Anil DashDec 13
One amazing thing about 2025 is that, if you start up an Apple product, it forces you to choose between _three different_ window mangers, but if you start up a clean install of a current version of Linux, it just chooses good defaults for you.
Show threadSimon BDec 13
@anildash by "a current version of Linux" you mean, one of the many distributions. With Linux you still make the choice, but it's made when you choose which distro to download.
Show threadadrinuxDec 13

@foobarry @anildash partly what I came to say, I'd add it's often which flavour of which distro given that many have Gnome/KDE/Tiling WM and so on variants.

But the point is the same, you've made the choice of desktop interface before install.

Show threadEpiphanic Synchronicity
@adrinux @foobarry @anildash Yep, it’s confusing and way more complicated to “switch to Linux” than it is to switch to Windows or a Mac. You have to tell a noob to “switch to Linux Mint” or some other easy distro, and probably offer to help them install it.
Dec 13 at 6:17pmWeb