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Right now I'm wondering what sort of desktop I might use to replace Ubuntu's default (Unity?) I've been using Windows for most of my life (except when I used Dos), and so the adjustment to Linux is kind of slow. I've found myself liking Puppy's spartan interface- it's easy on the eyes and kind of reminds me of older Windows systems. Is there anything similar available for Ubuntu?
A bit more detail might not hurt, I guess. I don't like the way Unity hides things away, as I'm used to having a start menu and desktop short cuts (free cookie to whoever tells me how to set up a shortcut in Ubuntu). Something that's not too colorful would be nice.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post5399244
Xfce would be my number two over the years then also for you OpenBox, LXDE, Gnome... on and http://goo.gl/NqgqJx
being free to try you could let us know which are more microcoughed-windblow$ like? Make sure you backup important data first tho.
Last edited by jamison20000e; 08-05-2015 at 10:10 AM.
By installing from a Live USB, do you mean downloading some software to the usb then copying it to your hard drive and installing it?
Or do you mean installing it to a Linux system running as a Live usb? You can do the latter but because it is a read-only filesystem, all changes are gone on reboot. Not sure what you are referring to?
once you have identified the DE, you open your software manager (that's what it's called under ubuntu/unity, right? you can also use the more technical term "packet manager") and install it, e.g. KDE.
after that, you reboot, and when you come to the login window, there should be a new choice "KDE session" or some such.
is that what you want?
if you want to try out another distro entirely, there's already about half a million forum threads and blog articles and whatnot to get you started.
until you hit some sort of technical wall, at which point you provide us with the necessary details (read the 1st link in my signature), and we'll try to help again...
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