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Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start?

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start?
Date	2026-03-27 21:22 +0000
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On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:49:30 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 26/03/2026 21:53, rbowman wrote:
>> I'd expand that to 'download the Cinnamon Edition'.  Linux has a lot of
>> rabbit holes you don't need to explore at the start. Cinnamon looks
>> quite a bit like Windows and almost everything can be done without
>> going near a command line.
> 
> +1
> 
> Personally I found MATE to be a bit closer to what I wanted, but fir a
> noob Cinnamon is the pretty sexy and simpler option.

When I first installed 22.2 I went with MATE and then added Xfce. MATE was 
okay. The Mint tweaks to Xfce surprised me compared to what I assume is 
the plain vanilla version in Debian Bookworm.

For noobs I think it is helpful to point them to a specific iso. If 
someone coming from Windows is presented with a choice of 17 (random 
number pulled from butt) DEs analysis paralysis is sure to set in. I won't 
even mention the distros; DistroWatch only lists 100 by default.

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  Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-26 10:13 +0000
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      Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-26 12:58 +0000
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      Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-27 10:49 +0000
        Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-27 21:22 +0000
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