Story I switched recently to mint and already enjoying it

[never can ascend]

I chose mint bc I previously struggled with Ubuntu and its clusterfuck GUI and that windows is way too easy to use 99% of the time, so ig I'm mega noob, but not superduper ultra megadeloox noobest noob of noobity

Ran few commands from my head without looking for help anywhere except within the terminal itself

Messed around a bit with the distro and shit

Also my dad told me that once I'll be pro I won't even care what distro I'm using bc I'll only use cli and terminal, except for maybe some really tiny differences between distros on terminal/cli

Anyways what about y'all?

 

[SewerGoat]

I got Mint too. I never looked back. I regret i didn't switch earlier

 

[No Exit]

I went straight with Arch and I mostly use it and Nix. I want to get into tinkering sooner or later.

 

[zd60]

I've landed on gentoo

 

[never can ascend]

I went straight with Arch and I mostly use it and Nix. I want to get into tinkering sooner or later.

Good for you, I'm too noob for that

 

[never can ascend]

I've landed on gentoo

Would switch alone just for being named after this penguin species I never even heard of. And maybe the whole compiling yourself thing for everything, but idk I'm too stupid for this

 

[ANTAGONIST]

I liked the default graphics of Zorin os. I used to have it on computers. Currently don't have any personal computers.

 

[No Exit]

Good for you, I'm too noob for that

Arch and Nix are actually pretty easy. Nix has a graphical installer and most of the time you just edit packages in a configuration to install and it's portable too. Arch has archinstall which might help you through it, but it's buggy. You might like the alternative repositories Arch has.

Would switch alone just for being named after this penguin species I never even heard of. And maybe the whole compiling yourself thing for everything, but idk I'm too stupid for this

From my experience Gentoo was the hardest and I've still not figured it out. I've used Slackware and I had a better experience running it than my experience running Gentoo.

 

[never can ascend]

I liked the default graphics of Zorin os. I used to have it on computers. Currently don't have any personal computers.

Isn't it that distro that copies crapdows almost 1 to 1?

 

[DoomThreeKoala]

Lifefuel.

 

[zd60]

Would switch alone just for being named after this penguin species I never even heard of. And maybe the whole compiling yourself thing for everything, but idk I'm too stupid for this

its much easier than it looks but the compiling can be a drag if your on a slow system though they've added binaries to the repos now that anyone can just install and run it like any typical linux distro

 

[The Death Devil]

Mint was and probably will be the only distro that I'll choose. I mean, there's always a possibility that I switch a few years into the future, but Mint has been good enough for me ever since I decided to switch to Linux. I'm not sure what causes people to switch their distros all the time desu...

 

[ANTAGONIST]

Isn't it that distro that copies crapdows almost 1 to 1?

Not exactly. The default skin is kind of similar but the applications look more like the ones in ubuntu.

 

[never can ascend]

Arch and Nix are actually pretty easy. Nix has a graphical installer and most of the time you just edit packages in a configuration to install and it's portable too. Arch has archinstall which might help you through it, but it's buggy. You might like the alternative repositories Arch has.

From my experience Gentoo was the hardest and I've still not figured it out. I've used Slackware and it too had a better experience than Gentoo.

Well if I figured mint I'll figure out arch

Also why my dad is such elitistic asshole about Linux, like why he thinks everyone wants to use 0 GUI (I don't mean combination of CLI and GUI, I mean straight up only CLI) and give 0 shits about their distro? I like that ubuntu is for noobs, mint is for super noobs, arch and gentoo for pros, Linux from scratch is for masochists, kali is for security shit, antix is for shitty and almost ancient PCs, Nobara is for gaming and that's just the well known ones and not even all of them?

Also I feel bad for him that he gets paid at work for using MacOS. Fuck SAP those germutt bastards

 

[never can ascend]

Not exactly. The default skin is kind of similar but the applications look more like the ones in ubuntu.

Nvm then

 

[never can ascend]

I think I'm confusing it with ReactOS

 

[never can ascend]

Mint was and probably will be the only distro that I'll choose. I mean, there's always a possibility that I switch a few years into the future, but Mint has been good enough for me ever since I decided to switch to Linux. I'm not sure what causes people to switch their distros all the time desu...

