From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-29, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:56:30 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> Quite common: my example was Ubuntu, but also Linux Mint does something   
   >> similar. Maybe this is to make things more attractive to those coming   
   >> from Windows or Mac, who would not not be so familiar with the concept   
   >> of package managers and being able to freely change system   
   >> configurations after initial installation.   
   >   
   > LM is a little cleared. If you go to their site there are three different   
   > isos (four counting LMDE). For a new user that cements the idea of Linux   
   > Mint with Cinnamon etc.   
   >   
   > For the *ubuntus you go to https://kubuntu.org/ or https://lubuntu.me/ for   
   > example and it feels like a separate project. Fedora follows LM with the   
   > spins but all with the Fedora label. Endeavour/Arch makes it apparent that   
   > you're picking a DE during the online install.   
   >   
   > I think this really confuses new users when you tell them 'It's just the   
   > DE on the same distribution and you can get most of the DEs on any   
   > distribution.' Does not compute for a Windows or Mac user.   
      
   Which is a shame, since this is a great thing in linux-land that'd be   
   good to convey to new users. For some options, there *are* choices. Why   
   try to hide that away...   
      
   Well, maybe there *is* some reasoning for that, but, if so, I'm not   
   aware of it yet.   
      
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