On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Frank Steinmetzger <war...@gmx.de> wrote:
> I did this in the past. But recently I’m reassessing this, with Ubuntu > changing > the default look and the way it works with every other release (remember > the > hassle about window buttons to the left by default?). I can’t really > explain > -- let alone justify -- to a newbie, who had to adapt from Win to Ubuntu > that > he has to do so again, whether he wants to or not. Plus it seems to me they > are trying to become Apple in the Linux world, with own services (and > design). > I am totally at a loss with entry-level distros right now. > > I tried Mint, also the new one with Gnome 3. The praised Mint menu seems > overloaded to me (it shows too much at once IMHO). I somehow dislike custom > layers over a standard interface, much like, if I bought an HTC Android, I > would reflash it without Sense UI, but I’m digressing. > > OpenSuse seems even more overloaded. Albeit it provides a whole > environment, > Yast was full of stuff a simple user will never need. It also caused a very > long and voluminous installation process. > I must add though that I peeked into both Mint and Suse only for a day or > so, > without ever using it myself, so I don’t know jack about update procedures. > > A friend of mine wanted Linux, so I installed Debian stable for her with > KDE > 4.4. It’s not bleeding edge, but it works because it doesn’t change much > (hence > keeps working) and because she doesn’t do a lot of fancy stuff. (And also > because I used Debian testing for a while, so I know a bit about how to do > some > helpdesking). > I have come to conclusion that almost all Linux work almost in the same way since they have the same kernel, however, this is what I think.