Absolutely agree with you

 

[Misogynist Vegeta]

How do convert all the files you have on windows to linux?

 

[never can ascend]

its much easier than it looks but the compiling can be a drag if your on a slow system though they've added binaries to the repos now that anyone can just install and run it like any typical linux distro

I have a desktop with 4060, 14th gen i5 desktop version (don't recall exact model), 1tb nvme ssd, 16gb ram (don't recall which ddr speed) so probably shouldn't be problem

 

[never can ascend]

How do convert all the files you have on windows to linux?

The answer is simple. I don't have anything important so idgaf plus I'm on VM

 

[never can ascend]

Lifefuel.

Nah I'm using mint that's preety normie, if I used 100% CLI like my dad I would probably kill myself

 

[never can ascend]

Don't know how he hasn't killed himself yet apart from him being the reason why we're upper middle class

 

[No Exit]

Well if I figured mint I'll figure out arch

Also why my dad is such elitistic asshole about Linux, like why he thinks everyone wants to use 0 GUI (I don't mean combination of CLI and GUI, I mean straight up only CLI) and give 0 shits about their distro? I like that ubuntu is for noobs, mint is for super noobs, arch and gentoo for pros, Linux from scratch is for masochists, kali is for security shit, antix is for shitty and almost ancient PCs, Nobara is for gaming and that's just the well known ones and not even all of them?

Also I feel bad for him that he gets paid at work for using MacOS. Fuck SAP those germutt bastards

The popular conception misleads a lot of people, but you'll get to a point where you'll excel with it. Using i3wm as your window manager would probably make your machine something no one would be able to break into.

How do convert all the files you have on windows to linux?

Wine works with everything most of the time. X11 and Wayland is sometimes a problem I've faced on Bottles.

 

[Chud Norris72]

I liked the default graphics of Zorin os. I used to have it on computers. Currently don't have any personal computers.

Brutal nopcpill

 

[Misogynist Vegeta]

The popular conception misleads a lot of people, but you'll get to a point where you'll excel with it. Using i3wm as your window manager would probably make your machine something no one would be able to break into.

Wine works with everything most of the time. X11 and Wayland is sometimes a problem I've faced on Bottles.

I've heard wine can be buggy sometimes. Don't want to upgrade to windows 11 (it's even more bloated then 10) and still unsure about linux.

 

[No Exit]

I've heard wine can be buggy sometimes. Don't want to upgrade to windows 11 (it's even more bloated then 10) and still unsure about linux.

Linux is generally worth it if someone tends to browse the internet, watch shows or do spreadsheets or read documents most of the time. Krita and Inkscape help with image editing, but the worst part has always been video editors since there aren't really any good ones. Game support is pretty good right now too.

 

[zd60]

I have a desktop with 4060, 14th gen i5 desktop version (don't recall exact model), 1tb nvme ssd, 16gb ram (don't recall which ddr speed) so probably shouldn't be problem

you'd be okay then, it still might take a little long on the bigger packages they can be quite large some dependencies, will pretty much all rely on your CPU, Ram and ssd speed

 

[GeckoBus]

I chose mint bc I previously struggled with Ubuntu and its clusterfuck GUI and that windows is way too easy to use 99% of the time, so ig I'm mega noob, but not superduper ultra megadeloox noobest noob of noobity

Ran few commands from my head without looking for help anywhere except within the terminal itself

Messed around a bit with the distro and shit

Also my dad told me that once I'll be pro I won't even care what distro I'm using bc I'll only use cli and terminal, except for maybe some really tiny differences between distros on terminal/cli

Anyways what about y'all?

i started with puppy linux when my laptop with windows 11 died within a week of using it. I then used puppy linux to install manjaro on it. Manjaro broke, since Ive been using ubuntu but if I could I would get debian, ubuntu is going to shit, people are leaving. I am also omega noob but thx to chatgpt and grok its easy to navigate. I dont play games anyway, so switching from windows to this was zero effort. And in future it will be possible to just run games across all systems with high level emulation CPU level emulation, they are working on that for steam, so we will be able to play games on android, mac, windows and any linux distro without boundaries yay.

