Agreed. Rather have full control than a non-customisable desktop.
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Some people do prefer GNOME, you know. I wouldnât know why, but a lot of people do.
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I donât have a win machine but I tried WSL2 with my daughterâs laptop. Itâs really nice feature. I have never installed Gentoo like this! Just unzip and run gentoo.exe on Windows. Maybe WSL2 is the thing people should start trying with Linux? Thereâs many distributions to choose
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Think I have found the setting different to solve the issue.
Difference is quote and copy quote, but no idea why itâs changed as I dont do any different
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Great, welcome back! Sometimes the rosÄ 
helps⊠
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Such as me. What do you mean by not customisable? Sure, itâs not like KDE, but not only a static image with nothing to change.
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Dunno if this has been mentioned on here before âWinAppsâ:
Seems to be trying to do stuff that VMware Fusion allowed Mac Users to do (virtualise a Windows VM - but only launch specific applications) - and also Citrix (i.e. you can publish Windows applications that run on a Windows VDI transparent to the user).
could be interesting⊠might check it out if and when I can be arsed 
Maybe after I get my head around bridged networking for kvm / virsh / virt-managerâŠ
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I have never tried this, how does one activate WSL2?
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You need to enable it from settings (search wsl). Then go to cli and write wsl âinstall
It will install Ubuntu by default but you can install the usual big dstroes. If you want to use Gentoo, hereâs the wiki page: Gentoo in WSL - Gentoo wiki
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I may try this on my Dell XPS laptop, that is running W10!!!
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I got Gentoo running but didnât install X/Wayland. Also tried Ubuntu and installed Firefox. It was a snap package, it can be run directly from Win but it was slow to open.
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I used WSL first time nearly 10 years agoâŠ
It seemed okay I supposed - but the system still used the same ugly application window you use to drive CMD or PowerShellâŠ
I used to use a workaround so it ran sshd so I could then use a proper terminal app like MobaXterm or even PuTTYâŠ
Iâve heard itâs considerably more mature these days - but I no longer have a need or use case for itâŠ
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LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice which began life as StarOffice on OS/2. I started using it on OS/2. I only ever used Microsoft Word on DOS and Windows 3.x back in the ancient times.
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Hi Gary,
Yes, I think the Linux replacements for Word are quite sufficient for most users. You will find an occasional difference or incompatability but there are always workarounds.
Regards
Neville
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I like Linux Mint so much that I left Windows a year ago, due to impending end of support for Windows 10. No regrets and happy to be free from Micro$cumâs grip.
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I agree with you, it is not all that difficult to convert to Linux.
I wonder who are these Win users who supposedly resist converting, even when offered assistance.?
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You and @James_W_Trahan must are being paid to advertise for Linux!!! I still have found no good reason to go, cold turkey, with Windows!!!
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âBeing paid to advertise for Linuxâ - Donât be ridiculous! I havenât received one red cent for my endorsement of Linux. But I saved a bundle by not having to buy new equipment to stay with Windows, since Linux is free. Thatâs all the incentive I needed to make the switch!
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Iâve had a couple of Facebook friends who have resisted converting due to fear of the learning curve. And one who insists he canât switch to Linux due to a need to run proprietary CAD software not available with Linux. He had tried to run it from a VM in Linux and had issues. He also tried running CAD software available in Linux and found it lacking certain features he needed. So there are a few exceptions that keep people in the Windows corral.
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I use Strawberry music player.
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