For any and every variant of Unix, it is line mode only for me.
If vi was good enough for me in the 80s it is good enough for now.
I can script anything I need.
Screw WYSIWYG.
Cripes, just go and buy a Mac. It isnt like you lose access to some essential Linux exclusive programs by not having it.
OSX is Unix®. Linux is a clone of Minux which is a clone of Unix. Kind of like looking through the wrong end of a telescope.
I think you were the one who pointed me to PearOS before. I went there and discovered it had been discontinued. I like trying different flavors of Linux from time to time. Zorin Lite does have an Mac desktop, look and feel, option but it is not in the Zorin full install, I believe. The Zorin full install has the look and feel of Windows 7 just for those that would like to migrate from windows to linux easier.
I still like Ubuntu the best. It has a desktop totally different from windows and takes a little time to get used to. Once I did, everything I use is right there on the side, that I keep hidden till needed.
CGato
As a developer who only uses linux (Debian) I HATE HATE HATE Gnome 3.
If Gnome 3 is modern than modern sucks!!! I went to MATE, (gnome 2.)
M4L
Don’t like Gnome3. All the easy customizatons are gone. The task bar is gone. It takes two or more steps to do what I could do in one step with Gnome-2.
I want a desktop for a workstation, not for a touchscreen appliance.
Cinnamon on top of gnome-3 is an improvement, but then vnc has problems with it.
I am a Linux developer, but I gotta say, with the Linux desktop, nothing is easy and with Gnome-3, it only got worse.
Most of my work is done in a terminal window with vim and other tools, but just setting up the desktop to be usable is such a bear.