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@elduvelle@neuromatch.social · 3 days ago

Which distribution of #Linux is the most similar to #Windows and works from scratch, without needing to use the command line? Does that even exist?

Context: I have mostly used Windows my whole life, but I'd like to use #win10eol to move some of my computers to Linux. I have tried Linux before (mostly #Ubuntu) and kept having problems, whether big or small, that wasted a lot of my time. I want to try again but do not have time to try dozens of Linux distributions. I know that if it works like Windows (i.e. same keyboard shortcuts, same settings), it will probably work for me. Any suggestions? 🙏

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@weirdfish@literatur.social replied · 2 days ago

@elduvelle most distros can be used without any use of the command line. But you may find, that a lot of tasks can be solved quicker an easier using the command line. On one of my computers, I use #xubuntu which is an edition of #Ubuntu with the #Xfce desktop environment, which looks a lot like old school windows. You can also tweak the looks of it and create your own menu-bars and place them where you want. So, any distro with Xfce might be worth a look.

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