5 Things LINUX MINT Objectively Does Better Than WINDOWS 11
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2024
- There are a number of things that Linux Mint (Cinnamon) objectively does better than Windows 11, and in this video I’m going to show you what those things are.
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 What is Linux Mint
1:34 Start Menu/Menu
4:13 Taskbar/Panel
7:04 Telemetry
8:28 Bloatware
9:40 Batch Renaming - Наука та технологія
Linux Mint is made with the intention of being used by Windows users. Besides that, lots of us who are already experienced with Linux still use Mint because it's the most "Just works" linux distro we have. Some things are a little behind though, just recently got touch gesture support. On the other hand it's got completely customizable gestures, like sliding three fingers left or right to change the volume.
Still not one to one gestures like gnome though because X11.
@@thelakeman2538 great Sakomoto profile picture!
yeah definitely, it's not always about fancy window managers and icandy stuff as for me I just like stuff to just work...customization comes later. But the fact it's not that up to date with latest developments like Wayland support made me daily drive manjaro instead.
@@ahmadshami5847why not just travel upstream and use Arch? I used Manjaro back in 2015 and it was always breaking, maybe it's better today?
is it that good? My experience with mint was horrible. audio issues, games not launching, outdated software, lts distros are really bad desktop use.
One of the biggest positive things with Linux. Is that you update the software whenever you want. You restart the computer whenever you like. No Corporation tells you what to do with your software...
The “update whenever you want” is a double edged sword, because you can easily run into cases where someone will never update their machine, even for critical system updates, but still surf on the Web extensively.
I have both a Windows machine and a Linux machine and in both cases, I’m good with updates. For the former, that’s because I shut down my PC after I’m done using it for the day and for the latter, that’s because I use it at least once a week and run the update command.
So does windows. I click update and restart when I want to.
@@ProAvgeek6328 No you don't unless you have the pro version. It will install and restart your computer if you wait too long. 14 days i think it is...
@@ProAvgeek6328 You are quite fortunate if you've never had Windows forcibly close something which couldn't be saved to disk, or found your work delayed by a virtual boot-loop of various system updates.
@@crnkmnky I guess I am fortunate
The thing about Linux is that there is most likely a distro that fits your needs. It doesn't have to be Mint. And that is it's strength.
it's easier if you understand a distro as being a curated collection of tools for your system. you can either choose to build all pieces separately, or get a collection that someone else built to share
don't recommend a distro per se, I recommend a desktop which is what the user is going to interact with. It hardly matters what's under the hood, what matters is how they interact with the system. I would recommend the cinnamon desktop as it's extremely straightforward and highly configurable.
Well said
👍
Navigating through the plethora of distros is a real problem to be solved. My friend wanted to switch to Linux but seeing so many options he got confused and just ignored my request. I had trouble finding the right distros, but once you find it, it's very cool.
Thats what you think until you realize that one distro actually had amazing drivers already packaged that made everything run perfectly, and that distro is Mint@@mikefromwa
One more feature which is very little but useful is that I can change the color of only one folder, It might sound like not a big deal but I use it to organize my files. like all the folders are default yellow, Client works are in green, blue and purple. it makes it a lot easier to spot the correct folder among 60 to 70 folders of different types. and it is so simple just right click on folder and assignee the color of your choice. and last one you can change the kernal right within the update manager, Really without a single command.
No. Color coding is a great thing. But the fact is file management is just much better with Linux than on Windows. Explorer is a joke (and they just came up with tabs 20 years later). lol
@@lindenreaper8683yes! I had to get my hands on a win11 machine recently and was so shocked to see tabs! I thought they’d never make it 😂
kernel*
You shouldn't be doing file management through the GUI anyway. Ranger, Vifm, and Midnight Commander are all faster and better than the GUI file managers.
@@encycl07pedia- Completely impractical for most people and rather pretentious. The average user does not want to use the command line to browse files, nor do they have the time to learn how to do so.
@@ikzoid I used to think so, too. The thing is you treat commands like some arcane language and sorcery when it's literally just some keywords. The Microsoft Outlook menu system/ribbon is far more complicated and difficult than ANY CLI/TUI program I've used, and I've used edbrowse.
*It doesn't take a genius or an online course to figure out arrow keys move the cursor and Enter opens files/folders.* This can be used on any file manager, GUI or TUI. Nobody's telling them to completely learn vim or emacs. It's actually more impractical and tedious to click, drag, move your cursor, etc. than use a keyboard-based file manager (most of which are TUI).
Some people don't want to learn. That's fine. It just means they're going to be wasting their own time much, much more than they would if they bothered to spend a couple minutes learning a few keys/commands. It's actually really insulting that you think most people are incapable of that.
As a windows and Mac user, who never touched Linux, I tried mint for the first time a week ago. There was no learning curve it literally just worked perfectly from the start
I switched from Windows to Linux Mint about 4 years ago or so, and never looked back. I love Linux Mint. It's rock solid, stable, pleasant, and it's especially welcoming for people moving from Windows to linux.
Great, and what are you doing on it, productivity wise?
How do you do your productivity work? Like for me, I use powerpoint to make beautiful slides, but it doesn't work in Linux.
PPT and beautiful never come together.
@@khlua4590must not be using PowerPoint the right way lol this isn’t 2012 anymore
@@khlua4590 instead of disagreeing with everything, you could help the user rather. This is why Linux doesn't spread any faster.
One nice thing about Linux Mint is that despite being considered a "beginner" distro, you can choose how deeply you want to delve into Linux. You can use the desktop version exactly as you do Windows; or you can go a little deeper (as I eventually did), install a window manager, and control a lot of your system via terminal commands. Like it says on one of the screenshots that CHM Tech shows in the video: your computer, your choices.
Tbh that's mostly the power of Linux in general, which roots in the community's lack of "urgency" to "move on" from command line interface like Windows had been trying to do for the past three decades. Layers of abstractions needed to be built on Windows that on Linux simply handed in a black command line platter.
Meanwhile at Microsoft: You will own nothing and be happy.
Bullshit. If all you want to do is browse the web, then maybe you can do some of that without linux stepping on it's own dick. Do you use a security key as 2FA for your password manager, bank, email, etc? Good luck getting that to work - hell, good luck getting linux even to recognize it. Maybe if you have yubikey you'll get lucky, but for everyone else - Mint doesn't even implement U2F. Sure you can add a file to rules.d, but if you're not heavy linux, you're never going to get it working. For a fucking security key!
