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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
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 07:40:14
Message-Id: 20220805083959.6f2fd2be@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI environment look like Windows 10/11? by Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
1 On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 15:30:37 +0800, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
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3 > I believe many people will find Linux easy to use (user friendly) if
4 > the GUI environment looks like Windows 10/11.
5
6 The problem with that is Gentoo is not supposed to be easy to use, it is
7 a "power user"'s distro. Sucking someone in with the guise of being like
8 Windows is only likely to put them off Linux once they read page 1 of the
9 installation instructions.
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11 There are distros that aim to be easy to use for Windows users, Gentoo is
12 not one of them.
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15 --
16 Neil Bothwick
17
18 Don't be humble, you're not that great.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI environment look like Windows 10/11? Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <tdtemccna@×××××.com>