I've been running Linux Mint since 2018, when a Windows 10 update caused an infinite boot loop. I weathered the pandemic working from home since everything I needed had a Linux version, including Zoom. I only needed one Windows program, and I easily used a Windows VM for that, but don't have to anymore. I keep up with Windows news just to see all the misery I've (not) been missing.
big congratulations on the 2nd anniversary of your new channel, always exciting and inspiring videos and nice people in the chat.. Take care m8 all the best to you and your family 👍😃
Coming up to 3 years for my desktop install of Linux Mint and happy to report no problems. Gets used daily for games, watching videos, editing videos and photos as well as other things all using free software. Mint just sits in the background needing no maintenance apart from the occasional update that I control when I want to apply it. My current gripe with the IT world is search engines. Gone are the days when you could get relevant websites come up for a search. Now it is mainly sponsored/sales websites and Reddit. The AI response from Google is also very often irrelevant garbage. Anyone care to suggest what the best search engine is these days?
I have been on Linux full time since 1999. I started with Red Hat Deluxe 5.2. I have used every type of Linux distributions. I love Slackware, but i am currently running Manjaro, and i have no issues what so ever.
I switched from Endeavor KDE to Fedora KDE. Nothing wrong with my 1 month using Endeavor but to me using AUR at times are half bake and since college is starting back up i want something more stable. Linux Mint is always my fallback distro and it saved me before. I had Arch installed old laptop and when i was needing it for class it left me a blinking cursor. I hurry up download Mint and burn Mint on my USB stick I hurry up and install it. When it was install I had everything I needed Firefox (at the time I used a different browser but in a hurry I didn't care) and LibreOffice. Only thing I had to install was MS Font which was super easy. Mint is my ready-to-go distro so when things fail I know Mint will be setup in minutes. Lastly it might be 2 years on UA-cam but I remember the PuppyLinuxWorld, Linux Helped Guy, and Windows Help Guy. You've been on here longer than that but always loved enjoying your content. Take care EB
I canceled my World of Warcraft subscription because it's no longer playable under linux. Getting errors while updating the game. Tried some other distro's on a separate nvme and no matter what distro, always the same error with battle net. I played WoW since WOTLK and had no problems. Now in 2025 it's no longer playable and I will not install windows to play the game. I gave the reason why I canceled my subscription. If more linux players do the same, then maybe they will look for a solution. They made it possible to play on mac silicon, but not on linux.
@@englishbob4101 I use latest mint. Installing battlenet and wow gives no problems (lutris, bottles). But when trying to run the game, I need to update it, and then I got a error that says that the update has problem with a file. It's not me alone, if you google the error in linux, a lot of people has the same problem.
@@essetee yea i dont doubt but your doing it wrong im on the last bit of download if i can get it running ill share how i did it and we will soon ahve u back on wow
I am using Mint and Nobara with refind so i use two different nvme drives. Now that i more how linux works, I am far less tempted to jump into another distro because now i try (and sometimes succeed) to fix my problem first. Happy anniversary for your channel!
Linux Mint is cracking. I've used the XFCE version on my old Thinkpad for years. On my main computer I run Fedora though, just my personal preference, I've always had the best luck with it even though you have to configure it a bit more out of the box than Mint. I tried Nobara but I didn't like it because there's no discover store and the package manager didn't work properly for me. They also don't recommend installing anything but flatpaks which I don't like. I think it would be better if they were a proper fork of Fedora and not just a layer that's dropped on top of it. Not too interested in Rhino or Catchy honestly. But that's the great thing about Linux, there's something for everyone.
I hate windows so much, I hate the ads, the spyware, the AI, the arbitrary hardware requirements that mean you'll soon have to throw out perfectly good hardware to keep using it, I hate how unstable the updates are. I still feel like second class citizen on Linux though, because Windows is holding all of my creative work hostage. I can't use my graphics design program, my photo editing app, my video editor of choice, my cad software or my audio editing suite on Linux. Neither of them works well in Wine, using a VM is slow and cumbersome. I really don't like any of the desktop operating systems currently supported, I'd happily use Windows 7 for the rest of my life if all of my software was supported and it if it still received security updates. I just want an OS that runs all of my software hassle free without any weird configurations or workarounds, you know, like I used to have.
