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  • First of all, I apologize for not answering your specific question about themes but.

    To be honest, instead of struggling with themes on XFCE or MATE, you should consider that there isn’t much difference in performance right now between those and Cinnamon or KDE Plasma. Both have a workflow very similar to Windows 10 out of the box, which would make the transition much more painless for your mom.

    I highly recommend Linux Mint (Cinnamon Edition); it’s the gold standard for ‘it just works’ and feels like Windows 10 without needing extra themes. If you prefer Plasma, Kubuntu or Tuxedo OS are excellent, stable, and beginner-friendly options that run great on older hardware without being ‘bleeding edge’ or unstable.










  • Neikon@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlHelp me choose a distro, please!
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    2 years ago

    Manjaro, a stable descendant of Arch Linux. It has stable updates every week (more or less). You can select your favorite DE, kernel version, it is updated for optimal gaming performance, easy to install like Ubuntu. If you miss any app in the Manjaro repos you can always download it from **AUR **(Arch Community Repo), **Flatpak **or **Snap **by activating it easily from their app store.

    Yes, it is similar to Endeavor OS, but I think Endeavor is more like an easier version of Arch, but just as edgy with updates and the instability that comes with it.





















  • Neikon@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldIs Flatpaks the future for Linux?
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    3 years ago

    I recently installed Manjaro, and tried to install VSC.

    In the official repos there is only a free version called Code with which the synchronization failed, and I could not synchronize my settings and plugins. I tried with the Flatpak version and although the synchronization was working, the interface was inconsistent and using zsh from my distribution and not bash in the integrated terminal was complex. Then I gave up when I saw that I could not get a Git-flow plugin to work because although I had it installed, VSC did not see it.

    Install the Snap version, the interface is consistent and 0 problems.

    So I think it’s not a bad thing to gradually move towards more contained apps like snap or flatpak, but there is still a lot of work to be done to make them fit all needs.