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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Making my choice even harder. May I ask the beginner question of: Is there anywhere you have a desktop and can add files on it? I tried for a bit to play with Fedora and saw it was not possible

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Honestly I promise you're better off using a better organization system than dump it on the desktop... But I can totally solve that problem for you!

It's a little tough to explain, but what you're looking for is a different Desktop Environment. Fedora Workstation uses Gnome, which doesn't do desktop icons by default. I love it, but it's not for everyone.

Fortunately, this is Linux so you have a choice!

If you want to stick with Fedora, use the KDE or Cinnamon spin. Check the Fedora Spins page:

https://fedoraproject.org/spins/

KDE is super customizable and modern, with lots of fun stuff you can do with the desktop, while Cinnamon is a bit less flexible but more familiar for folks coming from Windows. Either way, you can clutter up your desktop to your heart's content 😁.

Either way, it's still Fedora underneath.

If you really want to try something not Fedora, then you could go Linux Mint if you like the way Cinnamon looks; they invented that Desktop Environment, and make what might be the most beginner friendly Linux Distro:

https://linuxmint.com/

If you'd rather KDE and want something. other than Fedora, then I can suggest KDE Neon. It's actually handled by the KDE project itself:

https://neon.kde.org/

Hope that helps, and if you have any more questions, I'll help if I can.