• BaalInvokerA
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    5 months ago

    I like the mint project, but I dislike how it’s done

    I don’t suggest mint to anyone anymore. I rather suggest Fedora or PopOs

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      5 months ago

      PopOS! and Endeavor are my two recommendations for newbies. The former for fresh to Linux folks and the latter for those with some experience.

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      5 months ago

      I tried PopOS and the pop store is not the best, and gnome is too foreign for someone coming from windows.

      And also, too fiddly to make it work with a number of third party extensions vs the customization being built in.

      KDE is heavier but also seems more streamlined and Cinnamon is fairly decent too.

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        I think Gnome VS KDE it’s just a POV

        Your argument makes sense that KDE and Cinnamon can be welcoming to Windows users. However I can argue that it can also make these newcomers to keep a “windows-like” mindset and that can be frustrating.

        If a newcomer comes to Gnome, due to it’s totally different paradigm, it may induce this newcomer to have an open mind and, therefore, be more welcoming to linux experience.

        I don’t think one argument or the other is right or wrong. I think both arguments are valid and that’s just a different perspective. I, personally, think that a totally new paradigm is good to newcomers, but be free to disagree, since you understand that there is no right or wrong regarding this topic

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          I totally see your point and I tried GNOME first to have a uniquely Linux experience. I do agree with you. But the inflexibility of GNOME by default made it a much harder flip. I tried it with PopOS too, after using Debian for a while.

          Plus tbh, I don’t think with still how much you need to use the terminal for linux, anyone would be mistaken in the transition. Windows has kludge from the 90s for their settings and linux still needs terminal.