If I may add one more, there's also Making Ubuntu Look Like MacOS which happens to be my favorite.
I also add Plank Dock to my Ubuntu MacOS desktop for the full Mac experience. It's easily customizable with the ability to add apps to it, change behavior, transparency, etc..
For those seeking a Mac experience without paying the Mac hardware & software price, this is the way to go.
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Linux will never be a windows replacement with the continued reliance on the terminal sudo commands to call down upgrades, patches and installs. Without a serious PnP capacity it is crippled.
Once you get it configured it will operate like that forever. So to be fair it makes a good appliance.
The length of that article along keeps me from going to Linux.
All I would want from Linux is the internet, Office, email, and a driver for an MBED board. Don’t care what the desktop looks like.
Good info. No one will learn anything g unless they try it.
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Your hard drive can fill up pretty fast installing multiple DEs. I don’t really see the point when most distros of linux will run as a Live USB allowing you to test drive the DE.
I don’t worry too much about what programs come with a given distro because over the years, I’ve found favorites for everything. I’m running Kubuntu/KDE with Plasma desktop but I’m not a big fan of KDE programs. They need to do more work on them and some haven’t been touched in years. They also, imho, need to get away from the kstupid knaming konvention of putting a K in front of every program name.
Thanks a bunch, I was just looking for this exact info, great timing!
I just loves me some compiz 3-D desktop.
Not that I use it that much, but it's great to have the option.
All this talk about windows versus linux and command line vs. GUI seems absurd to me.
Maybe it’s a terrible analogy but it seems like saying until you make baseball like golf golfers aren’t going to want to play it.
First off baseball ain’t golf it’s baseball and that difference is always going to be there.
Second of all people who play baseball don’t really care if the golfers join in the fun or not.
This is sure to get some people’s hackles up but face it - it is what it is.
Best thing about Linux is it does not spy on you like Windows 10/11 does.
"First, we strongly recommend you create a separate user as DEs can share the same configuration files causing strange things to happen, especially with theming."
Then tell the newbie how to do it.
"Before we start, open up a Terminal and make sure your system is up-to-date with the command:"
Likewise. A newbie has no idea of what a Terminal is and can have difficulty readily finding it. Windows users often do not know about the Run command. Thus I tell them to use the Windows key and r combo, likewise Ctrl+Alt+T for Terminal, at least in in Ubuntu and Linux Mint (I looked it up!).
"Let’s start with KDE Plasma 5."
Yes, KDE seems to be the best for me.
"Linux For Starters "
But please address the legal issues in multimedia codecs, though less of an issue today due to YouTube streaming.