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What Linux desktop do you use currently?

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Rich:
Hi roberts

--- Quote ---I think most would expect a distribution to be a turnkey experience, ...
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I suspect many people have too high an expectation of what turnkey means. From Wikipedia:

--- Quote ---A turnkey or a turnkey project (also spelled turn-key) is a type of project that is constructed by a developer and sold or turned over to a buyer in a ready-to-use condition. An antonym being Bespoke products.
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So if you just want to browse the Web, and the distro includes a browser, it is by definition turnkey, regardless of
whether it includes your preferred browser. Also from Wikipedia:

--- Quote ---Bespoke is an English word meaning made to a buyer's specification (personalised or tailored). .... The opposite of the term "bespoke product" is the phrase "turnkey product".
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which is what many distros try be by stuffing them full of "popular" apps in the hope of including everyones favorites.

--- Quote ---Core does not offer a turnkey experience.
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Core does offer a turnkey experience to those that want a system  "in a ready-to-use condition"  that is suitable for
creating a  "bespoke"  system by simply installing the apps that they want.

gerald_clark:
Ready to use?
Ready to use what?
There is no default browser or word processor.
Most end users would consider these essential.
I like it the way it is, but it does not meet the public's concept of a distribution.
It is a mighty fine took box.

Rich:
Hi gerald_clark
Ready to use AppBrowser to set up a system containing only the apps you are interested in without having to clean
out a bunch of apps you don't want.

coreplayer2:
I assumed the question "What Linux desktop do you use currently?"  means which Window Manager do you use..  ;)

gerald_clark:
I use icewm.

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