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    • EddieJenningsE
      EddieJennings
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      Fedora + cinnamon

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      • IRJI
        IRJ
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        Any thoughts about Chalet OS? It is based on Ubuntu 16.04. It looks very close to windows.

        ChaletOS-with-Windows10-icons.png

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        • black3dynamiteB
          black3dynamite
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          Zorin OS Core
          https://zorinos.com/

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          • black3dynamiteB
            black3dynamite
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            Elementary OS
            https://elementary.io/

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            • IRJI
              IRJ @black3dynamite
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              @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

              Zorin OS Core
              https://zorinos.com/

              Zorin does look nice. Have you used it before?

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              • black3dynamiteB
                black3dynamite @IRJ
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                @irj said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                Zorin OS Core
                https://zorinos.com/

                Zorin does look nice. Have you used it before?

                I haven't used it for years. But its a good distro for those coming from Windows.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @IRJ
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                  @irj said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                  @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                  Zorin OS Core
                  https://zorinos.com/

                  Zorin does look nice. Have you used it before?

                  I have, it's good but I prefer Deepin and Fedora.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @IRJ
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                    @irj said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                    Any thoughts about Chalet OS? It is based on Ubuntu 16.04. It looks very close to windows.

                    ChaletOS-with-Windows10-icons.png

                    Ubuntu 16.04 isn't great, if you were going to be okay with older Ubuntu, I'd stick with Mint.

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                    • dbeatoD
                      dbeato
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                      My 6 year old are using Deepin and Ubuntu so far.

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                      • black3dynamiteB
                        black3dynamite
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                        Solus
                        https://solus-project.com/download/

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                        • ObsolesceO
                          Obsolesce
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                          I wouldn't go the niche route. Stick with something solid like Ubuntu or Fedora with Cinnamon. You can't go wrong there.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                            @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                            Solus
                            https://solus-project.com/download/

                            Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

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                            • black3dynamiteB
                              black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                              @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                              Solus
                              https://solus-project.com/download/

                              Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

                              I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

                              Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                                @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                Solus
                                https://solus-project.com/download/

                                Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

                                I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

                                Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

                                Budgie is available with several other systems. No need to use the Solus underpinnings.

                                Pantheon is really nice too, but tied to Elementary. but Elementary uses Ubuntu, so your ecosystem isn't so limited.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  https://ubuntubudgie.org/

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                                  • black3dynamiteB
                                    black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                    @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                    @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                    Solus
                                    https://solus-project.com/download/

                                    Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

                                    I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

                                    Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

                                    Budgie is available with several other systems. No need to use the Solus underpinnings.

                                    Pantheon is really nice too, but tied to Elementary. but Elementary uses Ubuntu, so your ecosystem isn't so limited.

                                    I forgot Ubuntu Budgie is available and using Copr, Budgie is available for Fedora.

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                                    • coliverC
                                      coliver
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                                      I've got my father's ancient precision laptop running Zorin. Set it to auto update and I haven't had to do anything with it. He uses it in the garage to look at service manuals.

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                                      • stacksofplatesS
                                        stacksofplates
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                                        I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

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                                        • black3dynamiteB
                                          black3dynamite @stacksofplates
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                                          @stacksofplates said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                          I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

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                                          Gnome 3 is definitely my favorite even without any tweaks.

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                                          • zachary715Z
                                            zachary715 @stacksofplates
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                                            @stacksofplates said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                                            I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

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                                            That looks nice. Just updated my home laptop from Korora to Fedora and initially tried Gnome. I played with tweaking it a bit but really got annoyed with it and was taking more effort that I would have liked. I ended up resorting back to Cinnamon desktop as I like how it is setup default. May have to give it another shot though seeing how this desktop looks.

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