Is it true that it just works?

>>105910216 (OP)
I’ve had a few crashes but also it was my first distro so I keep flipping between cinnamon and xfce and also coming back to it after distro hopping so I guess it is alright.

>>105910216 (OP)
When I installed NVIDIA card drivers and get a black screen everytime I log back in from a lock screen, having to hit CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to log back in. No, it doesn't just work.

>>105910216 (OP)
Mostly, but Nvidia and wifi drivers are still an issue depending on your hardware even to this day. I always keep a usb wifi adapter handy just in case.

>>105910216 (OP)
Yeah as long as you're on AMD. My intel/nvidia laptop (it was a recycle job) had a few issues which I worked out pretty quick. So it ALMOST just works, maybe it will just work once nvidia drivers stop being a pain (soon tm).

>>105910272
>>105910309
>>105910322
Darn, I have a Nvidia GPU. How big of an issue will that be?

>>105910333
It depends, newer gpus are less of a problem them older ones. What gpu, anon?

>>105910333
It's not a huge deal. Basically install the driver through the driver manager and then use the tray program to select "performance mode" (this just disables the APU) and that fixed all my issues thus far.

>>105910349
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Ventus XS 6G OC .

>>105910368
You're probably fine or you're probably fucked.

>>105910429
Good to know. If worse comes to worst I'll just pirate Windows 11. I'd rather not, but I need a pc that works.

>>105910450
>If worse comes to worst I'll just pirate Windows 11
I mean if that's the option then ok. But linux will be better. I rarely come across issues other than wifi ones. I rarely come across gpu issues in 2025.

>>105910499
I don't use wifi anymore thank God. Wired is 100x better.

>>105910216 (OP)
The bluetooth application very frequently doesn't work.

>>105911776
I don't use Bluetooth. At least on my computer.

>>105910216 (OP)
Just werks

>>105911776
Why do you spam this same screenshot in every mint thread, ironically proving that you keep on using mint
Literally works for everyone else

>>105910216 (OP)
Ubuntu is the true "it just works" - if you have an AMD gpu, because Ubuntu works with AMD.

>>105911991
I only have the Nvidia card. I'd like to upgrade to an AMD card but that's not in the cards for me atm.

I actually do have a AMD card, a rx 580 4gb, but it kinda sucks and I want an upgrade.

>>105911991
All the "just works" features that there are in ubuntu, are there in mint, including AMD compatibility

>>105911776
>Blueman

>>105910216 (OP)
It shat itself on one attempt to play a game while having 2 monitors.
This also happened on Arch with Wayland, so it's prolly not Mint unique problem.
I'm on AMD.

>>105911980
Because they're paid to shit up 4chan with useless, inane, and inflammatory posts until everyone leaves and becomes dependent on (((their))) well surveilled websites instead.

/it just w[oe]rks\??$/i;op:only

>>105911991
I've had two Ubuntu installs brick themselves on upgrade. Mint has never done this. So in my experience, Ubuntu is the worse option.

>>105910216 (OP)
Yes but i wish a gnome equivalent existed

>>105912224
Isn't Ubuntu the Gnome equivalent?

>>105912254
It is but it sucks because it has telemetry and it's corpo-backed

>>105912264
If you want something Debian-based with GNOME, why not just Debian?

>>105911889
Same here, I don't use it either. This message appears when I click to turn Bluetooth OFF.
>>105911980
I only respond to the thread topic, and never post the same screenshot twice. Why does Mint spam this message if it supposedly just works?

>>105912327
No fwbackups available. I use fedora instead

>>105912337
>and never post the same screenshot twice
you keep on posting the same exact thing over and over with the only difference being it's on top of the thread you're replying to
>Why does Mint spam this message if it supposedly just works?
Sometimes certain hardware just does not play nice with a distro
I've had hardware-specific issues on other distros too
But did I bitch about it in every thread of that distro? No, I just switched to another distro if I couldn't fix it, because it evidently is fine for most people

>>105912264
>and it's corpo-backed
anon...

>>105910216 (OP)
I have no time for distro hopping but when i see it high on distro ranking charts it makes me happy that i am not missing out just cos i am retarded. Its far more satisfying and stable then windows for sure

I know this is autistic as fuck but I wish the distro and its main DE had better, matching names.
Who the FUCK mixes Mint and Cinnamon?
The DE should be called Chocolate.
Choco-Mint is a great combination. Cinnamon/Mint is not.

>>105910216 (OP)
I WILL LITERALLY DEFILE MYSELF FOR ANYONE ABLE TO MAKE WINEASIO FUCKING WORK ON MY LINUX MINT
1 MONTH OF ATTEMPTS
0 RESULTS
I WANT TO FUCKING RUN GUITAR DSP .EXEs THROUGH BOTTLES+WINEASIO
I WILL LITERALLY DEFILE MYSELF FOR ANYONE ABLE TO HELP ME

>>105910365
Did it fix issues on waikup from suspend mode?

