On Saturday, August 30th, 2025 at 9:40 PM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming 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 like Debian + Xfce and the Chicago95 theme minus the Chicago95 icons. > > You can get the Chicago95 theme at: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 > > What I like about it is that the scrollbars are always visible. And > wide enough to be seen - as compared to the themes that come with > Debian Xfce that ... well, I'll be nice and just say they're designed > for the kiddies that grew up with a smart phone and that horrible user > interface that tries to save screen real estate by hiding the > scrollbars. > > Another critical piece needed is needrestart to tell you if you need > to reboot after updating the software on your machine. I don't know > why it isn't included in the software recommended with the Synaptic > graphical package manager. > Also required is something that tells you there are software updates > you should install. Maybe there's already a package that does that - > I don't know. I ended up writing my own script. > > Regards > Lee You mean Debian doesn't inform you if your OS needs an update? Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individuals Singapore