Hell, try to get your laptop rgb working so you can stop with the default rainbow - yeah, if openrgb does get you done, good luck. How about steam? Yeah, no. It can't even scale - well, in truth, neither can the fucking operating system. Everything is big and small and all over the fucking place. Linux is nowhere near being functional as even a chromebook, let alone general windows degrees of function.
@@pinstripecool34 Does nothing to change the fact that linux is still a Rattletrap shitshow and is not, in any way, ready to absorb the literal millions of people willing to leave Microsoft for their surveillance, telemetry, and privacy policy practices.
i once had a audio stuttering problem with my hardware both on windows7_64bit and on linuxmint... when on linux mint, a friend helped me use the terminal to manually adjust the audio buffer to be 4 times the default size and i never ever had audio stuttering again- in windows? *mad sarcastic laugh* you want to change what?!
It is noteworthy that Linux Mint is available in three flavors: Cinnamon, Mate, and XFCE. They differ in capabilities. The one you picked is Cinnamon, which rocks when it comes to flexibility. For some reason, Linux Mint dropped the official KDE version. This made me settle on MX Linux. Certainly, Mint is still my recommendation to Windows users.
For me, it was KDE Neon.
Plus, MATE and Xfce versions have Compiz Fusion built right in, which was all the rage on Linux desktops in the 2000s.
As a Linux ubuntu base that is Mint you can install KDE really easy. I did it and it is pretty. That is the thing with Linux, as the video says customization, and it does not stop just in the desk he commented. You can install tiling window managers desk env within Mint without problem like xmonad plus some customizable bar like mobar. There are plenty of options. But I stay with cinnamon it is convenient for me.
@@lindenreaper8683yes kde neon is alps great
@@Dpk_YT I should know. :)
long time linux user here. But this video was great and very well made. Most linux channels ignores these kind of features provided by distro devs. Please continue doing this for other distros like fedora,manjaro etc.
Manjaro is not very good
While I use Arch (btw) on my home PC, Mint is my go-to distro when I need something that's quick to set up, easy to use and just works. Had it installed in my work laptop, which was an older model that had been "upgraded" to Windows 11, and the difference in stability and performance is night and day.
I hate debians, so hard literally. Arch is easiest distro after setup... Therefore i use option to transfer my life environment through usb and install on other devices fast. Pacman ftw!
There's even EndeavourOS which is arch based and just as easy to set-up
@darukutsu Most of the time, setting up isn't even the issue. People have different use cases so you don't have to hate anything. It's not surprising many prefer stability and resources to new packages. Most PC users are ordinary users who only need a machine that works just fine, so the advantages of Arch-based distros could be barely noticeable to them. There's a reason that most supercomputers and servers, and even NASA run Debian-based distros
Linux Mint was my first experience with Linux. I had an old laptop running Windows 8.1 that was unusably slow. I dual booted Linux Mint and it was still unbearably slow, but noticeably much less so. After Windows 10 started becoming unstable and slow on my desktop, I decided to switch to Mint on there as well, and aside from a couple games I couldn't get to run, I haven't felt the need to switch back to Windows in months. Linux Mint is now my daily driver and it impresses me how much better Blender performs under Linux vs Windows.
GIMP also runs much faster under linux.
I switched from Pop!_OS to Mint Cinnamon almost 2 years ago and never looked back. Linux Mint is one of the very few Linux distros I would call a fully featured mature OS. You install and use it. It doesn't get in your way, doesn't expect you to use the Terminal for trivial tasks, doesn't try to sell you anything.
I Tried Linux Mint I didn't understood it
then u dumb@@RoseQuartz692
@@RoseQuartz692it's literally windows
@@DameOfDiamonds no it's not Windows, Windows is not as complicated as Mint
@@RoseQuartz692Mint is less complicated than Windows 11 for me. Dont see how you were so confused.
I've been using Mint for a little over 2 years on one of my laptops, and decided to switch for real on my new gaming system a couple weeks ago. I can't say it's been a seamless experience with no issues, but I definitely like it as my main OS more than Windows 10 or 11.
I'm also looking to try a Linux build for a new gaming PC I hope to be getting soon, as I will probably not be able to get another copy of Windows 7, which I use for my current PC. So any news about compatibility issues or trouble in that regard would interest me.
Welcome to the Mint family.
@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric from what I heard the biggest issues wrt gaming are 1. Nvidia drivers _sucks_ on Linux and 2. Games with certain "anti-cheat" system/s might not work even with Proton because they'd see Proton as an attempt to "modify" them even though all it does is making sure they could run on Linux.
@@rigen97 Well on my side the nvidia driver works fine. Only thing, I cant use llvm compiled kernels with dkms builds with the vulkan dev version of it.
At least without manually manupulating the dkms files.
It works fine for gaming, but if you use AMD/Intel it might be good to use a newer kernel with the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel tool to get the latest drivers. I believe this is the main problem with Mint
Just a note. You missed to real purpose of Intelligent hide mode of the panel. What it does is keep showing the panel unless a Window requires the screen space, like when you drag a window towards it or make a Window full-screen. It's actually a pretty great hiding option compared to the regular modes found in most Desktop environments.
I would actually like to see a more distro-by-distro breakdown like this. A lot of linux focussed channels tend to take a lot of these customization/utility features for granted, so coming at them from the angle of comparing it to a static outsider (windows) would probably be a lot more helpful for people actually considering switching. (for reference, I'm not just saying more "here is what linux does better" videos, if linux does do something worse it obviously should be said, but using a static reference point against windows can be helpful since most linux channels tend to take a lot of this for granted)
On that note, if you do make more of these, I'd HIGHLY suggest using a bootable sata SSD or something rather than a VM. VM's are great, but a lot of distros rely on hardware acceleration (as they should) so it can compromise the experience. Especially with KDE 6 claiming to set Wayland as the default, getting native-performance is definitely something worth looking into.
Yes I threw around some terms there that most people probably won't understand, but my point is simply that I would like to see more of these direct windows comparisons for distros, but if you're going to do that you should use another dedicated drive and install linux to that to boot to it directly rather than using a VM. The technical reasons for that are present, and in my opinion interesting, but largely irrelevant to the broader point that the experience will be worse in a VM than native. (well, unless you do some convoluted GPU passthrough but I don't even know if windows CAN do that to begin with)
And, it could even be a smaller drive as Linux handles its files far better and doesn't have 60GB plus just to install barebones.
Well, I tried Ubuntu, SuSe and something else, but stayed with Mint since version 9 because the UI just made sense.
@@1Maklak You can have the Cinnamon desktop enviroment of Mint on everything, and you can still customize any other one to behave exactly like it.
Remember, don't switch distribution because of the UI! Any distro can have any UI!