>>105912375
>hardware-specific
It appears to be a software issue with opening the application from the panel, but either you or someone else from the community might have a better understanding. At least that is potential for discussion. I'm just glad to be able to share, much like anons who post the KDE panel app issues.

>>105912746
You're German, aren't you

>>105910368
You'll have zero issues with that gpu on mint

Linux Mint comes in three DE flavors, two of which are known to be conservative by design, so their supposed outdatedness can be justified as a feature.. Cinnamon serves as the flagship desktop, and is thus burdened with certain expectations of modernity. Due to its superficial similarities with Windows and ease of use, this is what a significant portion of new Linux are exposed to, adding a lot of pressure to provide a good first impression.

I've begun to question if Cinnamon is truly up to the task of being a desktop worthy of recommendation among the general populace. Technology is moving fast, and other major desktop environments have been innovating a lot since the birth of Cinnamon. One big elephant in the room is Wayland support, which is still in an experimental state. The recent developments in the Linux scene to drop X11 support have put this issue in the spotlight. If there isn't solid Wayland support soon, Cinnamon users will be left in the dirt when apps outright stop working on X11 platforms. Now, there's reason to believe that it's just a matter of time for this one issue to be addressed, but that still leaves a lot of other things on the table. GNOME's latest release has introduced HDR support, which is yet another feature needed for parity with other major platforms. How long will Cinnamon users have to wait for that to become accessible?

Even if patience is key to such concerns, there's still a more fundamental question about the desktop's future. Cinnamon inherits most of its components from GNOME, but many of these came all the way back from 2011 when GNOME 3 launched. To this day, there are still many quirks that are remnants of this timeline. For instance, Cinnamon is still limited to having only four concurrent keyboard layouts. This is an artifact of the old X11-centric backend that GNOME ditched as early as 2012. This exemplifies the drift that naturally occurs with forked software, and it's only going to get worse at the current velocity.

>>105912591
Does closing the laptop lid suspend it? I've done that a few times with no issues.

>>105913294
@grok is this true?

>>105910309
>wifi drivers are still an issue depending on your hardware
Funny you say that because decade ago I dual-booted a laptop between XP and Mint with exactly the same wifi driver (inside ndiswrapper on Mint) and the laptop consistently dropped wifi under XP but never did in Mint.

>>105912574
bottles didnt work for me. I use wine as is or with lutris

not wirh ARC GPUs it fuckin doesnt work.
why im on wangblows again.

>>105910216 (OP)
If you run stock and all your drivers work as intended, yeah it's 99% there.
Stock is ass though. Fuck mint.

>>105914083
what do you even do if its 99% already working,ricing?

>>105910216 (OP)
It's ugly as shit, and for most fancy features it won't work, my 4K TV is stuck at 30hz using a HDMI cable. Works alright if you just need a .txt editor, a .jpg image viewer, and a .mp3 or .mp4 media player, and a firefox web browser and an okay task manager and file explorer with basic functionality working for the most part as expected and not breaking every week like on every single distro that's not Debian/(K)Ubuntu/Mint. Pretty shit for TV screens, multi-monitor setups, gaming, or anything that strays from the vanilla pre-installed applications.

>>105910216 (OP)
no it's garbage and only lowly cotton niggers use it over windows.

>>105914083
>Stock is ass though. Fuck mint.

How so? Is it just ugly?

not if you're pic related

>>105910216 (OP)
It's not. It'll crash your PC more often than Win11.

>>105917042
I don't think I've ever had windows 10 crash. I only have the vaguest memories of the blue screen of death from when we had Windows 98.

>>105916783
I swear that guy makes rage bait videos

>>105917239
I had Win10 crash and BSOD multiple times with my two previous laptops, then I switched to Linux that slightly improved their performance, but not so much because they were shitty beyond redemption. Nowadays I use an Ideapad with W11 but I had 3 *krashes* already.
>Windows Update restoring rounded window corners after reset
>Wi-Fi wavering after WUR
>Locked in logon screen w/o keyboard or touchpad working
Now I'm thinking of switching to Linux again.

>>105911776

>>105917376
What usually causes crashes on Linux?

>>105917597
Depends on distro, and) even so, most *krashes* are just KDE distros' animation errors (that I have on W11 as well i.e. when I press PgUp and PgDown on webpages)

>>105917597
Most crashes on either OS are driver issues. The only machine I have stability issues on is my Windows 11 box because I was retarded enough to pay actual money for an Intel GPU.

What's the difference between MATE and Cinnamon? MATE looks a bit better to me but Cinnamon seems to be the most common recommendation.

>>105914369
Good morning saar

>>105910216 (OP)
It does, but I prefer xubuntu

>>105917877
Why?

>no swipe right with two fingers gesture for "back" in browser
LMAOOOOOO

>>105918437
Just... click on the back button?

