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

From	Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid>
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Subject	Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start?
Date	2026-03-28 11:28 +0000
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On 2026-03-28, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> On 3/27/26 17:22, rbowman wrote:
>> 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.
>
>    XFCE is technically "better", though "Mate" is, well, OK.
>
>    However a Winders junkie probably wants loads of eye candy
>    and such. As such Cinnamon is theoretically "better".
>
>    Not entirely sure if/how Mint has 'contaminated' XFCE.
>
>    Me, gimme LXDE any day.
>
>    The question for the OP is whether something really "different"
>    is desired - or whether the quest is just for a "free Winders".
>    If the latter then, well, just keep paying Bill.
>

Cinnamon seems to me to be the one closest to Windows 10 and 11, and
therefore likely to result in the lowest amount of "culture shock".

However, this depends on the user.  For me, when I started using Linux,
I LIKED the fact that the GUI was different, and the more differences
the better.

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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
    Re: Completely new to Linux—Zero coding knowledge. Where do I start? Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-03-26 11:57 +0000
      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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