@@leothehuman_9476 I briefly looked into it and quickly gave up. In theory, I could switch from MATE to Cinammon to LXDE or whatever, but it was easier to just install the Mint I want and don't go beyond changing some options in the GUI.
Comparing 300+ distros in a video is going to be somewhat challenging, I suppose.
I used Linux Mint for a good 4 -5 years and only just recently switched to Fedora Workstation for a change of pace (and for a greater compatibility with modern hardware) and while I liked Fedora a lot Linux Mint still has a great place in my heart. It's probably the first distro that I felt at home with.
You probably switched for the wrong reasons. Mint, same as upstream Ubuntu has OEM kernels that support latest hardware (I had to use them when I got new rig).
@@vukota214 I do realize that Ubuntu has drivers for some recent hardware but in my case it was quite recent Ubuntu didn’t support it correctly.
I really like Mint for all the same reasons that you mentioned. I switched from Windows 10 to Linux Mint Cinnamon about five months ago and my only regret is that I did not do so sooner.
I used to be an avid Windows user through version 7, which was my favorite. However, upon being forced to "upgrade" to version 10, my enthusiasm rapidly soured. Gone was my ability to select which updates I wanted installed. Gone was my ability to permanently remove bloatware (it kept coming back after a few weeks). Gone was my ability to control what information was being sent to MS.
With my dislike for version 10 having grown steadily stronger, I decided that there is no future for any Windows releases on my equipment. Good riddance Microsoft!
Good on you! It must feel good to actually own the hardware you bought. Right?
@@lindenreaper8683 Absolutely!
@@PeterHonig. I've been running Linux for 7 years now. I've had no regrets. I'm sure you won't either.
@@lindenreaper8683 Actually, I had used Unix and HP-UX back in the late 1970s through mid 1980s. Then I worked for a company that used PDP-11s and subsequently IBM PCs running MS-DOS followed by Windows 3.0. It is nice to get back to my early computing roots.
@@PeterHonig. Well, since you were exposed to Unix, I'm sure running Linux would suit you much more. Linux is based on Unix.
I'm a big Mint fan. With a little theming and tweaking, integrating Mint into a Windows environment can be made 95+% seamless. Personally, I prefer the XFCE flavour but having started my Linux journey with the Cinnamon DE, I can see why it's popular.
Cinnamon is the DE that most feels like home
I prefer xfce too, i don't know how but cinnamon keeps crashing on my pc.
@@a.p5193 Are you using wayland? cause cinnamon has not been developed with it in mind
I am running Mint on my primary machine -that was a former corporate Dell that had Windows 10. Night and Day. The bloatware, and tracking and eventual forcing of Win11 or 12 on me was the straw that broke... The install on a M.2 was without a hitch (your mileage may vary). The idle ram usage is great. I have casually used Mint, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Manjaro, Pop!OS and even Mandrake back in the day, but I just want an OS and a DE that works without fussing around. For videos, maybe compare how the terminal on Mint or Linux works compared to Windows. Or the Software Manager v the Microsoft store. Thanks for the video.👍
I switched to Linux Mint a couple months ago and it's been a great experience, everything works out of the box, it's fast, clean, stable, and does everything an OS needs to do, i don't miss Windows at all and i don't think i'll ever go back to using it.
Linux in general is just complicated
@@RoseQuartz692 Everything in life is complicated!
@@basilcat3111 not Windows
@@RoseQuartz692 Look, i mean in general. Nothing in life is really easy.
@@RoseQuartz692 windows is a mess to navigate around. Mint isn't half as complicated to use. And I am no super user....heck I only know about 0,001% of the Terminal and still everything just works and installs with ease.
It would be super interesting if you could try out a different desktop environment in Linux called KDE Plasma. Would love to hear your thoughts about it because I really liked this one.
I've used mint and plasma and I have to say that Mint has much more attention to detail than KDE, I'm running Kubuntu right now and completely regretting not going with Mint
@@dominicg2456 that's the beauty of the Linux world, isn't it? Many choices for so many different tastes and work flows. I have the exact opposite of your experience.
@@smishyt Indeed it is. And we can even have a civilised conversation about it. How wonderful
@dominicg2456 i use bare arch + kde rn, but i still think mint is really capable and you can grow with it, especially the terminal thing: you dont have to use it but if youre curious: its there!. i had mint as my first distro, and thats what got me into loving linux.
@@smishyt now i use kde bc you have aaaalllllll the options you could ever think of :)
Would love to here more about Mint.
I am planning on setting up my next pc to be linux and mint is the distro I am planning on using.
It's a great OS, I think you'll enjoy it!
you will like it, its very good and works great on new and old hardware.
good idea. if you dont like it, go look at a few others too, some people really enjoy using that.
make sure you're comfortable with slightly outdated packages. if not, then use something like fedora with the cinnamon desktop environment
@@ShimmerismYT Mint is fine on packages they are not "outdated", remember not every package is updated constantly and not every edge update is better. The Mint team does an amazing job on stability over Fedora and that's what new people need.
as a lifelong linux user, i really like this windows user's view at a linux distribution that's on the "beginner-friendly" end of the spectrum, and i think i'll start linking to it when the topic comes up. it's very informative and, as usual, well produced.
i use arch btw
i have been considering switching to linux and came across arch the other day and holy shit, arch is way above my pay grade lol
you just had to say it xDDDD
@@Ragnarok-us3tk just stick to linux mint or elementary OS for your first time
@@ak49 i just made the switch to Linux mint cinnamon the other day and so far i am really happy with it, the terminal is still kinda intimidating and i am still trying to figure out basic commands.
Yes the obligatory arch btw.
The greatest part of mint is cinnamon desktop (fork of gnome) the did great job doing their own thing..I must say cinnamon looks like simplified version of KDE, they ditched all unnecessary features and keep the ones that you will use. For beginners as well as for advanced user mint with cinnamon is great choice..I like driver manager (i didnt see it on other distros) i presonally prefer vanilla gnome, but what mint team did is no question asked very good..
Mint is fantastic. Tried it out as an option for replacing Windows and loved it, though I did eventually settle on Nobara OS for its greater focus on gaming support.
Nobara is an awesome OS for gaming and content creation. That's what I'm using.
It could be 100% fault of my own design but I wanted to love nobara but after only a few days I had system breaking issues & i eventually switched to debian 12 & im having none of those issues. While I used nobara tho it was overall a great experience.
@@graysonpeddie nobara is 'made' by one guy, I wouldn't stick for too long
@@ak49 I understand, but I have no problems with Nobara Linux. Nobara 39 is working so solidly for a year now and I enjoyed it a lot.