>>105918470
>just make compromises bro, it just werks i swear

>>105918485
OK zoomie

>>105910216 (OP)
Yes but Cinnamon is basically a fork of Gnome 3 made sane so it's a little ebussilicious

>>105918510
How so? What does that mean?

>>105911776
...I was going to say yeah it just works.
But this just reminded me that it took me like 5 minutes to get my earphones to pair a couple hours ago kek
The stock bluetooth on mint is dogshit

>>105918437
Maybe it's your touchpad, I remember manually disabling it because I frequently mistakenly went back when trying to scroll horizontally

>>105912574
Linux always ends up like this, when you want to do something more than jerking off to porn in web browser or to your desktop

>>105910216 (OP)
just werks on my machine

>>105911776
>>105912337
I love how mad your comments made the paid shills. You proved Mint does not "just work".

>>105921184
>muh paid shills
>for literally free software
Retard.

>>105910216 (OP)
Works for me.
I have Win 10 on another SSD that I can boot if I want to play my eroge games.

>>105913521
it is not ai generated. it sounds like a human thought + sentence formats

>>105910368
I have that GPU but with XFCE gsync will lower the refresh rate to 60hz ~ while in desktop mode, kind of annoying that the mouse isn't smooth.
But you could probably argue that this is to save power, but I just want the monitor to refresh as fast as it can while moving the mouse.
Maybe not using xfce fixes it however, but I really like celluloid and the other apps (celluloid is a really basic MPV wrapper, you could easily modify the MPV ui and get 90% of the same feel, this is what I do on windows).
I used linux for a few years but I use windows because of small nitpicks like firefox glitching out (maybe an xfce issue), random programs, and I used to think that programming in C++ in linux was easier than windows, but it really isn't (better than windows 7 I admit).

>>105912574
At this point you will be forced to customize your own prefix manually and step by step. I'm gonna bald from just thinking about it.

>>105910322
None of the new AMD gpus actually work.

>>105923240
my 6650XT works fine, how new are we talking?

>>105923294
Like earlier this year new nigga. 9000 series.

>>105923294
are you fucking retarded or just pretending to be one

Ive used mint on and off since mint 11and have never had any problems. Have arch on the desktop and put mint on a laptop a year ago and no probs. always used intl integrated graphics tho. had a wifi problem once but that was my fault roter-wise. set stati ip that was in the dynamic range.

>>105910216 (OP)
yes, but it is inferior to fedora kde. linux mint would actually be the best distro if it had the KDE desktop as an option

>>105923321
5 years isn't that old I dont updoot every five minutes

>>105923541
How is Fedora KDE better than Mint?
Not doubting your claim, just curious. Never used it.

>>105923645
so you're a retard. 6650 xt is literally e-waste made to scam poorfags lmao

>>105924072
Not that guy but what would you need more than that card? What for?

>>105910216 (OP)
Works flawlessly on my computer. but i use KDE instead of cinammon and i use a 11th gen incel stinkpad

>>105910216 (OP)
I installed it for my cousin and it was really, really easy. I didn’t play with it a ton but it was fairly intuitive coming off of Windows 7 / 10.

>>105910309
Forgot about this actually; I had a WiFi dongle that wouldn’t work with it. I ended up finding a driver some guy published years ago by searching for the product number on Google.

>>105918295
I got used to it, and I have the keyboard shortcuts in my muscle memory by now

Also it has Chicago95 and other fun retro themes.

Liked Mint Cinnamon a lot.. it was quite painless to make the transition from W7 to Mint. Mint Cinnamon just has that W7 feel to it even though they are obviously very different. Now that i have new hardware i went with Fedora KDE to get newer packages, multimonitor VRR, HDR, and i am happy with it too.
I would recommend Mint if you are using older hardware and have no need for new features. It was rock solid for me.

>>105925520
What features did you want/need?

>>105923240
My 9070 XT werks fine thoughbeit

>>105925520
>It was rock solid for me
i've been managing a proxmox cluster for a couple years now, mint's legit server os tier. this nigga simply does not stop
i actually have to babysit rhel and a couple oracle linux vms, this shit drives me up the fucking wall

>>105910216 (OP)
yes just very bloated

how the fuck do you get rid of the Geoclue spyware that's embedded in this pos operating system

please stop recommending mint to newcomers, debian/ubuntu based distros are terrible for newcomers because newcomers just want to play video games and use discord and not fuck around with ppas, a terminal, and messing with graphic drivers

just install an arch derivative with a GUI installer like cachy or whatever the fuck is popular now, theyre designed for gaming so your hardware will just werk and you get up to date packages through arch repo and AUR, none of that "oh no my screen went black on nvidia because i forgot to set a kernel parameter!"

>>105932512
OK but why?
Literally what would be the purpose of that?

>>105932649
to make use of computer hardware you happen to have at your disposal, generally speaking

OP here I have it on my new pc but I wont be able to get around to actually using and testing it until tomorrow. If this thread is still up by then I will report back. The install process seemed to just work.