I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it’s the package manager.

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There isn’t a hardware panel nor a proper task manager nor a GUI registery editor.

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There is no registry in Linux so there can’t be a registry editor.

Hardware panels and task managers do exist (and they come in more windows-like distros), they’re just different to Windows ones. I do concede that hardware management in Windows is much easier.

Task manager for Windows absolutely blows though. It doesn’t show real data, just estimates that sometimes are wildly wrong.

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Well Linux doesn’t have a registry, so an editor would also not exist, to be fair.

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dconf editor is kinda like regedit for GNOME apps ig?

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In a hand wavy way, yes. You are just editing the settings of one suite of software, not really an OS “registry”. Closest to that in Linux is editing /etc, but even then, not all software is configured there.

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Not for long if Lennart has anything to say about it, I’m sure.

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I disagree on the task manager. I like the KDE Plasma monitor application for instance. Very convenient way to sigterm or sigkill.

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Agreed, and if you’re not on KDE then htop will do just fine.

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htop

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Or even better, btop

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