Ubuntu spin-offs
Desktop design and use
The base home environment.
We all have different preferences when it comes to desktop environments, but we’re considering these as general-purpose desktops that could be used in an office or home situation. There’s nothing wrong with quirkiness, but we’re looking for a clear, attractive colour scheme with desktop features that are easy to use. New ideas are good, but not at the expense of usage that follows the expected patterns in this case. Newcomers to Linux should be made to feel welcome and impressed by an attractive and fast Linux desktop.
Sometimes you’ll want to really get into the nitty-gritty of customising how a desktop presents itself in detail, and all of these desktops allow that. However, we’re considering general desktop use, and we’re more interested in the high-level options. Hopefully, we should be able to quickly switch between themes and light and dark colour schemes. It’s a bonus if we can make quick changes to things such as the highlight colours and the icon theme.