Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have a question or two on this. The reason I went with KDE, I use it >> and it is closest to being windozeish. On occasion I read where some of >> those other "lighter" desktops are 'feature rich' like KDE is. Example, >> plug in a USB device and it pops up with a menu to select from a lot >> like KDE does. Is LXDE or Mate like that? >> > To some degree I'd think Mate would offer this kind of experience. > Lightweight options like lxde or xfce are probably going to fall > short. Full Gnome or KDE are are probably as close as you're going to > get to a Windows-like environment. > > Another option I'd toss out there is ChromiumOS, though it isn't > really intended as a mainstream option on non-Chrome hardware. For > $120 a Chromebook is pretty hard to beat, IMO (and a Chromebit or > similar solution is even cheaper). That isn't what you're looking > for, but when relatives ask me about PC recommendations I tend to lean > Chromebook unless they REALLY need to run thick applications, because > they're basically zero maintenance and idiot proof. Oh, and they're > Gentoo derivatives. :) > > Nobody seems to be mentioning full Ubuntu - assuming it performs well > it should of course be considered as an option as well. I'm all for > Xubuntu but it might not be the best fit depending. >
I found a slightly better rig. I'm going to find a distro and see what Mate looks like and acts like. Heck, if her phone works, that is likely all she plugs into USB except for a keyboard and rodent. I think this one still has PS/2 connectors for those tho. Pretty sure it does. Thanks for the ideas tho. I've heard of Mate but never seen it. Heck, I may end up switching if I find something I like. :-D Dale :-) :-)
