On Saturday, August 30th, 2025 at 3:02 PM, CL <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 29.08.25 um 12:52 schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming: > > > On Friday, August 29th, 2025 at 1:52 PM, CL [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > hope you had a good festival at your national Day. > > > > > > Regarding your question for the closest resemblance. > > > In my opinion and according my comparison between my privat computer > > > (Debian Trixie) and my business computer (I'm forced to use Windows 11 > > > here) the closest from point of view of appearance is > > > > > > * KDE > > > * Cinnamon > > > * Xfce > > > > > > But under the hood the differences are big. > > > > > > The most supporting features (e.g. GUI-software for configurations) > > > exists in KDE and Cinnamon. > > > My personell work horse is XFCE. But I wouldn't recommend it for newbies. > > > > > > Also I wouldn't recommend pur Debian for newbies either. In my > > > experience pur Debian is extremely stable but needs some experiences. > > > > > > From this point of view I would recommend Linux Mint (with Cinnamon) or > > > an Ubuntu flavour (e.g. Kubuntu for KDE). According to my information > > > from my internet "bubble" Mint is for newbies one of the best choices at > > > the moment. > > > > > > Mint is a second row descendant of Debian. It's derived from Ubuntu > > > which itself come from Debian. > > > > > > But if you can wait a couple of weeks you can try a further Mint flavour > > > derived directly from Debian. The Mint team just work on a version > > > called LMDE 7 which try to bypass the Ubuntu step. > > > > Hi, > > > > I am not a Linux newbie. > > > > I believe Debian won't be too difficult for me to use. > > > OK, in such case it is a thing what you want to have > > e.g. > > - Having a more or less finished OS with only minor thing to do, but > also a lot of possibilities to configure and adjust on a GUI level > -> Go with KDE or Cinnamon > > > - Starting with an ugly beginning and configure most things for the > right look and feel by yourself. (Having "pain" and fun!!! ;-) ). Do a > lot with the terminal. > -> Go with XFCE If I want XFCE desktop environment, I need to do a lot with the terminal? Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individuals Singapore > > > I think in the end the best advice to you might be test the several > options with an Live-Stick-Version or in a VM (e.g. VirtualBox). > > You have to find your own way and your own best suiting distro/flavour. > This can be done only by trial and error. > > BR > Christian > > > > -- > > > mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards > > > > > > Christian Lorenz > > > > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > --- > > > > > > Am 28.08.25 um 20:12 schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming: > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > > By the way, Debian 13 Trixie was released on Singapore's Independence > > > > Day / National Day on 9 August 2025. > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming > > > > Targeted Individuals Singapore > > > > GIMP = Government-Induced Medical Problems > > > > 29 August 2025 Friday 2.11 AM
