Having been a Linux newbie myself once, my first introduction to a Linux desktop was with KDE on Redhat. It was so hugely overcomplicated and kludgy that *it* sent me straight back to Windows. Eventually I tried Gnome and haven't looked back. I've since set up my parents on two Ubuntu boxes running Gnome, and I was surprised to hear "this feels just like Windows, only faster".
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Having been a Linux newbie myself once, my first introduction to a Linux desktop was with KDE on Redhat. It was so hugely overcomplicated and kludgy that *it* sent me straight back to Windows. Eventually I tried Gnome and haven't looked back. I've since set up my parents on two Ubuntu boxes running Gnome, and I was surprised to hear "this feels just like Windows, only faster".