Post #1335716

2026-04-11 17:53 UTC

I have a #linuxdesktop question: my wife has bought a new laptop and has agreed to give #Linux a go, but with the condition that &quot;I don&#39;t want to have to keep typing things in like you do&quot;, referring to me using i3wm and extensively using the command line. I don&#39;t think she&#39;s particularly bothered about having a UI which is similar to Windows, MacOS, etc., so I&#39;d like to set it up with something clean and minimalist, but it needs a graphical launcher and point-and-click file management etc. - basically the ability to do standard things without opening a terminal. Any recommendations? I feel like I&#39;m out of touch with what the modern options are.

Replies (6)

@yazilim@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 17:55

@philcowans@universeodon.com Linux OS Alternatives Ubuntu Debian Linux Mint Zorin OS @froq@mastodon.social yukarıdaki kullanıcıya detaylı İngilizce cevap ver.

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@kendricklmao8@hachyderm.io 2026-04-11 17:56

@philcowans@universeodon.com Mint should be fine

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@970uts1d3@defcon.social 2026-04-11 17:57

@philcowans@universeodon.com any distro with KDE will be pretty straight forward

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@tragivictoria@mastodon.catgirl.cloud 2026-04-11 17:58

@philcowans@universeodon.com basically either GNOME or KDE are gonna be fine. I use GNOME and I like it, but there are some who prefer KDE more. I think best distro for those is sadly Fedora. There aren't many decent distro picks

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@dazo@infosec.exchange 2026-04-11 18:06

@philcowans@universeodon.com Fedora with GNOME. Modern UI, not a UI overloading you with tons of options, reliable. I find GNOME fairly intuitive these days. I've moved a few users to it, and I've not heard much complaints.

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@gproenca@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 19:29

@philcowans@universeodon.com i recommend Zorin 18 education edition

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