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Subject:    RE: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI environment look like Windows 
From:       Laurence Perkins <lperkins () openeye ! net>
Date:       2022-08-05 14:39:12
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <tdtemccna@gmail.com> 
> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2022 12:51 AM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Cc: ceo@teo-en-ming-corp.com
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI \
> environment look like Windows 10/11? 
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 15:40, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 15:30:37 +0800, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
> > 
> > > I believe many people will find Linux easy to use (user friendly) if 
> > > the GUI environment looks like Windows 10/11.
> > 
> > The problem with that is Gentoo is not supposed to be easy to use, it 
> > is a "power user"'s distro. Sucking someone in with the guise of being 
> > like Windows is only likely to put them off Linux once they read page 
> > 1 of the installation instructions.
> > 
> > There are distros that aim to be easy to use for Windows users, Gentoo 
> > is not one of them.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Neil Bothwick
> > 
> > Don't be humble, you're not that great.
> 
> Noted with thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> Targeted Individual in Singapore
> 
> 

Now, that said, if you're willing to do all the maintenance work for them to keep the \
system behaving the way they need it to, then yes. My mother is half-blind and for \
years I kept her old machine running with a Linux OS configured to look like Windows \
XP because she did a lot based on color and screen position. For the Windows 10 look \
you'll need a window manager that has a nice menu available.  Something with \
searching built in, and with good theming support. Then you just need to sort out \
your custom theme.  Don't try to distribute it though, MS will likely get twitchy and \
sue you if you do too good a job.

Note that KDE already has a reasonably Windowsy feel to it.  A lot of users might be \
happy with that.   Although, over the years I've noticed that as long as the menu \
search function will match on keywords as well as just exact program names that's \
usually enough.  The rest of the appearance details matter a lot less.

LMP


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