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On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I have a question or two on this. The reason I went with KDE, I use it |
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> and it is closest to being windozeish. On occasion I read where some of |
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> those other "lighter" desktops are 'feature rich' like KDE is. Example, |
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> plug in a USB device and it pops up with a menu to select from a lot |
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> like KDE does. Is LXDE or Mate like that? |
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To some degree I'd think Mate would offer this kind of experience. |
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Lightweight options like lxde or xfce are probably going to fall |
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short. Full Gnome or KDE are are probably as close as you're going to |
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get to a Windows-like environment. |
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Another option I'd toss out there is ChromiumOS, though it isn't |
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really intended as a mainstream option on non-Chrome hardware. For |
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$120 a Chromebook is pretty hard to beat, IMO (and a Chromebit or |
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similar solution is even cheaper). That isn't what you're looking |
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for, but when relatives ask me about PC recommendations I tend to lean |
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Chromebook unless they REALLY need to run thick applications, because |
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they're basically zero maintenance and idiot proof. Oh, and they're |
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Gentoo derivatives. :) |
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Nobody seems to be mentioning full Ubuntu - assuming it performs well |
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it should of course be considered as an option as well. I'm all for |
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Xubuntu but it might not be the best fit depending. |
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