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From: Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <tdtemccna@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: ceo@××××××××××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI environment look like Windows 10/11?
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:48:41
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In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI environment look like Windows 10/11? by Philip Webb
1 On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 17:40, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
2 >
3 > 220805 Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
4 > > On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 15:40, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
5 > >> On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 15:30:37 +0800, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
6 > >>> I believe many people will find Linux easy to use (user friendly)
7 > >>> if the GUI environment looks like Windows 10/11.
8 > >> The problem with that is Gentoo is not supposed to be easy to use,
9 > >> it is a "power user"'s distro.
10 > >> Sucking someone in with the guise of being like Windows
11 > >> is only likely to put them off Linux once they read page 1
12 > >> of the installation instructions.
13 > >> There are distros that aim to be easy to use for Windows users,
14 > >> Gentoo is not one of them.
15 > > Noted with thanks.
16 >
17 > Mint Linux with its Cinnamon desktop is probably what you want.
18 >
19 > Gentoo is typically for people who build their own machines
20 > & want to choose their own selection of software to install in them.
21
22 Hi there,
23
24 You mean Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop LOOKS VERY MUCH like Windows 10/11?
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26 Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
27 Targeted Individual in Singapore