>just works

>desperately want to adopt Mint
>Nvidia issues
>10% less gaming performance
>no proper audio drivers
>not enough supported apps
>werks for browsing and some mild work but nothing else
>werks (till it doesn't)

>>105628468
>jewvidia
There's your problem.
In all seriousness, though, yeah it does have issues if you go to use anything a bit specialised. I ended up swapping to a 7800XT and took out my Creative Sound Blaster AE-5; ended up with a Fiio K3 for better sound since it has a mode that requires no drivers.
It took a bit of messing around with games, but overall I found improved performance. My Windows install was old (a 10 to 11 upgrade), so maybe that tied into it, but once you sort Proton out on Steam, things really do just werk. I even got a Valve Index running, though game stability and performance has been mixed.

Mint is really meant for tourists. It's for people doing very normie-tier stuff, with the UI just similar enough to keep them comfortable. I haven't got everything I want set up just yet, but I have most things, and reading about the shitshow going on with Windows recently has left my smug and comfy.
Use Mint to get your family off Windows, especially if their PC won't upgrade to 11. I did it for my dad; he's an apex boomer and even he figured it out.

>>105628073 (OP)
every time i hear this i think of him

>>105628073 (OP)
>just works

>>105628638
ironically Fallout 4-76 run like shit with proton
even with tweaks performance is not great

>>105628468
>>desperately want to adopt Mint
why

>>105629113
because its cute
also wanna ditch winblows

>>105628578
>Mint is really meant for tourists
How hard is it to move to another distro a year down the line?

>>105629431
It's incredibly easy and you can even keep Cinnamon if you really want, although you'll probably switch to KDE

>>105628073 (OP)
Thanks, but I'm sticking with Ubuntu.

>>105628073 (OP)
mint is good arch is better.

>>105628468
there is no less gaming performance, all distros are the same
it's based on ubuntu which has biggest software support
nvidia issues are across all distributions as well
you're just making shit up cause you never actually used it

>>105629431
you'll distrohop for 2-3 years and then come back to mint again or install windows, cause you'll realize all linux distros are poop and have issues, but mint has the least, that's actually why they call it beginner distro

>>105629572
>snaps
Get fucked Pajeet

>>105628468
>>no proper audio drivers
Fuck do you mean? Audio driver issues on Linux are almost unheard of, with the exception of certain expensive professional equipment.

>>105631250
this, mint's just comfortable. every week for the last year or so I consider just going back to it but at this point I'm not even sure I can go back to a regular bottom taskbar workflow anymore

>>105628468
werks on my machine

>>105628073 (OP)
Any reason to switch from Debian? Or its just a side grade with extras?

>>105628073 (OP)
>Install Mint on n100 PC
>Open browser
>Go to you tube dot com
>Open 1080p video
>Half of the frames are dropped, CPU utilization at 100%
It. Just. Works.

>>105631766
If you are currently running Debian and have no issue, there's zero reason to switch.
Mint is just Debian with shit bolted on top to avoid having to configure anything if you're a normie.
Also, it comes with Cinnamon. Which really offers nothing Xfce doesn't have, but looks a little bit better out of the box. You can obviously install that on Debian, too.

>>105631766
It's actually faster.

So if I install a couple programs without the software manager, how do I add them to the UI? (Cinnamon)

>install mint because heard good things
>boots to solid black
>zero response

Stay in your lane Linux.

>>105632857
8-10 hours of desperate debugging is the standard install experience for any distro

it is the same amount of effort for installing any software that is making network calls or disk I/O while on Windows I can just run an installer from a website and everything works perfectly

>>105634038
holy fucking skill issue

>>105632749
Like to the task bar? You just open the application and then right click it, and click pin to taskbar or whatever it says to pin.

>>105631502
what workflow are you used to?

>>105634094
Nah, like setting up the icons and stuff
Restarting the PC did the trick

I'm sorry but cinnamon looks like fisherprice windows.

>>105634127
Then just use XFCE dumbass

>>105634176
Nah, i'll just use kubuntu instead

>>105628073 (OP)
Fedora just works as well

>>105634127
windows also looks like fisher price windows thougheverbeit

I'm curious out of all the Linux distros would this be the one above all?

*mogs mint*

>>105634038
>8-10 hours of desperate debugging is the standard install experience for any distro
Who would go on the internet and lie like this?

>>105634247
the real answer is because it caught on due to the creator being "antisemitic".
it was spread around as the defacto linux on 4chan for that reason alone. now its become the automatic response whenever someone mentions linux around the board because of it.

>>105634492
>it caught on due to the creator being "antisemitic"
I will use your distro now.

>>105634492
So what would you say is the best?

Give me a Mint with native Kde support and I'll move to it. I'm tired of updating Opensuse once per year, so maybe I'll try Debian again.

>>105631766
I switched from Mint to Debian, and I prefer Debian. Debian with GNOME uses up a lot less RAM than Mint with Cinnamon for me. As the other anon pointed out, you can also install Cinnamon on Debian and get a similar feel, although bear in mind that Debian is using an older version of Cinnamon, so it'll probably be missing some newer features on Debian. Also bear in mind that if you're on a laptop, Cinnamon draws more power than either GNOME or Plasma.

>>105628073 (OP)
wrong pic

>>105636422
>Oct comes around
>stops working

>>105636438
To be fair he never said it would always works

>>105628073 (OP)
most distros do. Your point?

>>105628468
Works fine with the Quadro P1000 in the laptop I have mint installed on.

>>105628468
Works fine with my 3080, if you care so much about gaming use bazzite or something but I game just fine.
>supported apps
Ok you're simply retarded

>>105636438
I hate how people on the internet are forcing the meme that when microsoft drops the support for 10 their computers will stop working, I used 7 until 2019-2020 and I moved to 10 just because i wanted to have dark mode, because everything else worked just fine

I would still use it if there was HDR support

>>105628468
>Nvidia issues
There are Nvidia issues on Windows FFS. Shit company.

>10% less gaming performance
By what metric? The vast majority of tests show that Linux offers better performance than Win 10 and 11 for a wide variety of titles.

>no proper audio drivers
For what? 99.9% of hardware runs great.

>not enough supported apps
LMAO. KYS retard.

>>105631259
Works for me.

>>105628073 (OP)
Unironically testing an implementation in a small-business-office environment. I had to solve a couple problems, but everything works so far.

>>105628815
>reposted screenshot from the previous thread
Have a new one for this thread.
Mint's Bluetooth app bugs out so often that it's effortless to share another one.

>>105628073 (OP)
Ubuntu for sperglords

>>105636438
yeah cause we all know dropped support = not working. what is windows 7

>>105628468
>gaming on linux
lol
lmao

what kernel version is it on? i want to use it but last time i tried it would not allow me to use wired internet.

>>105634492
Nice.

>>105628468
skill issue

The default terminal is bad, what can I replace it with?
Preferably something that allows me to copy and paste with shortcuts

>>105640128

Install Bazzite instead

>>105640252
It's still pretty bad