Win/Mac lookalikes for charity

[Ron Newman]

I think I know the answer already, but I'll ask anyway.  The local Computer Charity, which restores up computers and sells them cheap for those who can't afford them otherwise, is looking for a Linux desktop that looks enough like the Windows or Mac GUI that less tech savvy buyers will see something that looks and operates in a familiar way.  This will allow them to use a ton of Macs that are otherwise junk.  Of course, the usual Gnome or KDE Linux desktops won't work.  Probably impossible to copy closely Win or Mac due to patent issues, but thought I'd ask just in case.

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[gepr]

I've been middle-manning the acquisition of a lot of Linux Mint machines, lately, for grad students who mostly use Windows or Mac.  When I used to send them Debian-only machines, I'd get a lot of questions about mundane stuff like wifi or whatever. Now that I'm sending Mint machines, we jump straight to questions of how to install R or the latest Java.

So, I'd say Mint is a decent option.

On 7/19/19 11:31 AM, Ron Newman wrote:
> I think I know the answer already, but I'll ask anyway.  The local Computer
> Charity, which restores up computers and sells them cheap for those who
> can't afford them otherwise, is looking for a Linux desktop that looks
> enough like the Windows or Mac GUI that less tech savvy buyers will see
> something that looks and operates in a familiar way.  This will allow them
> to use a ton of Macs that are otherwise junk.  Of course, the usual Gnome
> or KDE Linux desktops won't work.  Probably impossible to copy closely Win
> or Mac due to patent issues, but thought I'd ask just in case.


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[Gary Schiltz-4]

https://itsfoss.com/macos-like-linux-distros/

The only one of these that I’ve diddled with a bit is elementaryOS. I’d recommend you download a bunch of them and install them on VirtualBox. You might do the same with some of the Chrome OS variants. 

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 1:32 PM Ron Newman <[hidden email]> wrote:

I think I know the answer already, but I'll ask anyway.  The local Computer Charity, which restores up computers and sells them cheap for those who can't afford them otherwise, is looking for a Linux desktop that looks enough like the Windows or Mac GUI that less tech savvy buyers will see something that looks and operates in a familiar way.  This will allow them to use a ton of Macs that are otherwise junk.  Of course, the usual Gnome or KDE Linux desktops won't work.  Probably impossible to copy closely Win or Mac due to patent issues, but thought I'd ask just in case.

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[Ron Newman]

Thanks,  uǝlƃ  and Gary, I've passed on the suggestions to Computer Charity.

 

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 12:52 PM Gary Schiltz <[hidden email]> wrote:

https://itsfoss.com/macos-like-linux-distros/

The only one of these that I’ve diddled with a bit is elementaryOS. I’d recommend you download a bunch of them and install them on VirtualBox. You might do the same with some of the Chrome OS variants. 

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 1:32 PM Ron Newman <[hidden email]> wrote:

I think I know the answer already, but I'll ask anyway.  The local Computer Charity, which restores up computers and sells them cheap for those who can't afford them otherwise, is looking for a Linux desktop that looks enough like the Windows or Mac GUI that less tech savvy buyers will see something that looks and operates in a familiar way.  This will allow them to use a ton of Macs that are otherwise junk.  Of course, the usual Gnome or KDE Linux desktops won't work.  Probably impossible to copy closely Win or Mac due to patent issues, but thought I'd ask just in case.

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