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I want to switch to Linux as my primary desktop but they are not appealing to me. Specially if you're a OSX user, you need a really good desktop environment to
by msoad 12y ago
I want to switch to Linux as my primary desktop but they are not appealing to me. Specially if you're a OSX user, you need a really good desktop environment to convince yourself.
Why all Linux desktops still look like Windows 98? Is it too hard to remove all those shadows and make the UI a bit lighter?
- ohm 12y agoThere's Elementaryos http://elementaryos.org/ http://elementaryos.org/ Crunchbang if you like minimal desktop http://crunchbang.org/ http://crunchbang.org/
- nileshtrivedi 12y agoWhy are these entire operating systems instead of simply themes for GNOME/KDE/XFCE/Unity? Edit: Never mind. I checked the links.
- asabjorn 12y agoHave you had a look at Gnome 3? - http://www.gnome.org/gnome-3/ http://www.gnome.org/gnome-3/ I find their aesthetic pleasing and minimal, and stuff generally gets out of my way. To me it feel Mac-ish in its simplicity.
- jamesbritt 12y agoWhy all Linux desktops still look like Windows 98? Pretty much all Linux desktop choices make it easy to change to some other pre-installed theme. Plus it's usually easy to tweak any theme you select.
- randallsquared 12y agoUnity doesn't look like Win98. But there are a lot of UIs that don't work like Windows (KDE) or Mac (Unity or Elementary, sorta). For example, I use i3, which drops the "desktop" abstraction completely in favor of fully tiling the screen with windows.
- jbeja 12y agoI begin to think that people that compare Linux's desktop like Unity, KDE, GNOME, Pantheon, etc with Windows 95, or 98 are just trolling around and shouldn't be taken seriously.
- mcosta 12y agoYeah, looks like windows 98: http://toastytech.com/guis/win98desk.gif http://toastytech.com/guis/win98desk.gif
- chadsy_ 12y agoTry Linux Mint... The mate, cinnamon, or xfce versions will suit you well.