Is there a way to retrieve the desktop environment name (e.g. Gnome, Unity, XFCE, LXDE, KDE…) from the command line or using Python?
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Method 1
In a Terminal input:
echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
if it does not help (it may be equal ‘default’), try
echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
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