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Interestingly, Ubuntu Desktop comes in [different flavors](https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours), each with its desktop environment.
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For example, the Kubuntu flavor supports the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
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Ubuntu Desktop comes in [different flavors](https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours), each with its own desktop environment.
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Flavours are unique and opinionated offerings of Ubuntu, with their own visual style and applications.
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For example, the Kubuntu flavor uses the KDE Plasma desktop environment by default, while Ubuntu Studio is specially designed for content creation.
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A desktop environment consists of different independent components, including:
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-**Windows manager**: This manages a window that pops up when you open a terminal or any application at all.
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-**User app**: These are default applications in the desktop environment.
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-**File manager**: This is a UI environment for interacting with files.
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Ubuntu Server is essentially Ubuntu Desktop without the desktop environment and some specialised applications installed for server management. Some of these applications include:
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- OpenSSH server
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- ping
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However, you can [install a GUI](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/aws/aws-how-to/instances/launch-ubuntu-desktop/#install-ubuntu-desktop-and-the-snap-store),
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on Ubuntu Server, and this is possible if your hardware supports graphics components.
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## Applications
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These are comprised of system and user applications.
A shell is a command-line interface, a non-graphical way to interact with the operating system. You can access it by launching
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A shell is a program that uses a non-graphical way to interact with the operating system. You can access it by launching
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a Terminal application.
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For example, you can run the following:
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You can automate tasks in a shell. To do that, define your task in a shell script that ends with a `.sh` file type. Then, make the script executable and run it.
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Tasks can be automated using shell scripts. To do that, define your task in a shell script that ends with a `.sh` file extension. Then, make the script executable and run it.
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For example, you can write a script that greets you with hello and displays the time.
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