It took my old laptop dying on me for me to finally ask my geeky neighbor to install Mint on another laptop I had around.
It’s been a few hours and Omigod. Why did I waste so much time? It works. It’s easy and intuitive. It makes sense. There’s no bullshit.
I still have to make Antidote talk to Libre Office, but whatever. The rest feels good and natural.
So please whoever is here because you’re contemplating switching: do it yesterday.
As someone who’s come back to Mint after distro hopping several times, welcome home 💚
Awwwwww yeah! TOGETHER MONKEY STRONG!!
TOGETHER MONKEY STRONG
When i switched to Mint i had a bit of a learning curve, not all things worked completly out of the box. I’d like to encourage you to not give up on it, problems are solveable. The Linux Mint Forum was a great help for me (still is)
Also something new people don’t realize is that Mint is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian. If you can’t solve your issue by searching for mint you can usually find a solution meant for Ubuntu or Debian that will work.
Mint Cinnamon is the tits.
Mine didn’t die, but it’s Ryzen gen 1 which is not supported by Windows 11 so Cachy it is.
consult https://distrowatch.com/ if your interested in what different distros might have to offer.
When I feel it’s time to spread my wings. I’m still stuck on Libre Office freezing whenever I ctr-tab between windows. Baby steps, unfortunately.
One day you’ll use Arch, btw
I’m curious. Since you are new to Linux, how did you stumble upon Lemmy and this community? :)
Lemmy because of the Reddit API debacle.
The Linux community because I’m a far-left activist who needs to get away from BigCorpo out of general principle, but I’d been using Windows since 3.0 and it was daunting.
One of us! One of us!
Yes. Well no, not yet. To be One of you, I need to say the Sentence:
Now let me tell you why your distro of choice is Not The Right One.
Here. Done. (Phew. I couldn’t list many. I’ve heard of Mint, Fedora, and Pikachu. Even then, Fedora might be a Pokemon, not sure.)
If you want a very stable server = debian
Hybrid server+gaming = openSUSE Tumbleweed
If you hardcore probably Arch :D
If your are in ultra instinc you make your own OS :D
Gaming on a beginner friendly OS? Pop OS Absolute Gaming®️ (but your OS is a lil’ quirky)? Bazzite, all the way!
