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A Linux computer appears like any other computer. The hardware required for Linux is the same. From the outside, just looking at the hardware (monitor, keyboard, tower, tower guts) it is impossible to tell what operating system is running on the computer.

Desktop-wise, this is a very difficult question to answer. There are a wide variety of desktop that can be used for Linux (GNOME, XFCE, KDE, E16/17, LXDE, etc.). Some eschew the use of these desktops and stick purely to the use of command line. Further complicating the answer is the fact that many of these desktops are highly customizable and can be made to appear however the user chooses. Generally though if one uses a graphical desktop, it will be familiar to windows users. Often there is a menu where one can access applications and places and the use of icons is near ubiquitous.

Many programs that are used in Windows/ Apple computers have Linux equivalents and have similar looks.

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