How to bring Linux Ubuntu closer to Windows?

Andrey Goroshko2018-09-20 20:43:37

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Andrey Goroshko, 2018-09-20 20:43:37

I have a laptop on which you need to put everything the same as it was on Windows. I'm not talking about the fact that you need to somehow install executables on ubuntu. I mean, I want to bring the state, appearance and software closer to the state of windows. For example, I had an office on Windows, I would like to put an analogue of the office on ubuntu, because the libre office is not very convenient. Then there is a desire to move the taskbar down, and generally finish the system so that it is pleasant to sit and use. Not only the programs themselves, but also the appearance. I worked with the terminal, so you can advise the most insane ways to achieve my goal. I really hope for your help.

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Radjah, 2018-09-20
@Radjah

Install Win10Pro and WSL. There will be both a Windows and an Ubuntu terminal included.

Artem @Jump, 2018-09-20
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I mean, I want to bring the state, appearance and software closer to the state of windows.

What is a state?
Appearance - no problem, there are a lot of desktop design options similar to Windows.
How are you going to approximate the software? What do you understand by this?
Choose the one that is under ubuntu and work with it.
There are a lot of office packages, the same libre office. If it is inconvenient for you and there is a desire to use MS Office, then you need to switch to Windows.
Ubuntu is a completely different system with its own advantages and disadvantages.
It is impossible to make Windows out of it.
But if you have a lot of money and time, you can try to make it more or less like windows.

moropsk, 2018-09-20
@moropsk

Linux Mint 19 Tara MATE Edition
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3598

Adamos, 2018-09-20
@Adamos

It's elementary:
1. Install Xubuntu, move the panel down, choose a less dull theme out of the box. For example, I am satisfied with Clearlooks with the design of the Default window. You can also replace Thunar with PCManFM, but if you like Explorer, this is not necessary either.
2. And at least a month to work in it, not paying attention to the fact that it is not Windows.

x67, 2018-09-21
@x67

LibreOffice is the most convenient offline office suite for Linux. Especially the one that is preinstalled in ubuntu 18.04
Firefox is good, but my chromium is faster on my laptop, although at work ff.
It is possible to bring the appearance as close as possible to Windows, but as a rule it takes a long time. The most similar interfaces are for kde, cinnamon and mate. They are very easy to install on ubuntu instead of standard units (16.04, 17.10) or gnome (18.04), I advise you to first look at kde and cinnamon.
Otherwise, this is a different OS, where everything is different, so put win10 in virtualbox and work in 2 OSes.
And if suddenly you decide that you need Ubuntu, because it is faster than Windows on your laptop, then this is not at all the case! Firstly, drivers - you need to look for and select them, and if the laptop is old, then on a modern ubuntu on a vidyukha, for example, a good proprietary driver for games, kina fullhd and a fast interface may not be found. Secondly, a properly configured win7 works well on very old hardware. And win10 is not slower than win7 on a new one. If this is the case, I can write some basic tips for installing smart Windows. If you are studying something that is more convenient to study in linux, then put ubuntu in virtualbox - at first, the performance will be more than enough and it will be easier to get used to it - there will be no disappointment when something does not work out in ubuntu, because you can always return to Windows and do it there.

Andrey Burov, 2018-09-20
@BuriK666

https://www.reactos.org/

fdroid, 2018-09-21
@fdroid

Can be made easier - LFS

res2001, 2018-09-21
@res2001

Usually, users in the office do not work with the operating system, they work with the software installed in the OS. The user does not care what the OS looks like, the main thing is that on the desktop he finds shortcuts that launch the software he needs.
Therefore, your main task is to make the software used under Linux work.
Perhaps there are versions for Linux for some of the software.
You can try to run some part of the software through wine.
Something may not work at all under Linux.
There is no worthy analogue of MS Office in nature. But if you use MS Office to create simple documents in Word and align with spaces, and Excel is used as a text editor for tables, then any version of the Linux office will suit you.
If macros, complex diagrams, etc. are used in office documents. MS Office features, then you will either need to redo everything to a Linux office (for many things from MS Ofiice there are simply no analogues), or stay on MS Office. Usually, complex documents from MS Office open crookedly and work (if they work at all) in a Linux office.
It will also be difficult to replace blood pressure. Because under Linux there are no similar means of managing workstations in a corporate network.
The transition to Linux is a rather complicated topic and is usually not solved right off the bat.