Re: Debian 13 Trixie GUI desktop environments
On Saturday, August 30th, 2025 at 3:02 PM, CL <cl.debian.mailing@t-online.de> wrote:
> Am 29.08.25 um 12:52 schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming:
>
> > 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.
>
>
> OK, in such case it is a thing what you want to have
>
> e.g.
>
> - Having a more or less finished OS with only minor thing to do, but
> also a lot of possibilities to configure and adjust on a GUI level
> -> Go with KDE or Cinnamon
>
>
> - Starting with an ugly beginning and configure most things for the
> right look and feel by yourself. (Having "pain" and fun!!! ;-) ). Do a
> lot with the terminal.
> -> Go with XFCE
If I want XFCE desktop environment, I need to do a lot with the terminal?
Regards,
Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individuals Singapore
>
>
> I think in the end the best advice to you might be test the several
> options with an Live-Stick-Version or in a VM (e.g. VirtualBox).
>
> You have to find your own way and your own best suiting distro/flavour.
> This can be done only by trial and error.
>
> BR
> Christian
>
> > > --
> > > 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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