On Friday, August 29th, 2025 at 9:41 AM, Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote:
> At Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:11:26 -0400 [email protected] wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 8:10PM Robert Heller [email protected] wrote: > > > > > At Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:12:06 +0000 Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Subject: Debian 13 Trixie GUI desktop environments > > > > > > > > Good day from Singapore, > > > > > > > > Debian 13 Trixie release notes: > > > > > > > > [QUOTE] > > > > > > > > The user can choose among different desktop environments to try: GNOME, > > > > KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, MATE, LXDE, LXQt, and Xfce. > > > > > > > > [/QUOTE] > > > > > > > > Link: https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250809 > > > > > > > > May I know which desktop environment is the closest resemblance to > > > > Windows > > > > 10 or 11? > > > > > > I don't know which of the above mentioned desktop environments has the > > > "closest resemblance to Windows 10 or 11". The common "wisdom" of the > > > Internet (or at least the YouTube subset) is that Mint Cinnamon is what is > > > recomended for people moving from MS-Windows to Linux. I don't think that > > > there is a version of Mint directly derived from Debian 13 Trixie. > > > > Linux Mint is derived from Ubuntu. Running `apt update` from Mint : > > > Yes, the main Linux Mint is derived from Ubuntu, but there is also a version > of Linux Mint that is presently derived from Debian 12. Any differences between the 2 variants? Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individuals Singapore > > > $ sudo apt-get update > > Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com virginia InRelease > > Hit http://mirror.cs.jmu.edu/pub/ubuntu jammy InRelease > > Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com virginia Release > > Get: 1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [129 kB] > > Get: 2 http://mirror.cs.jmu.edu/pub/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [128 kB] > > Get: 3 http://mirror.cs.jmu.edu/pub/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease [127 > > kB] > > Get: 4 http://mirror.cs.jmu.edu/pub/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 > > Metadata [112 kB] > > ... > > > > And: > > > > $ lsb_release -a > > Distributor ID: Linuxmint > > Description: Linux Mint 21.3 > > Release: 21.3 > > Codename: virginia > > > > Jeff > > > -- > Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
