[Discuss] [EXT] Re: Debian Buster is the worst desktop OS

[Chuck Anderson]

You installed a new major version, and you don't understand why there
were major changes.  Just like moving from Windows 7 to Windows 8 or
10, there will be changes in the user experience--mostly intentional
changes that are deemed to enhance the user experience, but that can
be subjective.

On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 12:57:49PM -0400, Grant Mongardi wrote:
> Well, it was in fact Debian Stretch that used Cinnamon as the default
> desktop. That's sort of the point I was making. I don't know why you would
> so dramatically change that experience. And GNOME in this particular
> iteration is not very good at all, not even as good as older versions I've
> used. Hell, the computer makes a horrible screech noise everytime I put a
> USB stick in, something I've never experienced before.
> 
> Thanks,
> Grant M.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:05 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Debian is a good Server distro and a good _base_ to build a desktop distro.
> > I would not consider it a desktop distro.
> >
> > Stock Debian with all defaults as a desktop? Unlikely to be enjoyable
> > without a lot of customizing.
> >
> > I did use stock Debian as a desktop distro once, but it was on a DEC ALPHA
> > workstation that i was using as a compute node, not as my primary desktop,
> > so it didn't matter. (This was a long time ago, before 86_64/AMD64 were
> > commodity.)
> >
> > And yes, much of the UX is switchable with window manager & desktop choice.
> >
> > (The whole point of Mint and Cinnamon was that the stock desktop & window
> > manager choices and defaults in Debian and Ubuntu were sufficiently
> > annoying to someone to fork and do better.)