@@graysonpeddie I'm glad you are lucky. And as long as you know something about linux it shouldnt be a problem. But definitely its a no for a beginner.
I took my time and experimented with many different distros when I was moving away from MacOS. Linux Mint is such a cohesive and thoughtful OS. The included apps feel like they are selected and included for a reason. I also like that everything related to the OS is on the bottom panel. The only time there is a top panel is when an application opens. Combine all this with elegant icons and easy to read fonts and I always enjoy using my computer.
Yeap and just think..you can not only move that panel to the top ( and specifically with Mate desktop be it Ubuntu Or MInt..you can select a " cupertino " theme setting and it will help make you feel more at home like you're using MAC osx to a small yet reasonable extent...and have multiple panels )
One of my favorite things about mint is that you can customize the window animation. I've always hated windows 11's interface and largely prefer the simple(r) animations and look of windows 10. As soon as I found the setting, I turned the window animation to instant instead of smooth when closing or opening a window.
I prefer the look of Windows 7, the true Apex of Windows. Windows 8 and 10 look too much like Facebook and Google. I do have another PC with Windows 10, a backup that I found in a dumpster. It works quite well though. The only issue it has is that it will crash if I open the start menu, but I can access everything I need, even the control panel through the task manager. Windows 10s and Windows 11 I will absolutely not tolerate at all, however. Those are total Abominations.
@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric rest in pieces, Aero
@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric windows 7 the goat 💪
Windows 11 looks like Mac, which is good. Linux looks like it was both designed and coded by the same people.
I like using mint for customizing a few stuff around my pc in my free time. It makes me feel like a teenager in the 2000s using Windows XP minus all the malwares I used to get using themes and other customizations.
the "open a new tab from the rightclick menu" on a browser or program in the start menu is also present in windows 10/11 (even 7 iirc)
Linux Mint is a great distro, Its not just for newbies as its typically labelled as, I personally have been using Linux distros for over 20 years and have called many distros home during that time, currently Linux Mint is home for me as it has been many other times before
Linux Mint is great. If somebody doesn’t need Windows-specific applications (my grandmother for example) it reduces the need of technical users to help (since Mint is quite robust) and is far more reliable, while achieving the same goals
Yep. I installed Mint on my 85y/o mothers computer, and it has cut my service time down to 5% of what it was under Windows. She tells her friends to get Linux!
A personal favorite linux mint feature is System Settings > Sound > Sounds, which allows you to enable/disable/customize the sound effects in the OS.
I feel like it's important new users know about this because the default sounds for inserting/removing USB drives are annoying & the startup/shutdown sounds were lackluster in my opinion.
I changed all of mine to Wii U sounds and it's great.
Another thing I make use of constantly is the variety of customizable shortcuts. By going to System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts, you can sift through the categories and it's almost overwhelming how much you can change. My favorite of these is in Windows > Inter-monitor, where i have Super+Shift+[direction] to move a selected window across monitors.
I would love to see an in-depth comparison of Mint vs MX Linux. I think MX Linux KDE would be a great juxtaposition, to allow another take on a user friendly distro to simultaneously compete alongside Cinnamon and KDE. Both distros have an XFCE spin as well, and afaik they have different implementations of the menu. Switched To Linux actually did a comparison on XFCE Mint and MX Linux XFCE a couple years back, though both have seen updates and changes since then. So I think this would be a cool video to make, though it would probably be a rather long video, and TBF you might not want to put in that much effort if people won't watch it, or will click away halfway or quarter way through.
I love your videos, it makes me more focus through my studies, keep the good job :)
I appreciate all your videos. Learn a lot by listening. The format is great!!
im a fairly new Linux Mint user (around a month already on bare metal). Althought i'm not exactly new to the linux world, since i initiated my journey with Manjaro XFCE (with varying degrees of success) and so far i have enjoyed a lot my experience. On daily web browsing and game emulation it does wonders. I have to keep a drive with W10 for hardware reasons (some things that i use, like my G923 wheel and my audio interface don't work at all). Other than that, i can recommend Mint.
One of the things that i loved is how i'm completely free to tweak, tune and customize to the most minimal detail how my desktop will look and behave
To me, the greatest thing about Mint is the upgrader shield in the right hand corner that lets you know when there is an security upgrade that is available. I always want to keep up with the latest.
Mint is definitely not for the latest.
fedora would be better for security
Thank you for such an informative video. I would recommend volume of audio be higher than the one in this video. Looking forward to learn more from your videos.
Thanks and regards Sir 😊
I made the switch 3 years ago. Mint really is the best version of Linux for the Windows user. I run VMs of Windows 7 and 10 on my primary work machine for the programs the have been vendor locked by Microsoft, or others. I use VMware because of their VM converter will take an existing real machine and make it to an VM that for the most part works like a champ. I have an handful of factory production machines that were using old Windows XP, now are running Linux Mint with the those XP VMs to get the job done. If any VM gets hacked by ransomware or malware, I'll just blow it away and replace with the original VM and move on.
It's not specifically a unique feature to Mint, but containered general apps usually have cleaner uninstalls.
The best perk though is packaged app of Timeshift. It really does help bring a peace of mind when tinkering away with things and knowing that if things go nuclear, that I can always roll back. It's seamless and that really pushed my own mother to become one with the minty penguin. It flat out revived her old laptop into a modern day chromebook with extra flair and she's learned how to handle everything, even without major computer experience.
Incredible content. I have been planning to switch over to Linux, and you've reminded me of so many great reasons to do a switch. I wasn't aware of all of this capability. SUBBING, CHM !!!
One of the cool things about how Linux Mint works is that you can try it out before actually installing on your system :)
I appreciate the fact you recognize not having enough info to assess the security question, so many just spew things around without having any clue about the topic.
LM was my gateway to Linux, from once a kid using Linux because my harddisk died and i wanted to use the PC without an HDD to now a full time Linux sys admin i may have come a long but Mint still has and always will have a special place in my heart.
