Re: Windows 10

From	felix_unger <me@nothere.biz>
Newsgroups	aus.computers, aus.politics, aus.tv
Subject	Re: Windows 10
Date	2015-09-27 20:05 +1000
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On 27-September-2015 7:24 PM, Ördög Abaddon Belphegor Lucifer Mephisto 
Satan wrote:
> felix_unger predicted:
>
>> On 27-September-2015 4:23 PM, Mazz wrote:
>>> On 27/09/15 15:56, felix_unger wrote:
>>>> I installed Linux Mint a while back and had a bit of a play with it.
>>>> (using it for this now) but it is certainly not as user friendly as
>>>> windoze, and certainly not as pretty. :) But I just couldn't be
>>>> bothered having to learn all about it, and how to do things.
>>> Not sure what you mean by not as user friendly as windows?
>>> Linux Mint is similar to Win XP or Win 7 for usability. Its probably a
>>> similar step- or even easier switching from either of these to Mint
>>> than it is to Windows 10. Id say Mint is more user friendly than Win 10
>>>
>>> As for being pretty- Mint is about the same as Win XP, not as pretty as
>>> Win 7, but far better than Win 8 in every way. I dont think Win 10 is
>>> prettier than Mint.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> It's probably because I don't know enough about Linux to make it look
>> like windows. (In fact I know very little about Linux) mine desktop is
>> just all grey.. http://ausnet.info/pics/screenshot.png
> Well, in  Linux you have the option of installing different desktops
> unlike in Windows. Each different desktop environment has its own method
> how to customise the look and feel of what you see and use. Since you
> have not said which desktop you have installed on your system I can only
> guess from the posted image is that you either using Mate or Cinnamon
> (both derived from Gnome 2) as desktop environment.

I beleive it's cinammon

> In KDE which I use preferentially (it is a lot more Windows like than
> Gnome) a right click on the desktop brings up a menu from where you can
> access the window for selecting your preferred wallpaper. The options are
> overwhelming when you consider all the themes and wallpapers directly
> downloadable from the Web right from the configuration page. I am using
> my own photos in the form of a slide show as wallpaper.

can I change mine to that without having to reinstall?

> In your case you find the system settings in the Mint menu (icon at the
> bottom left of your screen) where you will be apply many more changes
> including using different icons sets, application themes, etc...
>

yes, I have noticed now

-- 
rgds,

Pete
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