I definitely recommend KDE. For many of us, it's the only Desktop environment that makes sense.
Skol! On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. <[email protected]> wrote: > Can't answer all your questions, but I have had experience with Linux > Mint Mate 32 bit. In my experience, it's not very stable. > Wayne > > > On 07/18/2014 09:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Windows 7 is the "last straw" for a friend who has used every > > version since Windows 3.1. > > > > Evidently Windows 7 would not allow him to do something he could > > in previous versions (There was a side comment that having actual > > DOS would be nice.) My proposed comment is that all common Linux > > distros allow opening a command line window. Am I correct? > > > > In the past I've suggested Ubuntu and/or Debian (Gnome3 and Unity > > being nonstarters as DE). > > He is partial to largish systems with many apps, I like light weight. > > > > While chasing answers to various questions I've become confused: > > What is essential difference between > > -- Linuxmint Cinnamon > > and > > Linuxmint Mate > > > > -- Kubuntu > > and > > Debian with KDE desktop > > (My impression is mechanics of accessing repositories) > > > > TIA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
