what is my desktop environment?

[jerry50]

I recently had Ubuntu 14.04 installed as a dual boot with Win. 7. As I'm learning the terminology for linux, I'm having questions. Like....which desktop environment do I have?

[vasa1]

I recently had Ubuntu 14.04 installed as a dual boot with Win. 7. As I'm learning the terminology for linux, I'm having questions. Like....which desktop environment do I have?

Run
env | grep XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP in your terminal.

[jerry50]

Vasa1, thanks!! This is fun...when it isn't frustrating. Unity it is.

[jerry50]

Now...how to I mark this as "Solved"?

[Rex Bouwense]

At the beginning of your thread, click thread tools and choose mark as solved.

[deadflowr]

It should be noted that in some releases of Ubuntu gnome-flashback may show up in the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP as unity.
fwiw
Reference thread here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2243854

[CantankRus]

I have this handy command filed away that may help you understand things.
Requires wmctrl (90kb) to be installed.
Install via terminal....

sudo apt-get install wmctrl

Then in the terminal run....

echo -e "Session: $DESKTOP_SESSION\nDesktop: $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP \nWindow Manager: $(wmctrl -m | awk '/Name:/{print $2}')"
eg

glen@Trusty:~$ echo -e "Session: $DESKTOP_SESSION\nDesktop: $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP \nWindow Manager: $(wmctrl -m | awk '/Name:/{print $2}')"
Session: ubuntu
Desktop: Unity
Window Manager: Compiz

Tip: Keep notes in something like gnote as you learn.