From: Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI environment look like Windows 10/11?
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 05:39:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YuzlS8GB1ZVdFyRJ@ca.inter.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACsrZYbFODsFQv2hRz-E_ywiYmqLZ7mT15cWi=74Fg+xUQtaKg@mail.gmail.com>
220805 Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 15:40, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 15:30:37 +0800, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
>>> I believe many people will find Linux easy to use (user friendly)
>>> if the GUI environment looks like Windows 10/11.
>> The problem with that is Gentoo is not supposed to be easy to use,
>> it is a "power user"'s distro.
>> Sucking someone in with the guise of being like Windows
>> is only likely to put them off Linux once they read page 1
>> of the installation instructions.
>> There are distros that aim to be easy to use for Windows users,
>> Gentoo is not one of them.
> Noted with thanks.
Mint Linux with its Cinnamon desktop is probably what you want.
Gentoo is typically for people who build their own machines
& want to choose their own selection of software to install in them.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-05 7:30 [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI environment look like Windows 10/11? Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
2022-08-05 7:39 ` Neil Bothwick
2022-08-05 7:51 ` Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
2022-08-05 9:39 ` Philip Webb [this message]
2022-08-05 9:48 ` Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
2022-08-05 14:39 ` Laurence Perkins
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