Re: Debian 13 Trixie GUI desktop environments

[Lee <ler762@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
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> Subject: Debian 13 Trixie GUI desktop environments
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> Good day from Singapore,
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> Debian 13 Trixie release notes:
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> [QUOTE]
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> The user can choose among different desktop environments to try: GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, MATE, LXDE, LXQt, and Xfce.
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> [/QUOTE]
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> Link: https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250809
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> May I know which desktop environment is the closest resemblance to Windows 10 or 11?

I like Debian + Xfce and the Chicago95 theme _minus_ the Chicago95 icons.

You can get the Chicago95 theme at:  https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

What I like about it is that the scrollbars are always visible.  And
wide enough to be seen - as compared to the themes that come with
Debian Xfce that ... well, I'll be nice and just say they're designed
for the kiddies that grew up with a smart phone and that horrible user
interface that tries to save screen real estate by hiding the
scrollbars.

Another critical piece needed is needrestart to tell you if you need
to reboot after updating the software on your machine.  I don't know
why it isn't included in the software recommended with the Synaptic
graphical package manager.
Also required is something that tells you there are software updates
you should install.  Maybe there's already a package that does that -
I don't know.  I ended up writing my own script.

Regards
Lee