[CentOS] Desktop for newbies

Valeri Galtsev galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu
Fri Sep 30 16:14:01 UTC 2016


On Fri, September 30, 2016 10:47 am, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> My vote is still for KDE

I would agree, unhappy Windows 10 user will be pleased by KDE, or latest
GNOME that is installed by default on CentOS 7. I also would add mate, so
if user still have mental ability to categorize things, he/she may be
happier to stick with menus arranged by category, instead of being forced
to stop using brain and use search instead as latest KDE and Gnome make
you (someone said they only make happy the "iPad generation" of people ;-)

Just my $0.02

Valeri

>
> It's got a similar feel to Windows before it went pear shaped at Win8.
> It's fairly easy to use.
> He should be able to do most stuff as a user.
>
>
> On Friday 30 September 2016 16:33:04 Scot P. Floess wrote:
>> KDE :)
>>
>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016, david wrote:
>> > Folks
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > Suggestions?
>> >
>> > David
>> >
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