KDE is closer to the modern Windows UI than Cinnamon. Cinnamon looks like Windows XP which nobody has used in like a decade. It’s not a familiar UI anymore.
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Krzd@lemmy.world 2 months agoBecause the UI is similar to windows, so it will feel more familiar to (ex-)windows users
djsaskdja@reddthat.com 2 months ago
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Which UI? Linux Mint comes in three flavors: Cinnamon, XFCE, and MATE.
Nobody has suggested a specific flavor, and those desktop environments vary quite a bit.
Krzd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
True, I meant cinnamon, which (IIRC) was the default/suggested to you when you went to the website.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It isn’t default or suggested. It says that it is the “most popular”, but my point is that if you’re making a beginner choose a desktop environment before they even install Linux, you’re setting them up to be overwhelmed.
oo1@lemmings.world 2 months ago
who are these adult humans who can’t face choices? I don’t really understand how or why they even chose their PC in the first place.
It sounds like such people will be a lot better off with android or mac, or windows or chromebook. If they want to do games get a console.
It’s sort of like if a person has no enthusiasm for or interest in cars, they might be better off with a rental.
if you really want to make another version of something like chromeos for this audience, there is nothing stopping you. But the free/foss open source world is always going to have choices that bamboozle these people who can’t look at the mint website and pick one, or just resolve to test all three.