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Linux Mint 21.3: Empowering tech-savvy Moms with the Perfect Desktop Experience (ameliaslyfe.wordpress.com)

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As a tech-savvy mom, managing work, household responsibilities, and personal commitments can be overwhelming. Having access to a reliable and user-friendly operating system is vital in ensuring a smooth experience…

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I am a real human but I read my post again and I can see why. I made some changes based on the feedback because it does seem like an ad (but I can assure everyone that it is not).

Gnome needs a bunch of extensions to make it look like Windows. I know KDE does a better job, and that Windows 11 might just be a rip off of KDE. However, most of the best apps are based on GTK and not QT. So for myself, I've been using Cinnamon for years.

I let my daughter try all three anyway and she actually liked Cinnamon the most.

I added some of this to my blog article so that future readers can get more background.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

most of the best apps are based on GTK and not QT

As a long time kde user, what am I missing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

A decent native Qt based e-mail client for one. Kontact/kMail is janky and don't get me started on thunderbloat. Evolution is just perfect and GTK3.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

However, most of the best apps are based on GTK and not QT.

Yes, I couldn't agree more. Qt is nice, I use it in my professional work. But for me personally, Gtk is the best toolkit, and this is largely because it is programmed in C, not C++. Also, Gtk has the GObject Introspection framework which allows for other programming languages to connect to the Gtk libraries, so you can code Gtk apps in pretty much whatever language you like best.

And sorry for suggesting you were an AI.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Speaking of using other programming languages with Gtk, I've seen https://github.com/diamondburned/gtkcord4 (Discord client written in GTK4 and Golang)