From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 29/12/2025 10:21, Nuno Silva wrote:   
   >> 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.   
      
   Personally the ideal would be a standardised look and feel as the   
   default with optional configurability once the noob had learnt the basics.   
      
   As Windows used to be.   
      
   I think Mint Cinnamon comes closest to that now.   
      
      
   --   
   It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house   
   for the voice of the kingdom.   
      
   Jonathan Swift   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)