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Desktop Overview
UIThe default desktop experience out of the box

macOS Ventura — clean dock, menu bar, translucent windows

Windows 11 — centred taskbar, Snap Layouts, Start menu

KDE Plasma — highly customisable, widget-based desktop
File Manager
ProductivityBrowsing and managing files natively

Finder — column view, Quick Look, Tags, iCloud integration

File Explorer — address bar, cut/paste, ribbon, quick access

Dolphin (KDE) — dual-pane, tabs, split view built-in
System Settings
UICentral configuration and preferences panel

System Settings — redesigned sidebar layout in Ventura+

Windows Settings — modern, responsive, well-organised

GNOME Settings — minimal and clean, touch-friendly
Terminal
Dev ToolsBuilt-in command-line interface

Terminal.app — tabs, profiles, transparency, zsh default

Windows Terminal — tabs, PowerShell, WSL, GPU text rendering

GNOME Terminal — full bash/zsh, scriptable, open source
Task Manager / Activity Monitor
SystemMonitoring running processes and system resources

Activity Monitor — CPU, Memory, Energy, Disk, Network tabs

Task Manager — live graphs, per-app resource usage, startup tab

GNOME System Monitor — processes, resources, file systems
App Store / Package Manager
ProductivityDiscovering and installing software

Mac App Store — curated, sandboxed, automatic updates

Microsoft Store — apps, games, movies; winget in terminal

GNOME Software — GUI front-end for apt/dnf/flatpak repos
Window Management
UISnapping, tiling, and organising windows

Stage Manager — grouped windows; Rectangle adds snap zones

Snap Layouts — built-in zones, no install needed

KWin Tiling (KDE) — native tiling, custom scripts, gaps
System Search
ProductivitySearching apps, files, and web from the OS

Spotlight — instant app launch, file search, calculator, web

Windows Search — Start menu, web results, file indexing

GNOME Activities Overview — type to search apps, files, settings
Notification Centre
UISystem-wide notification management

Notification Centre — grouped by app, Focus modes, widgets

Action Centre — quick settings + notification tray combined

GNOME Notifications — do not disturb, per-app control
Dark Mode
UISystem-wide dark theme support

macOS Dark Mode — deep system integration, per-app tinting

Windows Dark Mode — system-wide, accent colour support

GNOME Dark Mode — per-app, libadwaita integration in GNOME 42+
Lock Screen
UILogin and lock screen experience

macOS Lock Screen — customisable widgets, Touch ID, Face ID

Windows Lock Screen — Spotlight wallpapers, quick status info

GDM Login Screen — minimal, multi-user, Wayland-native
Multitasking / Mission Control
UIViewing and switching between open apps

Mission Control — spaces, full-screen apps, Exposé overview

Task View — virtual desktops, timeline history, snap groups

GNOME Activities — workspace overview, open windows, search