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Linux is like Acupuncture . . . I like that analogy 
Windows is like the death of a thousand cuts . . .
Seriously - I'd go with Mint.
And anyone who criticizes the Linux UI - hasn't used Windows 8.
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None, but BeOS. May it R.I.P.!
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Have you seen Haiku? It's getting quite usable these days!
Er, I can't think of a funny signature right now.
How about a good fart to break the silence?
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Thanks! I might just install it over my Ubuntu netbook.
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Windows.
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I think you're gonna have to define what you mean by "most like".
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From a user standpoint.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Probably Android or ChromeBookOS.
I'm serious.
They're the only ones where you're unlikely to ever have to drop to a console to just make something work.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
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Dan Neely wrote: They're the only ones where you're unlikely to ever have to drop to a console to just make something work.
That is a good point.
When I setup Zorin, I had to do a lot of console stuff, which I had never done in Linux. Since then though, it's been fine, no issues.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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If you follow the Apple philosophy then anything that isn't available in the GUI isn't anything that you need to do.
I've successfully used Fedora and Ubuntu without ever touching the console.
I did need the console to run ping and view detailed network configuration. But honestly, doing those things is easier in a console even on Windows or Mac.
A lot of the console stuff seems to be from 3rd party developers who don't put in the effort to do it correctly. curl URL | sudo sh seems to be all too common, when a downloaded RPM or DEB would install on a double-click just like a Windows MSI.
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Zan Lynx wrote: If you follow the Apple philosophy then anything that isn't available in the GUI isn't anything that you need to do.
Oh stop, my sides are hurting.
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RyanDev wrote: From a user standpoint.
So you mean, like getting patches every 3 days at the most?
Oh, no, wait. You only get those once a month on Windows, except for the critical out-of-band ones.
That's this Linux user's experience anyway.
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See, that depends on your point of view. I like that all of the code on my machine is always up-to-date, I don't have to wait for a software vendor to release an update every couple of months to get all the latest features, things are just constantly evolving.
Er, I can't think of a funny signature right now.
How about a good fart to break the silence?
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Take a look at Remix: What’s Remix OS for PC? Remix OS for PC is built on the Android-x86 - Jide Technology[^]
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Great option for familiarity. A windows-like UI but all the android apps you know and love. Probably more friendly to the average user than Linux.
Er, I can't think of a funny signature right now.
How about a good fart to break the silence?
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Ubuntu wins for its ease of use...
There is Haiku OS for the brave kind....
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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Great, thank you.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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None. If you want something that is like Windows, use Windows.
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I would suggest Linux Mint.
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Thanks. I haven't seen that one yet. I'll check it out.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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This is a tough question, but I'm going to second Linux Mint. I will add though the cinnamon desktop has been my favorite. It'd prove to be the most user friendly desktop for me.
I've recently started working more with Centos and Red Hat at work so I'm using Fedora at home. And again I use the cinnamon desktop, gnome3 with Fedora isn't bad but it can be too tablety. I just couldn't get used to it on my primary computer, though on my travel toss around computer it actually was fine. Probably because I didn't do much outside of web browsing, you tubing, and "word" processing.
Try them all out, the new version of Ubuntu is out in a few weeks.
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Nice, thanks.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Assuming you are used to the Windows XP UI paradigm, Mint is the right answer. IMHO Ubuntu has started to follow the Windows 8 paradigm to some extent. That is where any similarities stop.
I have started using Linux more and more and the simple reason is choice. The longer you use it the more you start to realize that Windows forces you to work a certain way.
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As a Windows guy, I like Arch; mostly because it taught me Linux.
If your concern is users, though, the Desktop Manager is more of a concern than the distro. I've played with KDE, LXDE, and Gnome and find Gnome to be the best by a huge margin. Gnome actually feels like it isn't completely cobbled together, although sometimes it does drop the ball (the Chromium PIN screen on Gnome is wonky as hell!)
Whichever version you pick, though, bear in mind the maintenance side of it. Ubuntu and Debian both have LTS options, which are the best bet for not having your system randomly break from patching.
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