What is the most polished, good looking, solid all around DESKTOP distro of 2016 so far?
I have to install it on a new desktop system and I can't choose... from the screenshots, I don't like Linux Mint Cinnamon, I don't know why
Any recommendations?
What's the best Linux Desktop has to offer in 2016 so far?
inb4 install gentoo
>>53327048
You answered yourself OP. Xubuntu
Linux Mint, faggot.
>>53327048
Xfce that comes with Xubuntu (they're making it prettier) is BY FAR best, good looking DE.
>>53327173
This anon knows what he's talking about
>>53327048
Why use Linux for desktop in 2016 ?
"Linux Desktop" was just a meme
Windows 10 is pretty much perfection
Why would you even want anything else?
Second best is OS X
Linux is for servers OP
Lubuntu
>>53327202
Lubuntu is best for low end systems but if you have a powerful desktop there's no reason to pick Lubuntu over Xubuntu
>>53327207
Does xubuntu still have a fucking dock? Does it still have screen tearing?
>>53327221
>dock
Macfag detected
>>53327048
Fedora Cinnamon
>>53327237
It's literally a clone of the os x dock, what else would you call it? And no, I'm not a macfag, I just dislike shit
>>53327202
this
>>53327243
*tip*
>>53327269
*good day to you, m'anon*
>>53327243
This. Or KDE
https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/kde/
>>53327317
M'lady
>>53327269
>>53327193
Why would you use windows on 2016? "Windows 10" is just a meme
OS X is preety much perfection
Why would you even want anything else?
Second best is Gentoo
Windows is for eldery people anon.
>>53327440
If Windows is for elderly people, why is it the standard corporate / enterprise OS ?
>>53327048
Fedora.
>>53327495
because corporations are run by old people
>>53327513
*tip*
>>53327535
what?
>>53327495
That depends on what corporation you're talking about, if you mean corporations where older people work then yes, if you mean newer, more hip corporations, then the standard isn't windows, get on with the times grandpa.
>>53327048
What icon set are those?
>>53327193
Panjeet, you failed. I am sorry to inform you that 3 rupees have NOT been transferred into your account due to the following offensive phrases
""Linux Desktop" was just a meme"
The Linux Desktop IS a meme and we would appreciate it if you could refrain from using any past tense phrases in this regard.
"Second best is OS X"
At Microsoft, we believe only Windows 8.1 is second best to Windows 10 and that this is only due to the release of Windows 10.
"Linux is for servers OP"
Windows Server 2012 offers small, medium and large business with all they need. Their needs are always met at an affordable price bracket. Suggesting any other Operating System is unethical and irresponsible business behaviour towards our loyal customers.
Thanks Panjeet Majumdar, come again
>>53327535
* tipping intensifies! *
>>53327656
Underrated post.
>>53327048
am i the only one likes gnome?
>>53327780
nah, I'm with you
>>53327780
No. It's pretty safe to assume that it's the most popular DE, based solely on how much hate it gets here.
>>53327373
>>53327569
elementary-xfce shimmer project
>>53327048
It's a matter of taste OP.
>>53328207
Staring at that whole day would make me wish I stab my eyes every single living moment
>>53328266
CDE
>>53328332
troll
More CDE.
Ubuntu Unity
>What is the most polished, good looking, solid all around DESKTOP distro of 2016 so far?
Any distro you want to use + 20 minutes of googling you can make it look whatever way you want.
>>53328332
Well, you could use e.g. CTWM (or any other WM for that matter) on Solaris pretty easily.
>>53327558
As a millennial that works in IT, pretty fucking wrong. Artists/developers that prefer Mac usually are issued Macs that are pretty much personal laptops and not tied in with infrastructure. Outside of that maybe the company has a couple linux servers running the website, but a vast majority of anything and everything is windows. Pretty common in brand new start ups as well.
>>53328623
poor guy, sounds like you signed up at a pleb tier, hippy web development company.
I bet your companies recent deployments are all 100% wordpress based with no coding but 100+ plugins to make the page.
>>53327048
Ubuntu GNOME desu
>>53327048
RebbecaBlack0S.
kde5
wayland
systemd
>all the latest and greatest.
>>53328651
Linux is probably common in silicon valley but in the engineering firm I work at everything is windows 7 simply because the proprietary software we need to run doesn't work on linux.
>>53327048
>most polished, good looking, solid desktop distro
Obviously Ubuntu LTS.
That said, it's unclear if you're looking for something actually released in 2016...
1. Define "desktop". All linux systems, with or without GNU, support IBM PCs often used a "desktops".
2. They all look like shit, and if you think that screenshot looks good, sorry, you have shit taste. Linux is the god of bad looking operating systems without any visual polish.
You have not one, but five different UI toolkits in use (gtk2, gtk3, qt4, qt5, xt). Unlike windows and OS X which stick with one and don't break all backwards compatibility overnight because they want a new "hurr durr paradigm", linux is STILL home to the GUI wars.
And the great majority of supposedly coherent UI bundles are really badly made. Buggy, yes. Poorly designed, yes. The programmers are not their target demographic. The programmers are also too autistic to actually understand their target demographic. The programmers are also unpaid and don't have anything to lose by fucking up.
Have you ever wondered why every experience linux user who actually uses more programs than firefox and a terminal has some riced out, cobbled together shit instead of a DE?
>>53327193
>Windows 10 is pretty much perfection
For spying on the user, maybe.
>>53329010
>more programs a terminal
>implying you need anything else
Manjaro Xfce
>>53329085
those maximize\minimize\close buttons are default? like holy shit that's hideous, as is the gray-on-gray text
>>53329108
yep
black/gray on blue/greep/grey is piss garbage
Unity with numix I looks the best
>>53329168
The truth hurts sometimes.
Try antergos cinnamon or gnome 3
You can make xfce look nice too.
>>53329079
You do if you've been using those long enough to realize the woeful inadequacy of emulating old hardware and the failed UNIX "software tools" approach right down to its limitations.
I can't remember the last time I actually used sh instead of perl or python, let alone a coreutil like grep or ls.
>>53329108
post yours non hideous stuff
dont forget to include filemanager in screenshot
>>53329298
>>53329085
lel
Xubuntu + numix-gtk + numix-circle
By far the most modern and polished design
>>53329350
you do know we see new IP posters fernando?
3rd world country blind loser
>>53329466
I agree with this desu. I also think cinnamon looks good and gnome 3
but xfce is just great and can look very modern and nice. i d nt care if numix is pleb for linux fags. it's still looks best
>>53329466
Enjoy your 1px resize grip.
>>53327048
Doesn't exist. A least not in a modern form. I use CDE.
>>53329821
>Not keybinding resize to ctr+r
isshiggerydoo
>>53329957
>not giving the user the option to have 1, both, or neither.
Windows ten. I disks that you meme about Linux being good. A person witout cs degree should be able to use his is ant it doen't work with linux
>>53328651
I have worked at several different large corporations as well as done some part-time work at start-ups.
>>53328738
This guy brings about a really good point. His company uses some CAD software that only runs on Windows, they can't use another type of CAD software on a linux distro because then the other company they work with won't be able to use it because of formatting issues. Then that company can't do stuff, and blah blah blah... Corporate world is stuck with windows whether you want to admit it or not.
>>53329995
wat
>>53327048
I'd honestly just say smack the newest cinnamon on top of Ubuntu and there you go.
>>53329350
>font inconsistency
disgusting
>>53328207
Beautifully retro. Window maker?
>>53330236
i see i should not have deleted my question
>xorg or cde?
to which the answer >>53328400
Elementary, Solus
