<div dir="ltr"><div>I'd recommend checking out Linux Mint if you're looking for Linux on the desktop<br><br><a href="http://linuxmint.com/">http://linuxmint.com/</a><br><br></div>It's based on Ubuntu, but I've found it a lot better (as do many others if you check <a href="http://distrowatch.com/">http://distrowatch.com/</a>). The Cinnamon & MATE desktops are similar to GNOME before Unity. MATE is less resource intensive if you've got an older system (I use it for VMs). They also have a KDE version as well.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Wendel Dean Renner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:WendelDRenner@comcast.net" target="_blank">WendelDRenner@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I updated ubuntu 9.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS because I could no longer<br>
get packages for 9.04.<br>
<br>
Pershaps someone could give me an overview of who or what is driving<br>
Ubuntu? I find the Unity desktop completely foreign and confusing.<br>
I could not even figure out how to get a terminal window up.<br>
You have to hit control-alt-T. How is anyone suppose to know that?<br>
I understand it is designed for netbooks and touch based devices.<br>
I need something for a desktop computer.<br>
<br>
I have considered going back to an earlier desktop such as<br>
GNOME or KDE. Is there any reason why that would not be a good<br>
idea?<br>
<br>
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