You installed a new major version, and you don't understand why there were major changes. Just like moving from Windows 7 to Windows 8 or 10, there will be changes in the user experience--mostly intentional changes that are deemed to enhance the user experience, but that can be subjective.
On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 12:57:49PM -0400, Grant Mongardi wrote: > Well, it was in fact Debian Stretch that used Cinnamon as the default > desktop. That's sort of the point I was making. I don't know why you would > so dramatically change that experience. And GNOME in this particular > iteration is not very good at all, not even as good as older versions I've > used. Hell, the computer makes a horrible screech noise everytime I put a > USB stick in, something I've never experienced before. > > Thanks, > Grant M. > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:05 PM Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Debian is a good Server distro and a good _base_ to build a desktop distro. > > I would not consider it a desktop distro. > > > > Stock Debian with all defaults as a desktop? Unlikely to be enjoyable > > without a lot of customizing. > > > > I did use stock Debian as a desktop distro once, but it was on a DEC ALPHA > > workstation that i was using as a compute node, not as my primary desktop, > > so it didn't matter. (This was a long time ago, before 86_64/AMD64 were > > commodity.) > > > > And yes, much of the UX is switchable with window manager & desktop choice. > > > > (The whole point of Mint and Cinnamon was that the stock desktop & window > > manager choices and defaults in Debian and Ubuntu were sufficiently > > annoying to someone to fork and do better.) _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