Note before that fortunate day, i really used to hate Linux and thought it was a command based hacker OS but took the pill because I really needed the PC 😂
Since you are new to Linux, I'll cut you a bit of slack here. What you constantly refer to as "Linux Mint does it better" is actually the "desktop environment" Linux mint ships with. For Windows users this is a really hard concept to wrap your head around at first, but it's intuitive if you understand it. The core operating system is completely separate from your desktop environment. Mint ships with a whole bunch of different DEs like Cinnaom, MATE or Xfce. They ALL work differently and each have their unique pros and cons. Now what is so great about Linux as an operating system is that with a few tweaks you can _completely change the desktop environment._ Like, I mean, COMPLETELY. Think of everything as a program. Your file explorer (with batch renaming included) is a standalone program like your web browser. It's not the baked in never to change Explorer in Windows. Similarly, your DE is also a program that can easily be switched. This modularity is something that usually stumps new users because they suddenly realize there's hundreds of desktop environments out there and THOUSANDS of file managers, terminals, whatnot. I feel like it would have been worth mentioning at least since you refer to it like Cinnamon as a desktop environment is an ultimately unchangable core feature of Mint just like in Windows, which it is not.
I'm new to Linux. Just installed Ubuntu 24.04 as my first distro.
I didnt know any of that you just taught me, so thanks!
This whole para damn
I use Arch BTW 😋
Love your videos about Linux. Please make more like these. I also use only Linux mint and not windows.
Nice video! :)
Great content, keep going!! :)
Batch renaming actually does have a very good implementation in windows, if you've ever heard of power toys, there's one in that the integrates with windows really well, it even has regex support. it's still separate from windows itself though, and it's mostly for power users.
Give him a break. He's a linux elitist. I dont even expect the dude to know how to use Windows 11 but like any Linux user he'll attempt to trash talk it all day.
@@silvy7394 You must be new here..
@@silvy7394 Uh no I just mean it's technically not counting when you have to install powertoys separately, and it's not that well known, I actually like linux a good bit too. Also I'm pretty sure CHM tech makes more videos on windows than linux.
@@Subroutine2 A simple program that will be referred to you with a simple google search is complicated and not well known; but installing an entirely different OS that goes out of its way to make EVERYTHING YOU DO complicated is better....
Yeah ok kid.
@@MrHurricaneFloyd Pouting like a child because you dont like someone's response isnt mature behavior. I'd re-evaluate your stance.
The batch rename feature (like the one in linux mint) is actually present in Microsoft official Powertoys tool meaning that they are officially working to add it into Windows
I can't remember any Powertoys getting into windows proper, it's always a separate installation.
Interesting! Thanks for the info. I'll be looking for it. For a few reasons, Windows is still inescapable. While I can do most of what I do on either Windows or Linux, there are just certain things.... E.g., the only thing that will correctly display Word documents with tables is Word. Anyway, I still think there are a lot of things that Microsoft could build in to Windows but because of some weird quasi-religious design dogma just won't.
@@autohmae Isn't fancy zones currently in Windows 11 but actually came with Powertoys before?
@@GamersUniverseOE I guess...? I don't use Win 11 or powertoys enough to know. I'm not surprised if Windows adopted some powertoys ideas.
Mint was my "recent introduction" into linux again. Well I used it also because it was recommended for "newbies". I am using it for ~4 years now as my daily driver for everything except gaming. And if your are not gaming and dont have special software that just does not run on linux, for daily use Mint is honestly everything you need.
Mint helped me a lot to get into some parts of the linux eco system. Enough that it gave me confidence to test out arch - because of the newer packages - for gaming.
What should I say:
Still using Mint for daily stuff.
Using Arch for gaming.
For Mint to be "gamer" it only needs a newer kernel and updated Mesa. I make these changes, but you can't even tell the difference.
Brother what a great video!! You have a new sub for sure, thanks so much, and keep making great videos!
Nice Vid. Tq. Subbed.
I've been on Linux for a few years now. I can't tell you how positive the whole experience has been. I have a computer again, and not just a portal.
I would easily suggest Mint to all people new and veteran to Linux. It's in my opinion better than Windows in every way besides obviously Windows software compatibility and it just works with little to no technical skills (although learning some basics is always recommended). Gaming on Linux with Proton/Steam is also so far along some might think the games work native now (except ones with crappy anti-cheat).
Lmao I just finally switched to Mint from 11 yesterday. Nice timing
Without going back through your archive, no idea if you've done this one before, if not, a suggestion :)
I've recently fallen in love with Garuda (Dragonized KDE vsn). I was worried about an Arch derivative, but all good. Ended up with the Win11-style bottom central dock, but quickly figured out how to get a 'proper' taskbar/system-tray thing on the bottom. Jumped through a couple of research hoops, and my OneDrive is now synchronising, and I now have snapper restore points, and it's _pretty_ :)
I have been a Linux Mint user March of 2017. Once I switched I never went back to Windows. I am on my second piece of hardware using Linux Mint. I am not a Linux power user, I just want a stable, secure OS that works. FOSS is the way to go for me.
It's really interesting for me to see Windows and how you work with it, having stopped using Windows 1.5 years ago altogether. What I mostly notice is how Windows feels kind of "messy", visually, with several design inconsistencies or how some parts are just clearly MUCH older than the new Start Menu for instance (Device Manager, I'm looking at you).
Aside from that, the telemetry part is what drove me away from Windows. You are supposed to buy the license (yeah yeah, I know you can also use it for free, technically) and then Microsoft still tries to get their hands on any and all information from you that they possibly can, to profit even more from it. This just feels wild to me, when Linux distributions exist and they are fully capable of doing everything that doesn't inherently require Windows.
It's definitely worth trying it out, so you can see for yourself whether you have any use case that actually ties you to Windows.
For me, it has been 7 years since I dropped Windows altogether. I held onto 7 hoping the next version after 8 would be better (I was considering Linux then). Then 10 came (that broke the camel's back for me in 2016). And now, 11 (and soon 12) remind me to be thankful for making the decision to drop all MS products when I did.
I haven't been using Windows and Microsoft products for a long time, and I haven't missed them at all.
Hearing all the good stuff about Linux on UA-cam and Mastodon makes me want to get my Windows Laptop out and install Linux on it. The only thing worrying me is the ability to play games without investing too much time investment to make things compatible. I switched from Windows to Mac, have been using it a few years now, and am happy so far. I had to stay away from playing The Witcher 3 for example if I don’t want to mess with the system too much. Even after a few years I still feel like a beginner regarding Mac. 😄
Can you just play games via Steam (like the deck or similarly) on Linux? I spent a few days on trying to get things to work and there were always some error messages I had no idea what to do with because even research didn’t help me because there’d be something else wrong. I mean, I’d be happy if I could turn my old windows laptop into a console with Steam, but I just don’t know how. All the instructions online are either too long or something goes wrong for me even when I follow them. Maybe it’s just my bad luck. 😄
Instructions are long, because they are written for people like you. Absolute noobies. Who just starting out on conpleatly foreign land. So I suggest you would at least scheme trou some.