I wish Mint had existed when I made the switch from OS/2 Warp 4.5 to Linux. Back then the easiest distros to install were RedHat (before it became Fedora) and Mandrake. Mint is the best point of entry for any Windows user wanting to test the waters before taking the plunge! My main desktop is KDE Neon but I do have Mint on my other PC downstairs! It's about 14 years since my own stroke. Luckily, I didn't lose any mobility. Occasionally I'll drop something or struggle to use chopsticks. It depends on how tired I am.
Mint is a great distro. I ran it for about 10 years. I missed a lot of the options in KDE when they dropped it, and eventually switched to Openbox on Debian 12. Now I'm adjusting Labwc to fit my preferences on Lubuntu, and so far, so good.
I held on to Windows for far too long, and finally tossed it all last April after it clogged up my boot drive with bloat yet again. It wasn't worth a reinstall with Windows 10 going end of life this year leaving only one way to go. I've ran Linux Mint on older laptops for years, always just works, I can have it up and running exactly the way I like in minuets, and it just keeps old hardware way more relevant than it should. I've since gone full, no Windows, no Microsoft minus a few games in my house. I'm Minty Fresh, and all my games work either just as good or better.
Still have my gaming pc on Win11, mainly for some games that won't play on Linux. Then my portable laptop is running nixOS and my mobile workstation (Lenovo P52) is running Fedora KDE. Honestly, I like them all and have no problem with Windows or Linux. Also have an Intel macbook pro, but honestly, outside of the terminal, I really don't care for macOS.
I used Mint for years, but sadly their decision to end support for KDE forced me to change to MX Linux. Why KDE you might ask? I don't really know, but it runs great on my hardware, and Dolphin is by far the best file manager ever... for me at least!
Nice Video, mate I am using the newest Version of ubuntu and I have a Lot of Games installed the only Problem I am facing Is I have to Upgrade My SSD because I m Running out of Space but thats not a Linux Problem its a Hardware Problem 😂😂 Ps I also started with Linux Mint before I switched to Ubuntu
ran mint xfce on an external a while back, was decent until the caddy caked it. reused the drive in another system and nuked it then. solydx is my mint but debian based.
I just switched to Ubuntu today 🤗 I’ve had enough of the spying invasion of privacy on all the other platforms. Linux everything for me going forward. I’m doing my phone tomorrow.
Literally had a crash on my win11 machine, due to a radeon driver power kernel issue (have the same rx580) noted the driver support ended as of March 2024 for windows so it's either ditch the Radeons (I have two) or switch to Linux. I'm a long time Linux and Mint user BTW... ;)
I switched to Mint around 9 years ago. In that time I've distro hopped but always came back to Mint. I have a question, are you beta testing the fastly repositories? So far they've been working great for me. Anyway, congrats on your 2-year UA-cam anniversary and recovery. God bless.
I switched to Linux Mint 22.1. The only thing that didn't work right was the game mode. Feral Game mode wasn't auto switching to Performance mode while gaming along with the IO priority not switching as well. Got it working with the help of ChatGPT :)
Crazy multibooter reporting in, sir! All of my actively updated machines run MX as primary. Herewith, the secondary boot partitions, starting from the most recent PC. The "Black Friday" AMD-based mini (a"barebones" box that has never seen a Windows boot): Linux Mint 22.1, XFCE edition. The "Production" 3rd-gen i7 + 1650ti frankentower (Dell 7010 transplanted into an old HP case): EndeavourOS, still running fine after two-and-a-quarter years. Also has a Miyolinux, and the W10 partition from the hand-me-down Dell. The old "Dooley" 2007 AMD dual-core Athlon: Debian 12 Bookworm Bonus: The Core 2 Duo in the cupboard, which I should haul out and update, has its original Vista, and a Bobuntu-inspired formerly-Lubuntu partition-- revived, with theming intact, via a judicious application of Bookworm. It had sat so long that the Ubuntu servers it would have needed to do an in-place upgrade were long since offline. Just as well-- in my opinion, LxQT would have been a downgrade. 😛
On my two laptops I run fedora and Ubuntu. My potato Desktop runs Mint and Debian and Ubuntu on my two mini servers. MX on my rescue stick. Thinkpad, Dell and HP. Linux plays well with my hardware. No issues.
