[PCWorld]

Post your comments for Meet 'Consort,' a brand-new classic Linux desktop here

[ChrisWortman]

Yet another Gnome based desktop based on Ubuntu... *YAWN* Wake me when you do something interesting like investing in KDE, or making headway with Wayland. This simply isn't what Linux as a desktop needs. It certainly doesn't need yet ANOTHER Gnome fork of an already over-forked OS. What sets this apart from Ubuntu with Gnome classic? Yall are wasting your time with this. Instead of wasting time and resources on this, make applications people need and want...

[martiandon]

Understandably you can't create a Windows-clone as Bill G. would beat somebody up. BUT, can someone make a version enough LIKE Windows so users can make an easier transition? I have 6-7 Linux OSs' on my shelf with discs & manuals, but the learning curve was too steep for me. I even have an iMac w/ OS-X in the basement gathering dust. (A well-meaning buddy had to drag me away from my Commodore Amiga 'kicking & screaming', just about the time XP was hatched). I made the transitions to big boy Win7 OK, and after seeing Win8 in use, I'd probably find Linux easier to swallow. BUT, I'll likely hang onto Win7 with thumb and blanky until Win9 comes out.

[CarolMcAnulty]

What I would love is if they made this a desktop option so I could keep my Ubuntu 12.04 classic without all the clean install hassles and pick this desktop from synaptic

[ricegf]

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I have 6-7 Linux OSs' on my shelf with discs & manuals, but the learning curve was too steep for me.

Discs and manuals?!?

OK, my friend, it's past time for you to try a Linux OS created in *this* decade! If you want something fairly similar to Win 7, I would suggest Mint or PCLinuxOS. But remember, while the UI is quite similar, the OS is different - and that's a feature and not a bug! ;-)

[tremor]

Get a clue people. It`s based on Debian, not Ubuntu.

[realmadpuppy]

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I have 6-7 Linux OSs' on my shelf with discs & manuals, but the learning curve was too steep for me.

To be frank, you would have to pretty obtuse to not be able to effectivly use a modern Linux distro.

[MichaelWillenburg]

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Understandably you can't create a Windows-clone as Bill G. would beat somebody up. BUT, can someone make a version enough LIKE Windows so users can make an easier transition? I have 6-7 Linux OSs' on my shelf with discs & manuals, but the learning curve was too steep for me. I even have an iMac w/ OS-X in the basement gathering dust. (A well-meaning buddy had to drag me away from my Commodore Amiga 'kicking & screaming', just about the time XP was hatched). I made the transitions to big boy Win7 OK, and after seeing Win8 in use, I'd probably find Linux easier to swallow. BUT, I'll likely hang onto Win7 with thumb and blanky until Win9 comes out.

Ahh yes. Someone is going to do that just for you. Seriously? Hey Linux is open, make one. Until then, Linux is not Windows. If you want the Windows environment, then use Windows. If you want Linux, then buckle down, and learn things by trial and error the way every other user had to do.

[iarslangiray]

SolusOS is a Debian based distro not another Ubuntu based distro.

[gtmacd]

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Understandably you can't create a Windows-clone as Bill G. would beat somebody up. BUT, can someone make a version enough LIKE Windows so users can make an easier transition? I have 6-7 Linux OSs' on my shelf with discs & manuals, but the learning curve was too steep for me. I even have an iMac w/ OS-X in the basement gathering dust. (A well-meaning buddy had to drag me away from my Commodore Amiga 'kicking & screaming', just about the time XP was hatched). I made the transitions to big boy Win7 OK, and after seeing Win8 in use, I'd probably find Linux easier to swallow. BUT, I'll likely hang onto Win7 with thumb and blanky until Win9 comes out.

You should try Zorin OS, the free version allows you to change the look to Win 7, Win XP, or Gnome 2. It has a lot of preinstalled software and is built especially for new Linux users such as yourself. To quote their website:

"Zorin OS is a multi-functional operating system designed specifically for Windows users who want to have easy and smooth access to Linux"

Good luck, please don't be turned off Linux by the unhelpful answers of these other bozos. Most in the community like to actually help new users.

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Thanks for the tips on the most Windows-looking OS. I'm like the guy who had to be unglued from his Amiga.

Over the years, I've been playing with one Linux after another - Lindows, Mepis, Knoppix, etc., only to abandon them due to difficulty of installation and inadequate driver support. Additionally, KDE was a serious resource pig - quite sluggish when compared to the Windows of the day. Maybe things would have been different if I'd stumbled on Gnome back then...

What brought me back to Linux was stumbling into Lubuntu 11.04. The LiveCD installing all my devices seamlessly, LXDE's somewhat Windows-like look and feel, and its low demand on system resources combined to, at long last, create a Linux I could live with.

Sadly, as of late, Lubuntu has dropped things like non-PAE support and the ability to use ext2 without having a disk check triggered on every boot. As a result, I'm now looking for a new distro.

I'll defintely give Fuduntu and the others a shot. I haven't done anything with .rpm files, but it seems as if for every .deb available out there, there is a corresponding .rpm file, and ways to convert between the two...

[Aegrimonia]

LOL@ Linux nerd fights over which fork this comes from.