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Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now

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On 11/11/25 11:14, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:55:46 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 11/11/2025 04:28, rbowman wrote:
>>> Variety is nice and all but I think it scares the hell out of Windows
>>> users. The question keeps coming up 'What distro should I use?"
>>> Well...,
>>> are you doing anything for the next hour? Or, taking the other path,
>>> 'Linux Mint Cinnamon!'
>>
>> Yes. If they have to ask, the answer is Mint Cinnamon.
>> Although there is another very good XP lookalike out there..Zorin?
> 
> The man who launched the program started with Zorin, had trouble
> installing it, and moved on to Mint. The problem was secure boot that also
> bit me when installing Endeavour. He has since went back and installed
> Zorin but remains focused on Mint. He himself is a newbie having first
> been introduced to Linux a couple of months ago in an attempt to save the
> library's Win10 laptops that couldn't go to Win11. He was focused on the
> laptops in the maker space but it grew.
> 
> It has given me a new perspective, trying to see Linux through the eyes of
> a Windows user. I'm not sure how many will ever switch. I had a sister-in-
> law who was capable of logging on, searching for recipes, and, on good
> days, sending email. Any Linux distro would be fine but it would terrify
> her if it wasn't exactly like Windows.
> 
> I'd never used MATE so I installed that option. From screenshots and from
> what I've seen on the library laptop I'll be damned if I can see a
> difference from Cinnamon. I do have Xfce on the Debian box and it's a
> little different, mainly for the toolbar on top. I suppose it can be put
> on the bottom but I never bothered.
> 

	Nearly all the desktops I have seen aside from a few special distributions
to show off the DE usually KDE, duplicate the Windows layout and some go
further acting like XP or whichever Windows version is most popular.
	It is a  pain to encounter these in distros which are useful like
GPartEd live or other single purpose distributions.  The duplication of
Windows appearance and operations are ok for Windows users coming
over to a better OS but are a  pain for many other users.
	If you recall my experience was on AmigaOS and KDE helps me
duplilcate all but the crashes from the lack of memory management.
	

bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2025.10 Linux 6.12.57-pclos1- KDE 
Plasma 6.5.2

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De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-11 04:28 +0000
  Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-11 10:55 +0000
    Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-11 19:14 +0000
      Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-11 11:47 -0800
        Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-11 23:32 +0000
          Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-12 04:03 +0000
      Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-11 23:22 +0000
  Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-11-11 11:35 -0800
    Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-12 04:23 +0000
  Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-12 00:58 +0000
    Re: De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-12 03:52 +0000

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