Yes, Mint uses Cinnamon desktop by default, which I believe was forked from Gnome. I like it, although I’m using Kubuntu at the moment. Cinnamon has that Windows-y look and feel to it, and retains some of the Gnome advantages.
Is mint still using that old gnome fork DE? KDE Plasma might be a nicer and still familiar experience for people coming from windows
cmlael67@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
vala@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s a fork of Gnome but its well maintined, very familliar to windows users, and very reliable.
I personally pefer KDE but Cinnamon is likely a better choice for new users.
Not to mention, Mint itself is a super reliable distro. I use Fedora but keep my partner on Mint and she has maybe 10% of the issues I do.