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Just happened to be checking out Linux Distro's when this came up, here's are some videos of (IMO) the best looking modern ones I've found: - Zorin Lite (Xfce)

by mythz 6y ago

Just happened to be checking out Linux Distro's when this came up, here's are some videos of (IMO) the best looking modern ones I've found: - Zorin Lite (Xfce) - https://youtu.be/NrC0zTqkvbU?t=96 https://youtu.be/NrC0zTqkvbU?t=96 - Deepin (QT) - https://youtu.be/WlB_1kQL0nQ https://youtu.be/WlB_1kQL0nQ - Garuda (KDE) - https://youtu.be/KK280Y0cNmQ https://youtu.be/KK280Y0cNmQ - Manjaro (Gnome) - https://youtu.be/N1xem3UdgB8 https://youtu.be/N1xem3UdgB8 - Pop! OS (Gnome) - https://youtu.be/HAHLx9RekW4 https://youtu.be/HAHLx9RekW4 Did checkout Solus/Budgie which looks nice & minimal but wouldn't exactly consider it a standout. Haven't used a Linux Desktop as a daily driver for over a decade so haven't been keeping up to date with the state of the Linux Desktop and was surprised to find these fringe distros looking nicer than some of the larger more mainstream ones I used to run.

sirius87 6y ago
Just in case someone's looking for that macOS look and feel with the stability of the Linux Mint Cinnamon [1] desktop environment, here's how - https://youtu.be/DMs7DX3Um9E https://youtu.be/DMs7DX3Um9E [1] https://youtu.be/oFx_aMbN_NY?t=19 https://youtu.be/oFx_aMbN_NY?t=19
yboris 6y ago
I read an article raving about how beautiful Deepin is -- so I'm eager to eventually give it a try: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/12/10/meet-the-linux-desktop-that-blows-away-windows-10-and-macos/?sh=2e66fa605000 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/12/10/meet-...
- gchamonlive 6y ago
  That is from 2018, and at that time I used deepin daily. However, since moving from their compositor to kwin, things started going off rails. I was on and off on their github pages posting and commenting on issues and what I learned is that at that time they had been pushing for solving technical debt in their codebase. But the system overall became so unstable that I was left with a choice of not updating my arch rolling install often or moving to another de. I chose the latter, moved to KDE and never had any issues anymore. No weird hack to make WiFi work, no update breaking the compositor making me have to hop between compositors. I mean, that was 2018, things might have stabilized a little. But a year ago a friend of mine, long time fan of deepin moved to KDE too because of these same stability issues. By all means try it out. But I wouldn't hold my breath.
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by mythz 6y ago

sirius87 6y ago

Just in case someone's looking for that macOS look and feel with the stability of the Linux Mint Cinnamon [1] desktop environment, here's how - https://youtu.be/DMs7DX3Um9E https://youtu.be/DMs7DX3Um9E [1] https://youtu.be/oFx_aMbN_NY?t=19 https://youtu.be/oFx_aMbN_NY?t=19

yboris 6y ago

I read an article raving about how beautiful Deepin is -- so I'm eager to eventually give it a try: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/12/10/meet-the-linux-desktop-that-blows-away-windows-10-and-macos/?sh=2e66fa605000 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/12/10/meet-...

gchamonlive 6y ago
That is from 2018, and at that time I used deepin daily. However, since moving from their compositor to kwin, things started going off rails. I was on and off on their github pages posting and commenting on issues and what I learned is that at that time they had been pushing for solving technical debt in their codebase. But the system overall became so unstable that I was left with a choice of not updating my arch rolling install often or moving to another de. I chose the latter, moved to KDE and never had any issues anymore. No weird hack to make WiFi work, no update breaking the compositor making me have to hop between compositors. I mean, that was 2018, things might have stabilized a little. But a year ago a friend of mine, long time fan of deepin moved to KDE too because of these same stability issues. By all means try it out. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

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