Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: felix_unger Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.politics,aus.tv Subject: Re: Windows 10 Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:06:59 +1000 Lines: 81 Message-ID: References: <8q4fu8.n8p.19.2@news.alt.net> <8q524m.7k4.19.1@news.alt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net CmG5G8rFQdn/+L6HhbukoAmObflVq83MIzNn6nK7zwkhljkZCm Cancel-Lock: sha1:jeRP3V/iHgad86WUH8kNJ5oGyZM= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com aus.computers:48150 aus.politics:555911 aus.tv:121965 On 27-September-2015 9:22 PM, Xeno wrote: > On 27/09/2015 8:05 PM, felix_unger wrote: >> 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? > > Yes... you can have both desktops and switch between them if you wish. > I was doing that with a different version of Linux. A search in the > relevant forums should bring you joy in that regard. It worked for me. ok, thanks >> >>> 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 ------- "When tolerance becomes a one-way street it leads to cultural suicide" -Col. Allen West http://thereligionofpeace.com http://pamelageller.com/ http://ausnet.info/islam/lakemba.html "No need for concern. Only 5-10% of muslims are extremists. In 1940 only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How did that turn out?" "ISIS's actions represent no faith, least of all the Muslim faith" -Barack Obama, idiotic President of the USA