As a tech-savvy mom, managing work, household responsibilities, and personal commitments can be overwhelming. Having access to a reliable and user-friendly operating system is vital in ensuring a s…

As a tech-savvy mom, managing work, household responsibilities, and personal commitments can be overwhelming. Having access to a reliable and user-friendly operating system is vital in ensuring a smooth experience…

  • Ramin Honary@lemmy.mlEnglish
    182·
    10 months ago

    This article seems to be written by ChatGPT. Confirmed human author.

    If you are indeed a real human, I am sorry. May I ask why you think Cinnamon is better for tech-savvy moms than something like KDE Plasma or Gnome? Do you think desktop environments more similar to Microsoft Windows are better for moms?

    Don’t get me wrong, I love Cinnamon DE, it is my second favorite DE (Xfce is my favorite). But I would think something like KDE Plasma is probably a bit closer to the Microsoft Windows user experience.

    • ameliawilliams@leminal.spaceOP
      16·
      10 months ago

      I am a real human but I read my post again and I can see why. I made some changes based on the feedback because it does seem like an ad (but I can assure everyone that it is not).

      Gnome needs a bunch of extensions to make it look like Windows. I know KDE does a better job, and that Windows 11 might just be a rip off of KDE. However, most of the best apps are based on GTK and not QT. So for myself, I’ve been using Cinnamon for years.

      I let my daughter try all three anyway and she actually liked Cinnamon the most.

      I added some of this to my blog article so that future readers can get more background.

        • ameliawilliams@leminal.spaceOP
          1·
          10 months ago

          A decent native Qt based e-mail client for one. Kontact/kMail is janky and don’t get me started on thunderbloat. Evolution is just perfect and GTK3.

      • Ramin Honary@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        10 months ago

        However, most of the best apps are based on GTK and not QT.

        Yes, I couldn’t agree more. Qt is nice, I use it in my professional work. But for me personally, Gtk is the best toolkit, and this is largely because it is programmed in C, not C++. Also, Gtk has the GObject Introspection framework which allows for other programming languages to connect to the Gtk libraries, so you can code Gtk apps in pretty much whatever language you like best.

        And sorry for suggesting you were an AI.

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Linux mint cinnamon edition is the simplest to setup and the most user friendly. I don’t know if anything that compares to it.