How to choose Linux

[Humbug]

All this hatred for Unity...is it unmanly or something to want a UI that looks nice and works?

I'm a Linux noob who only started messing with Linux two months ago. I tried Ubuntu for the first time 3 weeks ago, and replaced it with Kubuntu within a couple of days because I didn't like Unity and that side panel.

Maybe if I gave it more time i would have warmed to it I dunno.... maybe it's just my subconcious being resistant to change.

[Builder]

I'm a Linux noob who only started messing with Linux two months ago. I tried Ubuntu for the first time 3 weeks ago, and replaced it with Kubuntu within a couple of days because I didn't like Unity and that side panel.

Maybe if I gave it more time i would have warmed to it I dunno.... maybe it's just my subconcious being resistant to change.

Can't you change the side panel's position and make it autohide? 

 

I don't know, KDE just never appealed to me. I mean it's obviously very functional it just looks old.

[Humbug]

lol. this thread perfectly encapsulates one of the problems which has prevented Linux becoming popular on the desktop the way it has on server and mobile.

The OP asked a straightforward question but he could not get a simple answer. He got a host of opinions.

[Ruostunut kokis]

Xubuntu is the closest Linux version to Windows IMO.

 

http://xubuntu.org/

What about Zorin OS? It's meant to look a lot like Windows, thus making it easier for long time Windows users to get used to...

[Builder]

1. Drool at DistroWatch for hours on end.

 

2. Calculate which distro made you drool the most.

 

3. Download and install it.

 

4. ???

 

5. PROFIT!