use menus to get things running. You also mention 'server', and it's normal in Linux for servers not to use graphics at all, just a text console, as they are normally operated remotely. This isn't Windows, where the servers have desktops and still need a lot of text console work to actually operate. So tell us what you have at the moment, what is wrong with it, and what you want to achieve. -- Joe
