Re: Debian 13 Trixie GUI desktop environments
On Friday, August 29th, 2025 at 1:52 PM, CL <cl.debian.mailing@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> hope you had a good festival at your national Day.
>
> Regarding your question for the closest resemblance.
> In my opinion and according my comparison between my privat computer
> (Debian Trixie) and my business computer (I'm forced to use Windows 11
> here) the closest from point of view of appearance is
>
> * KDE
> * Cinnamon
> * Xfce
>
> But under the hood the differences are big.
>
> The most supporting features (e.g. GUI-software for configurations)
> exists in KDE and Cinnamon.
> My personell work horse is XFCE. But I wouldn't recommend it for newbies.
>
> Also I wouldn't recommend pur Debian for newbies either. In my
> experience pur Debian is extremely stable but needs some experiences.
>
> From this point of view I would recommend Linux Mint (with Cinnamon) or
> an Ubuntu flavour (e.g. Kubuntu for KDE). According to my information
> from my internet "bubble" Mint is for newbies one of the best choices at
> the moment.
>
> Mint is a second row descendant of Debian. It's derived from Ubuntu
> which itself come from Debian.
>
> But if you can wait a couple of weeks you can try a further Mint flavour
> derived directly from Debian. The Mint team just work on a version
> called LMDE 7 which try to bypass the Ubuntu step.
Hi,
I am not a Linux newbie.
I believe Debian won't be too difficult for me to use.
>
>
> --
> mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards
>
> Christian Lorenz
>
> mailto:cl.debian.mailing@t-online.de
> ---
>
> Am 28.08.25 um 20:12 schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming:
>
> > Subject: Debian 13 Trixie GUI desktop environments
> >
> > Good day from Singapore,
> >
> > Debian 13 Trixie release notes:
> >
> > [QUOTE]
> >
> > The user can choose among different desktop environments to try: GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, MATE, LXDE, LXQt, and Xfce.
> >
> > [/QUOTE]
> >
> > Link: https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250809
> >
> > May I know which desktop environment is the closest resemblance to Windows 10 or 11?
> >
> > By the way, Debian 13 Trixie was released on Singapore's Independence Day / National Day on 9 August 2025.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> > Targeted Individuals Singapore
> > GIMP = Government-Induced Medical Problems
> > 29 August 2025 Friday 2.11 AM
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