Thread 106928031

>the main reason anybody on /g/ is using Linux right now.
Please thank Linux Mint for giving Linux any kind of userbase. Nobody is using anything else.

>>106928031 (OP)
I've been using Linux for a decade, but I've never installed or used Linux Mint. That said, thanks to Linux Mint for helping bring new users into the Linux ecosystem.

If they called it something edgy instead of Mint the adoption rate would 200-400%

>>106928031 (OP)
Mint failed completely when I tried it on my HTPC. 4k@60 Youtube playback on N100 was a no-go. Ubuntu just worked with very minor tweaking. they need to get their shit together.

>>106928031 (OP)
Most of us use something else, and so will you once you learn the basics of the operating system and realize that something else better suits your needs.
>>106928210
This is true.

>>106928219
ubuntu is bloat

Cinnamon is true kino. But why do they use years-old packages? Why is Wayland not supported? It's so close to being perfect

>>106928478
Just use PopOS when COSMIC goes stable

>>106928478
Ehh, Mints packages are pretty damn current for what mlst windows users are running when it comes to open source stuff becsuse windows doesn't have a based update manager, my last windows 7 installation from 2023 had an old rincewind VLC player from 2013 and I was getting by just fine.

>>106928478
Aren't they based on Debian now? That'd be why.

>>106928629
That's why linux mint is so fucking based, its basically Debian but with actual fucking support, its not quite Ubuntu bloatness, but at the same time not so minimal that its usable, someone coming from windows 10, and even windows 7 would think damn this is lightweight as hell and I can run 2023-2024 software, compared to windows 7 which hasn't seen support in years and isn't going to, at least mint will only be a year or two behind as time goes on, people on unsupported windows are stuck with whatever the last update they got.

>>106928629
Linux Mint has a version called LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition). It's their fall back if anything happens to Ubuntu and it suddenly just disappears overnight.

>>106928660
>That's why linux mint is so fucking based, its basically Debian
Mint is Ubuntu. You're thinking about LMDE, which is Mint based on Debian.

I wish LMDE had better support for novidya graphics cards
Very based project either way

>>106928706
>I wish LMDE had better support for novidya graphics cards
this is what PopOS is for

>>106928031 (OP)
I miss my Mint days, not gonna lie.
Life was simpler.

>>106928720
I used poop!os until it shitted itself trying to reinvent the GNOME
Mint(LMDE especially) seems much more sane after all things that happen around distros

>>106928725
you can still retvrn

>>106928736
>I used poop!os until it shitted itself trying to reinvent the GNOME
Wait until COSMIC goes stable and GNOME will slowly die.

>>106928192
I have been on linux exclusively for about 15 years now. I started with mint, I still use mint. There is no reason to switch. It just works.

Well, there are some appliances where I use debian, especially on servers, SoC devices or whenever a high level of customization is required right from the start.

The thing is: I do not *really* care for my OS. So as long as it gets out of the way while letting me do basic OS tasks like setting up custom services - than it is good enough. The OS is there to run user software, nothing more. Linux mint fits the bill. The Cinnamon DE has only ever been getting better and I never felt forced into something new that I did not want at any point. Now compare that to ubuntu, MS or apple...

>>106928906
Doesn't matter, the issue was that starting with 22.04 development of poop!os was affected by cosmic too much
Which for distro itself is red flag, you install distro and not just DE. System76 had wrong priorities simply put.

>>106928031 (OP)
I've got mint on my pc, a 15 year old laptop (it had 3 years uptime at one point) and a newer one I got about a year ago. Mint runs perfectly on all. Never experienced any system hangs, never had the de spazz out and do something retarded, never had blackscreens or any bugs. It just works. Anyone using anything else on their personal is either a shill of some kind, retarded or in rare cases they are a dev that needs a very specific up to date package(s). Mint is for white people who want a high quality, working system.

>>106928927
Again, wait until it goes stable.

>>106928702
Oh shit, I mean its basically Ubuntu without gnome3 and bullshit snaps, sorry

>>106928031 (OP)
>Nobody is using anything else.
I'm using Tumbleweed, though.

>>106929037
>I'm using Tumbleweed, though.
you're the only one on /g/ using it

>>106928031 (OP)
I have been using Linux for around 5 years. I started with PopOs, then hopped several times between Mint Ubuntu and back again. Then I stuck with Mint for a while. Months ago I switched to Debian and now I'm done hopping.

>>106928702
Now I'm all confused. I thought Mint dropped Ubuntu altogether or was going to. I don't keep up with this because I don't really care.
>>106928660
I use MX Linux for that.

>>106928725
ywnbaw. Just be yourself, a gay man

>>106929158
Good. I'm not gonna enjoy OOM crashes with it.

>>106929312
nobody cares

>>106928210
>Linux Edge

>>106928246
>something else better suits your needs
I've been using mint for 10 years and I haven't seen anything better every distro I've tried has just been a shittier version of mint

>>106928031 (OP)
I want to give Mint a try. I have an old 2017 Macbook I want to use.
How do I get it on there? I got the 22.2 Mint ISO. Can I use Rufus or does the Mac need something special to get it working?

Thanks

>>106930460
could just dick around in a VM if you wanted before committing, albeit your performance would be gimped

Install LMDE 7 gigi for less bloat

>>106928031 (OP)
I use NixOS you fag, and no it doesn't make me a fag or tranny if the discord faggots are trannies.

>>106928927
>replying to the ONE (1) COSMIC shill on /g/
ngmi

>>106930460
I got it loaded in this macbook, everythign is working except wifi.
it keeps saying i need to authenticate it. im entering the password correctly, but it wont connect. it wont say wrong password either, only keeps asking to authenticate.
wtf is this?

>>106928219
saar

ubuntu sucks choose any other distro and everything will be fine.

>>106928031 (OP)
Go check Steam stats.

>>106929238
Underrated

I just want something that works, fuck messing around with shit, got no time for that anymore.

I love Linux Mint! I have been using it for years and have learned a lot. Thank you, Linux Mint team!

>>106928031 (OP)
nah bro
cinnamon sucks if you want that type of experience just get ubuntu/kubuntu or better yet upgrade to fedora

>>106928031 (OP)
I've started with ubuntu 6 years ago, then quickly changed to mint.
Now I wanted to try something different and installed fedora.
My startup script doesn't work and gets deleted and I had to add my ssd manually to fstab.
But now I have wayland, which has no --geometry flag for scripts and I have to use qdbus shit. It's basically the same, but some things don't work.
Stick to mint.

Mint-chan just wants you to have a fun and easy user experience!

>>106928031 (OP)
My main desktop is CachyOS for gaming, but my laptop and server run Mint. I also put Mint on my parents machines.

Noob here.
I'm on LMDE 6 and 7 came out recently.
Is it possible to upgrade? I mean: update to version 7 without wiping everything and starting from scratch.

>>106928031 (OP)
Yup. 's good.