Also, the hardes part about games on Linux are installing the correct video driver for GPU and anticheat software. But, they are only difficut in comparison to the easier steps, like installing Linux by clicking 6 buttons "ok", installing steam and toggling the proton compatability mode with 3 clicks, etc.
You could always dual boot on it too. I've done that before and it's actually really easy, just shrink your windows partition and install it like normal. Just make sure to be careful with file backups and whatnot if you have anything valuable.
One or two more clicks then you're used to in order to make steam run windows games but it works quite well. I'm a long time Linux user and I game all the time.
steam is native to linux, and can be easily downloaded graphically using the app store in mint, and proton has gotten really good at just being click and play, and if not, going back to an older proton version often fixes issuses with things like third party launchers being broken on newer versions of proton.
I had exactly the same dilema 2 years ago and found that installing steam and using it in linux took me a couple of extra clicks, nothing more.
Great timing! I recently switch my second pc/server to Linux Mint.
This video came up on my feed at right time. My windows 10 updates are fkimg up the device with audio output to be inaudible and other issues on performances. Had a bootable USB with Linux mint on go, tried it after months or maybe 1st in this year, and felt all the issues created by Windows and Microsoft gone. Will be shifting slowly now. But apps and installation is tricky. Will need help of community and experts in Linux.
Even tough I have tried different distros and I appreciate each of them, I still have Mint as my favorite one, good gaming support with minimum additional steps needed, good customization, and a solid community, but as others have said, the great part about Linux is that surely there is some distros that matches your needs, either as a gamer, as a programmer, a student that needs to make their old family PC work for school homework, privacy enjoyed, etc
For my balanced needs between gaming and other things, it has been KDE Neon for 6 years. :)
Linux Mint was my first distro after I decided to drop windows ~2 years ago and I couldn't have wished for a better introduction to Linux. The transition was seamless and everything just worked out of the box. Very pleasant experience overall, can highly recommend for Linux newcomers.
i switch to mint for a few months after some issues i had with win 10 just to see what the fuzz was all about, it's a pretty good OS and i liked it a lot but there was so many things that weren't compatible that i just loved using such as modding tools for certain games that i chose to switch back to win 10. I loved my time with it but it was time to go back to something i'm more familiar with
Why can't you mod games on Linux? I do it all the time.
@@lindenreaper8683 things like script extenders in bethesda games or mod managers or tools that require the program files path or dragging to open together in other games just broke
@@rodache7200 Strange. Because I run all those things. I don't have an issue. CLEO for GTA, scripts and so on
How did you make audio visualisation?
Noticed you didn't cover accessibility features. I would appreciate if you would demonstrate the accessibility feature in Linux Mint, please. I need to see how one invokes screen magnification, and zooming, along with text font size adjustment. I'm legally blind, and in 2025, will need to switch my studio computers over to either Mint, or Zorin OS. Thanks. for the video.
From what i've heard Zorin has less updates than Mint so if you choose between both Mint is the more stable choice
to do all of these is fairly straightforward in mint
edit: you can enable "Large text" but you can't adjust the font size beyond that
Mint has accessibility in system settings with large text, high contrast, screen reader and desktop zoom options (probably inherited from gnome). Any distro running gnome or kde would have similar options too.
All Linux systems are very modular. The GUI's we have are called Desktop Environments and are interchangeable between all Linux distributions. The big names are xfce, KDE and Gnome. For reference Linux mint have their in house Desktop environment called Cinnamon. So if you don't like the look and feel of your system you could change it entirely. If you have Android you might have seen that some people install custom launchers to make the phone look different it's very similar and just as easy. All linux distros have great accessibility settings with what you described and probably alot more.(There is an unhealthy obsession in linux with stuff like that for better or worst) So I would pick linux mint since it's the more popular option of the two (getting more updates and more flushed out UI) and change it to my liking.
@@thelakeman2538 Windows too, its nothing special.
My SSDs including backup drives are now formatted as Ext4, if you know what I mean.
XD
Seriously, I've tried just about every flavour (Distro) of Linux, but I always come back to mint. Its consistently stable and just works!. Excellent vid, very informative and I managed to learn about a couple of options I didn't know I had.
For me the most surprisingly useful feature is the scan application of linux mint. Just one keypress per page on your scanner.
I've got a specialized scanner for scanning 35mm film and Linux Mint can do it. The drivers are no longer available for Windows.
Linux Mint (and also Kubuntu) are great for people switching over from Windows for all the reasons you mentioned, but one issue is gaming. I encountered a lot of GPU and gaming issues in Kubuntu and had to go back to Windows 11 in order to do it. Windows 11 is terribly designed (as you point out well in this video), but everything just works.
How long ago was this and what was your graphics card
Man, I've been planning to buy a cheap laptop to install Linux on it. This video makes me more confused which distro to install.
I'm leaning towards ElementaryOS for now, but do you have any recommendations other than Mint?
use mint
elementary os is ass
@@brianflynnlol How so? Can you explain it, since I'm basically blind to Linux
If you want a Windows-like interface other than Mint, Kubuntu is also a good choice. elementaryOS if you prefer the macOS-like interface
It heavily depends on what you're looking for, which is also why there are so many options.
You’re buying a laptop with Linux to do what?
Thank you! I learned a lot about Linux Mint from your video that I didn't know before. Has anyone used Linux Mint or LMDE long term on bare metal? If so, how was the experience?
I've been on Linux for 7 years. Yes. All my computers run Linux on bare metal. But I run KDE Neon now. Though, I did start out with Linux Mint a year in. Then Mint discontinued their KDE version. So I moved over to KDE Neon. Anyway, when it comes to Linux distributions such as Mint, the experience has gotten way better since I first started out running Linux. You guys will have it way easier than I did. :)
Maybe 10 years now. Not looking back. Sure there have been issues from time to time, but not nearly enough to switch. It all depends what you need to do with your computer. VR is a bit iffy occasionally and for music production I prefer a mac because of Logic Pro X.
You can navigate between workspaces (wijthout the applet) by using ctl-alt right> left< arrow keys. or bring up the workspaces menu by clicking ctl-alt-up. In the workspaces menu, you can drag and drop any app from one workspace to another or create new workspaces. i've rarely used more than three workspaces myself, but I think it's pretty cool.
My preference is the enlightenment 16 window manager. Instead of separate desktops it uses a viewport (the size of my physical screen) over a large desktop (mine is 3×2); when you get to the edge it drags the viewport over to another part of the desktop - just like how I use my physical desk: I look at different parts of it. Similarly with a window positioned partly off the screen, dragging the viewport allows me to quickly look at the part off screen before dragging ba k to the original view. I can even have windows larger than the viewport, and dragging the viewport shows different parts of it.
