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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Windows interface is also stuck in 2005, and the evidence suggests most people prefer that.

Does it? Most people are spending all their time on their cell phone these days, and that's much closer to Gnome's UI. But yeah, anyone accustomed to windows will be better on Mint and cinnamon, however everyone else will be better off on Gnome.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This post literally about Windows 10, which is not on anyone's phone. That's the reason I'm making that specific recommendation.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

This post literally about Windows 10, which is not on anyone's phone.

that does not make it 2005 design. if your metric is familiarity, then even kde plasma 6 will be "2005 design"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Thing is, everyone has a phone now, and they spend an inordinate amount of time on it. Though I'm not excited about recommending Fedora either, the fact that it doesn't enable non-free software by default causes a bunch of issues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm with the other guy. My phone is a touchscreen while my computers (my dual monitor gaming PC, especially) are not. The ways we interact with each of them are fundamentally different, and their interfaces reflect that.

In fact - my laptop and my gaming PC both have LMDE installed, but their DE setups differ from each other because of the simple fact that I use them differently. Both use Cinnamon, but customized for each computer's specific use case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I really don't want my computer to look like my phone. And I hate that they keep moving toward that and "app-ifying" computers (specifically windows).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but I really don't want my computer to look like my phone.

You might not, but it's certainly easier to use devices when they behave in similar ways. Like I usually install linux on my relatives PCs simply because if they run into an issue I can troubleshoot it much faster.