[CentOS] Desktop for newbies

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Valeri Galtsev
> Sent: den 30 september 2016 18:14
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Desktop for newbies
>
> >> > I'm about to set up a non-root user on a Centos=7 server that I
control
> >> > for a friend.  It is in his home, so access is local.  He's a refugee
> >> > from the latest Windows 10 Upgrade.  I'd like a suggestion as to
which of
> >> > the several possible graphical desktops to suggest to him and set up
for
> >> > him as his default.
> >> >
> >> > My aim is:
> >> > - Allow him to try out Linux as an end-user
> >> > - Let him start to feel comfortable with the desktop
> >> > - Learn the new idioms for familiar programs and functions
> >> >
> >> > And later
> >> > - Give him his own system with root privileges.

IMHO whatever DE (eg Gnome2, Mate or KDE) should work except for the
thinnest ones (eg xfce), which are are likely to be scary for a former
Windows refugee.

The most important thing to not forget though, is to add and apply the
Redmond theme!

-- 
//Sorin