To move a window to a different area, just drag it off the edge of the screen and the viewport moves to the new area with the window still being dragged.
Been using it since 2008, it's had a few ups & downs but it's fairly intuitive at heart.
Question, do you use cinnamon? I'm always intrigued by what mint users from before the change use
Bro just reviewing the desktop environment.
Watching you from Linux Mint, and thus do agree with you. Had been a Microsoft OS user from the days of twin floppy systems, but the software license changes and MS Windows 10 did me in. Love the stability and dependability of Linux Mint and Grub has been a big help because, gasp, MS Windows is still the best emulator for the retro Windows games I have / use.
Many of these points apply to the cinnamon desktop environment. Here’s the thing, if I wish I can (and sometimes do) use the cinnamon desktop environment in any other distro, including arch, Ubuntu, fedora, etc.
What do you think about Microsoft PowerToys from the ms development team? As an only Windows 10 user, the tool expands the OS well with features like FancyZone [Desktop-Setting] or even a batch renaiming. I guess these tools can also be implemented natively in a future Windows OS. In any case, Linux Mint sounds interesting. ^^
this avideo abot ouut of the box features.. not custimizing to your needs
@@iWhacko You do realize that having a ton of extra shit bundled that hardly anyone uses, instead of having it as a simple add-on since most people dont use it, makes linux bloatware. Right?
@@silvy7394 well if you don't want it you can uninstall it, and linux mint gives users the option to not install extra programs when installing the os. also you kinda just described something windows has been doing for a while
@@silvy7394 You have no idea of what you are talking about...
@@ninstars Thanks triggered elitist. Nobody gives a shit about your opinion.
I used Mint for about 2 years before switching to Arch. For me, the only drawback to Mint is the older software base (it's based on Ubuntu LTS).
did you break mint before switching?
@@hobrin4242 No, it was rock-solid. The only glitches I can remember were not Mint-specific issues, Grub and Nvidia drivers come to mind.
@@ajgringo6193 yeah. Well that is just a very common linux issue.
You know that you can use the LTS kernel on arch as well, right?
@@WildVoltorb I was talking about the software base itself, not the kernel.
I remember starting the storyboard back in December. Never thought the result was gonna end up like this! The hard work was paid off.
and seeing the support after this got released makes me very happy... thanks everyone!! specially CHM Tech, Viprin and Devon for making this possible 🙌
Mint is my go to distro for years now. I keep on coming back to it, i lovit. I just did a dual boot laptop yesterday with mint and win11 for field work and travel pc.
Very good video. I would say that most of the points underlined here are valid for most of the GNU/Linux distros, but it is true that Linux Mint is particularly well polished.
Left Windows last year and it was a good decision.
windows is better
I've been wanting to move to Linux for a while. My only hang up is the gaming aspect of the OS. Will games run as good on mint as they do on windows?
Some much better, like +240 in OSU,
some will drop like 3 frames for example Dark Souls,
New games will drop up to 10. Cyberpunk on launch
But mostly the same, and the drops are only seen if you are playing on greater fps than your monitor can draw eg. Without v-sync
Nobara OS takes care of most gaming setup by default. The performance is actually ~4% higher on average than Fedora (which Nobara is based on) according to The Linux Experiment's tests on youtube.
The performance is usually identical on both Linux and Windows, with only a few fps differences in some games.
I wouldn't recommend replacing your os entirely at first though. Just dual-boot.
It varies. For me, I've found that Mint falls a bit short with gaming partly because of the older Linux kernel version, and partly because games I've played lately don't perform well in Cinnamon (noticeable stuttering when moving the camera around, for example).
In contrast, I've had a better gaming experience with Fedora, which has a newer version of the Linux kernel (for GPU drivers) and has Gnome by default, which doesn't get the intermittent stuttering in games that Cinnamon had. The downside is that outside of gaming, Mint (or Debian) is easier than Fedora to get set up and non-gaming apps tend to work more smoothly.
I'd highly recommend Mint for non-gaming folks, or folks who just play one particular game that they can test out. But for people who play a lot of games and have a big Steam library, I'd recommend a different distribution with a newer version of the Linux kernel and a different desktop environment (Gnome has been the best for me so far).
@@ordinaryhuman5645 thank you for the info.
@@archaichobo6969One thing I didn't mention is whether the game will run at all. ProtonDB is pretty useful for that - you can point it at your Steam library and see what won't work. I haven't had any problems, but I don't play any online-game-as-a-service games.
The only problem I've ever had with linux mint was reconnecting to mounted network drives after sleep. It's a great fork of ubuntu and I love it dearly
Excellent review! :)
i use arch btw. however i have another computer which i use and it has mint on it because it required no setup and does everything i or really any average person needs out of the box
Bro is embracing the meme. What version of mint is shown in this vid, mate?
@@muzafferturhan 3 or maybe 7 idk
@@sykotes How about Mint 21 Cinnamon edition? (prefer xfce variant myself but meh.. whatever you want)
About the security thing:
Linux Mint is probably a bit less secure than windows, if you leave it as it is. but if you at least activate the Firewall and do a bit of research, you can make it 10x more secure. its linux. you can change it up completely.
What especially makes linux WAYYYY more secure on the malware side of things, is the same as for MacOS: it's that there almost isn't any to begin with. (which means that LM is almost perfect for giving to your granny or sth. you can remove unwanted clutter and she doesnt infect the whole house, when she just wanted to download some document or so. :)
LibreOffice be like: "VBA ransomware has no power here...."
but yeah a combination of relative rarity of malwares and intuitive (at least semi-) curated apps manager really do wonders to prevent malware infections.
I completely disagree on that: Linux is inherently more secure than Windows by default, that is, even without an antivirus or firewall.
One of the reason you stated is that Windows is the first and main targeted OS, leaving Linux with little to no malware or virus, but another reason is that you can't install any program on your system without providing the password, meaning it's hard for any person to think that their just started a program whereas they actually were asking their system to install it, avoiding a potential virus/malware. Same if someone else takes control of the person's PC and start installing viruses on it.
Another one is that everything you would have to install as an average user can be found in the package manager, which is the main way to install any program, and that, regardless of the package manager or distro you're using. So considering that thing is equivalent to the Windows Store but better as you have the liberty to install it the way you want and don't have only the main proprietary software and nothing else, you can hardly catch a virus with that.
