β² 1782 βΌ Hot take (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by SchrodingersPat@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 353 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] HubertManne@kbin.social 41 points 2 years ago (3 children) someone who switches away from the distro's default desktop environment is not a new user. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Black616Angel@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, but a lot of them have multiple DEs (Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu...) and sometimes the DE is specific to the distros (Mint). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Linux Mint uses Cinnamon as the DE, which you can use with Fedora (and probably others). https://fedoraproject.org/spins/cinnamon/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] JayDee@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago You can actually choose to download an Linux Mint iso with either Cinnamon, MATE, or Xfce, so you're not exclusively locked into Cinnamon. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Black616Angel@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago TIL permalink fedilink source parent [β] iopq@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) You get to choose whatever in my distro's installer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) only distro ive tried that had that was debian (and arch if you count a tty as an installer), which one do you use? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) NixOS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago isnt nix installed in a similar way to arch? permalink fedilink source parent [β] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago Endeavour OS offers these on install But the post is more about recommending a DE to start with/them picking one they like since itβs visual. And then you recommend a distro where that is default permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Black616Angel@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, but a lot of them have multiple DEs (Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu...) and sometimes the DE is specific to the distros (Mint). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Linux Mint uses Cinnamon as the DE, which you can use with Fedora (and probably others). https://fedoraproject.org/spins/cinnamon/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] JayDee@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago You can actually choose to download an Linux Mint iso with either Cinnamon, MATE, or Xfce, so you're not exclusively locked into Cinnamon. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Black616Angel@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago TIL permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Linux Mint uses Cinnamon as the DE, which you can use with Fedora (and probably others). https://fedoraproject.org/spins/cinnamon/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] JayDee@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago You can actually choose to download an Linux Mint iso with either Cinnamon, MATE, or Xfce, so you're not exclusively locked into Cinnamon. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Black616Angel@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago TIL permalink fedilink source parent
[β] JayDee@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago You can actually choose to download an Linux Mint iso with either Cinnamon, MATE, or Xfce, so you're not exclusively locked into Cinnamon. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] iopq@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) You get to choose whatever in my distro's installer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) only distro ive tried that had that was debian (and arch if you count a tty as an installer), which one do you use? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) NixOS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago isnt nix installed in a similar way to arch? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) only distro ive tried that had that was debian (and arch if you count a tty as an installer), which one do you use? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) NixOS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago isnt nix installed in a similar way to arch? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) NixOS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago isnt nix installed in a similar way to arch? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago isnt nix installed in a similar way to arch? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago Endeavour OS offers these on install But the post is more about recommending a DE to start with/them picking one they like since itβs visual. And then you recommend a distro where that is default permalink fedilink source parent