 

[Misogynist Vegeta]

Linux is generally worth it if someone tends to browse the internet, watch shows or do spreadsheets or read documents most of the time. Krita and Inkscape help with image editing, but the worst part has always been video editors since there aren't really any good ones. Game support is pretty good right now too.

No Sony Vegas 13 equivalent?

 

[GeckoBus]

Linux is generally worth it if someone tends to browse the internet, watch shows or do spreadsheets or read documents most of the time. Krita and Inkscape help with image editing, but the worst part has always been video editors since there aren't really any good ones. Game support is pretty good right now too.

it can basically do everything except for video editing yeah. Game support is steadily increasing until we will have full coverage in next decades. I am struggling to think of shit that other OS are better at, outside of video editing. Cant think of much.

 

[GeckoBus]

No Sony Vegas 13 equivalent?

no unfortunately not. There are a few work in progress video editors for linux but they are very unstable and absolute nightmare to use. Anything else tho is good.

 

[No Exit]

No Sony Vegas 13 equivalent?

No, I think the closest would be kdenlive or maybe even Shotcut. Da Vinci Resolve exists but I've never spent much time with it.

it can basically do everything except for video editing yeah. Game support is steadily increasing until we will have full coverage in next decades. I am struggling to think of shit that other OS are better at, outside of video editing. Cant think of much.

I think some locked appliances like printing could be included but CUPS has quite a lot of support with Turboprint.

 

[GeckoBus]

No, I think the closest would be kdenlive or maybe even Shotcut. Da Vinci Resolve exists but I've never spent much time with it.

I think some locked appliances like printing could be included but CUPS has quite a lot of support with Turboprint.

ive heard only good things about printers and the like just working out of the box, but I am still scared you know. I want to buy an epson scanner (Canon Lide 400 Scanner) but I am not sure if it will be compatible. It probably will but still.

 

[No Exit]

ive heard only good things about printers and the like just working out of the box, but I am still scared you know. I want to buy an epson scanner (Canon Lide 400 Scanner) but I am not sure if it will be compatible. It probably will but still.

There's this package I found for the scanner for the drivers on Linux but I've never dealt with scanners. My Canon and Brother printers work but my Canon model took a bit of time to figure the drivers out.

 

[GeckoBus]

There's this package I found for the scanner for the drivers on Linux but I've never dealt with scanners. My Canon and Brother printers work but my Canon model took a bit of time to figure the drivers out.

oh shit theres actual drivers holy hell Thx for linking!

 

[poorenglishcel]

Life's already hard enough. I just use windows.

 

[never can ascend]

The popular conception misleads a lot of people, but you'll get to a point where you'll excel with it. Using i3wm as your window manager would probably make your machine something no one would be able to break into.

Wine works with everything most of the time. X11 and Wayland is sometimes a problem I've faced on Bottles.

Haven't tried wine yet, but heard of it. It's windows running on Linux via emulator, right?

 

[never can ascend]

Life's already hard enough. I just use windows.

I can understand if you fail to use ubuntu, but if you fail mint, well, it's ovER for you

 

[Robocell]

I like fedora the most, maybe because kde plasma has a cool ui idk

 

[No Exit]

Haven't tried wine yet, but heard of it. It's windows running on Linux via emulator, right?

Well the name expanded is "Wine is not an emulator", it's a compatibility layer that translates API calls to my knowledge. You can use bottles for an easy application to get apps working, Lutris and Steam's Proton should work well. Bottles should have dependencies you can install relatively quickly and settings that you can modify in a few seconds.

 

[never can ascend]

I like fedora the most, maybe because kde plasma has a cool ui idk

No way it's good as mint

 

[Robocell]

No way it's good as mint

Mint is good for beginners, but I don't like the DE it uses that much.

 

[never can ascend]

Mint is good for beginners, but I don't like the DE it uses that much.

What is DE?

 

[Robocell]

What is DE?

Desktop environment, fedora mainly uses gnome or kde plasma, while mint's main DE is cinammon.

 

[never can ascend]

Desktop environment, fedora mainly uses gnome or kde plasma, while mint's main DE is cinammon.

I'll probably care in the future, but for now it's good enough for me