Still, let's assume you're searching for a program that isn't in the package manager, you'll certainly find what you're looking for on Github or something similar, a place where you're not very likely to find a person who actually wants to trick you by making you execute commands that you wouldn't want to if you knew what they meant.
Now if you start to go on any website, even if it means searching up until the page 10 in your search results to find your totally shady website and you're starting to execute commands you have no idea what they mean from this site, at this point, I can't do anything for you and you would certainly catch a virus, regardless of the OS or level of protection you're using (as commands executed as root are here to bypass any sort of restriction you could have as a user).
I finally switched from windows/mac to linux mint as my main OS a few months ago. Been thinking about doing this for years, having already been comfortable with unix based systems for work, but always had some excuse why I'd keep using windows. So far it's been a great experience!
Exe File Support ??
Mi Flash Tool Pro Support??
Game Support??
@@MohanDas0941&3: Wine, Bottles, Lutris, Proton can run most exe and games, though it depends on what you're trying to run.
2: No idea
I'm sure Linux isn't the answer for everyone and for everything. I just find that for most of my tasks, it works great!
@@MohanDas094 What is Mi Flash Tool Pro? As for .exe support, there are programs that will allow you to run them however it _is_ a slight security risk as most viruses are .exes.
I use Linux for 10 years now, and it's an interesting thing that features we consider "basic" and "old" is not available in windows
Haha. I know. Right?
This video is about Linux Mint, however I want to let anyone who isn't aware know that these features aren't exclusive to Linux Mint.
I use a distro called Manjaro and it has all of these features also, and so do many other distros. And hey, even if you chose the 1% of distros that don't have these features, you can just add them pretty effortlessly.
So don't think you're "locked in" to Linux Mint or ANY distro for that matter, just because it has features you like; because you can always just bring most of the features along with you.
Here is the one thing it does better than 11.
It works
And doesn't tell your only few years old CPU to screw off. :P
Indeed@MichaelDustter
In fact mynail ancient enough phenom ii x6 cpu build from well over 11 years ago now Still runs a different computer of mine. That has linux meant twenty dot three installed on it Pretty damn well
@@motoryzen Well, yes, my Ryzen 5 1400 + spare i5 2400 can both be assured of future life thanks to Linux. In case Cannonical would do something dumb with the changes to CPU requirements, community distros still exist. With 11, I would have to simply screw off, and I don't count bypassing as that's not even worth bothering, learned that the hard way. So, screw M$ indeed.
This is where I would recommend anyone to start in the Linux world. Linux Mint is the best place to learn how open source works and the difference in the way the file system functions. MX Linux adds a manual right on the desktop to help with the experience if you are so inclined. If your P.C. does not meet Windows 11 spec's these are definitely the place to start.
There is an Linux Mint applet in the menu that can give the user the dashboard style start menu like in Windows 10. The menu is so customizable.
One thing that you did not mention is that your computer will last for longer in Linux. The phone homes, telemetry, ads, AV etc in Windows all add strain over time. I used Linux to extend an old computer's life to 12 years.
Also Windows wastes so much RAM that, on older computers with less than 4GB of RAM, it will break the storage medium due to too much swapping. I had a quite recent 2015 Asus laptop and Windows 10 broke the HDD in 1 year, imagine what it can do on older devices.
this stuff doesn't matter. You're talking about the most insignificant UI changes that you can do with 3rd party programs on Windows even better than you can on Linux.
Linux sucks because you have no software compared to Windows. Everything is much harder to do, takes a lot more time, and has less support available. Also lack of hardware support.
Linux feels like beta testing software compared to using Windows.
Linux isn't polished enough yet and provides no real benefit for Windows users.
The community sucks. Very toxic people who think using Linux makes them special.
Lot of stuff needs to change before using the Linux desktop makes sense.
The community is unfortunately the strongest point. They think it's a cult/religion/identity. They don't have a clue about how this world actually operates. And that makes it still have this little traction. If they would get over themselves, respect each others, and just move on along with the fact there always is and will be competition, that alone will set it on a better path. But in the meantime, ain't happening, chief.
Hey. Nice troll post. You are almost as good as Dustbunny here.
@@SideOfSpaghetti I've used Arch and Ubuntu for many months. Probably off and on for 2 years. Then realized I don't want to tinker with everything all the time when what I did "just worked" on Windows. I also don't like the limitations on software and hardware. My multi-monitor setup with different scaling would only work properly on Wayland, which had many issues. Could never get the mouse acceleration curve to feel as good as windows.
Just always problems. Now I'm on Windows and can just relax and use the computer without thinking about OS all the time.
@@jamesjacob9632 And that, to all fairness, grew you a mindset and the biggest pair of balls you could ever get. Cause an OS at the end of the day, is to consumer market space a tool for your job. Not a cult, religion or dictatorship. And you use whatever you find that best fit in. In our cases, Win. I just never understood the mentality of "you should switch to X cause Y sucks for these and those philosophical matters". That is completely a subjective thing. Linux fanboys are just so bitter to themselves they can't stand it, in this case Crapper calling again a troll post, they're superior, their thing is the best and you are inferior. Ah well. It's not helping their traction at all. Their mistake. Linux has so much potential, but yet it fails at its own identity.
@@jamesjacob9632 Maybe you shouldn't have ran Arch or Ubuntu. Those are like the worst options. BTW, I run Wayland with multi-monitor support. Works great. Also, mouse acceleration works great. As for software and hardware, well, you have to make changes to make it work on Linux. No different if you were to run Mac. If you are expecting Linux to be just like Windows, fat chance. Get used to it, or enjoy the ads and spying in Windows.
I’ve been using mint since its first introduction. Stopped using Windows decades ago. I learned some new stuff about mint today. Thanks.
I don't have a good laptop for working that's why I choose to move into Linux 2 years ago. I've tried Ubuntu first but it's still pretty slow maybe because of Gnome. Then I moved into Mint the LMDE version and I love it and used it for 6 months. Now I use Garuda Linux now which is a distro based on Arch since I have a lot of experience with MSYS in Windows
I use arch btw
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*dies*
I use SteamOS btw
Shut up you use Manjaro
I highly recommend Linux Mint as a cure for Windows addiction 😆
Any DE/WM does it at this point.
This video needs more referencing. I've been using Mint for quite a while and it works fine. It is the perfect distro to switch from Windows AND a no brainer for those of us used to maintaining a Linux distro.
The only time I use the terminal is when I need to ssh to my server.
You might want to zoom in more in your videos. As a mobile user with limited data (watching on 480p), it is sometimes very hard to follow your cursor or read the UI texts.
Maybe take a look on your analytics page (if you haven't already) and check which platform your viewers are on.