Just my 2 cents. A year ago, my brother's Mac died, and he could not afford a new one. So he bought a Dell Laptop and after my advice got Xubuntu installed on it. Had Debian 12 existed at that time, I surely would have suggested to install Debian 12 with Xfce. But at that time, I still was a Xubuntu user myself.
Using Xfce with Xubuntu or Debian makes no difference except that Debian is not bloated and Debian's Xfce is complete and ready-to-use instead of the messed-up Xubuntu thing. Trouble enough to get rid of that snap monster.
Last summer, I installed Debian 12 with Xfce from a Live ISO on my own computer, and this is what I would always recommend now. Debian's Live system is no way hard to try out or install. Installing Debian from within the Live system works like a charm, the "calamares" installer is self-explaining and is one of the easiest-to-use installers I have seen until now.
BTW, my brother is 75 years old, and he is no way interested of operating systems, he just needs a computer that works. But he would never return to macOS. Why should he?
Using Xfce with Xubuntu or Debian makes no difference except that Debian is not bloated and Debian's Xfce is complete and ready-to-use instead of the messed-up Xubuntu thing. Trouble enough to get rid of that snap monster.
Last summer, I installed Debian 12 with Xfce from a Live ISO on my own computer, and this is what I would always recommend now. Debian's Live system is no way hard to try out or install. Installing Debian from within the Live system works like a charm, the "calamares" installer is self-explaining and is one of the easiest-to-use installers I have seen until now.
BTW, my brother is 75 years old, and he is no way interested of operating systems, he just needs a computer that works. But he would never return to macOS. Why should he?
Statistics: Posted by juribel — 2024-05-04 15:37 — Replies 47 — Views 3209