Folks I'm about to set up a non-root user on a Centos=7 server that I control for a friend. It is in his home, so access is local. He's a refugee from the latest Windows 10 Upgrade. I'd like a suggestion as to which of the several possible graphical desktops to suggest to him and set up for him as his default. My aim is: - Allow him to try out Linux as an end-user - Let him start to feel comfortable with the desktop - Learn the new idioms for familiar programs and functions And later - Give him his own system with root privileges. Suggestions? David
KDE :) On Fri, 30 Sep 2016, david wrote:> Folks > > I'm about to set up a non-root user on a Centos=7 server that I control for a > friend. It is in his home, so access is local. He's a refugee from the > latest Windows 10 Upgrade. I'd like a suggestion as to which of the several > possible graphical desktops to suggest to him and set up for him as his > default. > > My aim is: > - Allow him to try out Linux as an end-user > - Let him start to feel comfortable with the desktop > - Learn the new idioms for familiar programs and functions > > And later > - Give him his own system with root privileges. > > Suggestions? > > David > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware http://flossware.sourceforge.net https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare
For a newbie KDE is pretty Windows-like. However, once you're used to it, the earlier comments about Gnome3 versus Mate also apply to KDE versus Trinity. Both of the major Desktops seem to be too "oh let's see what we can do with this radically new idea" oriented. Might want to consider Trinity. ----- Original Message ----- From: "david" <david at daku.org> To: centos at centos.org Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:19:28 AM Subject: [CentOS] Desktop for newbies Folks I'm about to set up a non-root user on a Centos=7 server that I control for a friend. It is in his home, so access is local. He's a refugee from the latest Windows 10 Upgrade. I'd like a suggestion as to which of the several possible graphical desktops to suggest to him and set up for him as his default. My aim is: - Allow him to try out Linux as an end-user - Let him start to feel comfortable with the desktop - Learn the new idioms for familiar programs and functions And later - Give him his own system with root privileges. Suggestions? David _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
My vote is still for KDE It's got a similar feel to Windows before it went pear shaped at Win8. It's fairly easy to use. He should be able to do most stuff as a user. On Friday 30 September 2016 16:33:04 Scot P. Floess wrote:> KDE :) > > On Fri, 30 Sep 2016, david wrote: > > Folks > > > > I'm about to set up a non-root user on a Centos=7 server that I control > > for a friend. It is in his home, so access is local. He's a refugee > > from the latest Windows 10 Upgrade. I'd like a suggestion as to which of > > the several possible graphical desktops to suggest to him and set up for > > him as his default. > > > > My aim is: > > - Allow him to try out Linux as an end-user > > - Let him start to feel comfortable with the desktop > > - Learn the new idioms for familiar programs and functions > > > > And later > > - Give him his own system with root privileges. > > > > Suggestions? > > > > David > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) > Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware > http://flossware.sourceforge.net > https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk
On 09/30/2016 10:19 AM, david wrote:> Folks > > I'm about to set up a non-root user on a Centos=7 server that I control > for a friend. It is in his home, so access is local. He's a refugee > from the latest Windows 10 Upgrade. I'd like a suggestion as to which > of the several possible graphical desktops to suggest to him and set up > for him as his default. > > My aim is: > - Allow him to try out Linux as an end-user > - Let him start to feel comfortable with the desktop > - Learn the new idioms for familiar programs and functions > > And later > - Give him his own system with root privileges. > > Suggestions? > > DavidWell, I would set up standard (not classic) GNOME3 and a normal user and give him root privs via sudo. And tell him the root password as well. If you turn on the extensions for Applications (top menu) and show windows at the bottom, GNOME 3 is close enough from a desktop standpoint that Windows users can figure everything out as a user. If you tell him the root password and also setup sudo access .. he can control everything like users, etc. via the GUI (will ask for the root password) .. and as he becomes more comfortable with the CLI, he can use sudo to start things as root from there. I initially used the Classic skin for gnome3 (and even Mate and/or Cinnamon for a gnome2 desktop) .. but for me, eventually, the 'Windows Button' with app search by default in the standard GNOME3 desktop was the easiest platform for me to use. Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20161010/8ba05670/attachment-0001.sig>