Difference between revisions of "Using Manjaro for Windows users"

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== Linux has multiple GUIs ==

Windows has ''only one'' Graphical User ~~interface~~ depending on its version whereas,

Windows has ''only one'' Graphical User Interface ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface GUI]) depending on its version whereas,

Linux has different Desktop Environments (DE) :

* XFCE: Lightweight, simple, best for beginning users

* KDE: lots of bells and whistles, good for recent and powerful hardware *and people who like to tinker!* ~~:hammer_and_pick:~~

* KDE: lots of bells and whistles, good for recent and powerful hardware ''and people who like to tinker!'' 🛠️

* Gnome: Simple, the default for lots of distributions

* Cinnamon: <s>Gnome like it should be</s> Beefed-up Gnome with more bells and whistles.

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* System Settings (Known to you as "Control Panel")

* Partition Manager (except XFCE: they need one of the others to be installed)

{{note The above is less important on modern computers and has become more a matter of taste than functionality}}

{{note|The above is less important on modern computers and has become more a matter of taste than functionality}}

'''What you should remember is that mixing and matching DE's is not wise!'''

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* Don't install the Gnome Editor (`gedit`) on KDE but use `kate` instead because `gedit` will pull in a ton of libraries (and functionality) of Gnome which will bloat your system.

* Don't install 2 DEs for one user:

* You *can* have different DEs one a single computer

* You ''can'' have different DEs one a single computer

* Each user can have their own DE

* **Having 2 DEs for one user is a recipe for disaster as one single configuration file might be used by 2 DEs for wildly different functionality!** and untangling this Gordian knot will be so complex that a reinstall is always easier.

* '''Having 2 DEs for one user is a recipe for disaster as one single configuration file might be used by 2 DEs for wildly different functionality''' and untangling this Gordian knot will be so complex that a reinstall is always easier.

'''Remember:''' ''You're a N00b again! You're going to re-install'' '''at least once!''' (Unless you're smarter than the authors of this article... 😁)

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 == Linux has multiple GUIs ==
-Windows has ''only one'' Graphical User interface depending on its version whereas,
+Windows has ''only one'' Graphical User Interface ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface GUI]) depending on its version whereas,
 Linux has different Desktop Environments (DE) :
 * XFCE: Lightweight, simple, best for beginning users
-* KDE: lots of bells and whistles, good for recent and powerful hardware *and people who like to tinker!*  :hammer_and_pick:
+* KDE: lots of bells and whistles, good for recent and powerful hardware ''and people who like to tinker!''  🛠️
 * Gnome: Simple, the default for lots of distributions
 * Cinnamon: <s>Gnome like it should be</s> Beefed-up Gnome with more bells and whistles.
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 * System Settings (Known to you as "Control Panel")
 * Partition Manager (except XFCE: they need one of the others to be installed)
-{{note The above is less important on modern computers and has become more a matter of taste than functionality}}
+{{note|The above is less important on modern computers and has become more a matter of taste than functionality}}
 '''What you should remember is that mixing and matching DE's is not wise!'''
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 * Don't install the Gnome Editor (`gedit`) on KDE but use `kate` instead because `gedit` will pull in a ton of libraries (and functionality) of Gnome which will bloat your system.
 * Don't install 2 DEs for one user:
-* You *can*  have different DEs one a single computer
+* You ''can''  have different DEs one a single computer
 * Each user can have their own DE
-* **Having 2 DEs for one user is a recipe for disaster as one single configuration file might be used by 2 DEs for wildly different functionality!** and untangling this Gordian knot will be so complex that a reinstall is always easier.
+* '''Having 2 DEs for one user is a recipe for disaster as one single configuration file might be used by 2 DEs for wildly different functionality''' and untangling this Gordian knot will be so complex that a reinstall is always easier.
 '''Remember:''' ''You're a N00b again! You're going to re-install'' '''at least once!''' (Unless you're smarter than the authors of this article... 😁)