I've been on Linux Mint for the last year almost and found no issues with it what's marvellous as I don't get any pop-up adverts anymore I have to use Windows for work but it's and it's boring software doesn't work on it properly and it's a nightmare
Re: runwiththedolphin - True that. He just recently popped into the comments under a Ghosty vid to give me the latest info on the 6.12 kernel kerfuffle. Top lad! 👍 Re: Nobara, Bazzite, ChimeraOS, et alia - I can understand why folks are seeking the comforting solidity of SteamOS 3 on their PCs, but it doesn't sound like any of the attempted derivatives are terrifically reliable yet. I hope Valve obliges this demographic eventually (maybe this year?), but in the meantime, the Steam client runs so well on every Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch based distro that I've tried, it's hard to see the technical point. 🤷♂
I've been using linux mint for 4 years now and I don't regret my decision. I do have to use Windows at work, and at home for a couple games but 99% of the time on linux.
how do you compare between Linux Mint and MX-Linux? how are they different, pros and cons? Would love to hear a short review of them since you use both! Cheers!
I used both on the same machine. I eventually left mx linux because whenever they did a software update, it screwed up my ability to print. It was faster to boot up and easy to use, but I have never had that problem with linux mint. Right now, on 3 computers on mine, I am running Linux Mint Debian Edition which I am very pleased with.
i was on cachy os for about a 7 good month period and that was a smooth experience but Linux mint is right up my alley i installed fresh Linux mint 22.1 and i have to say it has come along way since last to use it smooth loaded with applets themes day in day out and of course i went with cinnamon 64 bit
Linux Mint is an absolutely great distro 😊. That's where I started my Linux journey 2 years ago. My main gaming RIG now runs CachyOS. But I still run Linux Mint on my Back up system.
Linux Mint Xfce I use and everything I chuck at it, it just does it. Cachy OS Xfce on my gaming PC. Keep main and gaming PC's separate. Got PC parts to build another, but what I find weird with PC cases is why manufacturers do not build optical ones or Office PC cases, with the same specs as a modern gaming case has? USB C hubs you can buy, but you'll be hampered, especially when using an old Optical Drive Case, the speeds would be slower. Office PC's take so long to boot in a office setting, but imagine Linux Mint, Cachy OS, ArcoLinux running on them? Would of been nice if Linux was at the stage it is now fifteen years ago, as I think it would of changed the Governments of the world minds entirely about using proprietary systems. Then again though, without the shake up of the stupid decisions that Microsoft make, then we would not of seen so many people making the leap to Linux, as we have over the last year or so. It is a weird concept to think that Microsoft carry on shooting themselves in the foot, that more and more people will try or eventually install and run Linux, because of greed on Windows 11's part.
I used linux mint for a long while when beginning linux. I hopped a bunch and landed on pika os not too long ago but regardless linux mint is so solid and reliable and if i ever need it always there for me. The literal toyota corrolla of distros. May not be the prettiest or newest but goddamn itl get you where you need to go and a solid daily driver.
As soon as Linux conquer that multiple monitor issue, Windows would be knocked out the box! Now, if FL studio were to make a Linux version -- it would mean the ending of Windows...( VMware Workstation has a real nice system that allows Linux to use Multiple monitors that they could use)
What is that multiple monitor issue ? Multiple monitors worked in Linux for quite some time, though not perfectly. Most noticeably, monitors with different refresh rates don't work in X11. But that does work in Wayland, and Wayland is getting closer and closer to be mass-adoptable. For some people it already does what they need. It there another multiple monitor issue ?
@@Winnetou17 I'm using a dual HDMI to USB to Laptop. One single monitor is going directly into the HDMI connection, because I have only one port. while two other monitors is attached to a one HDMI adopter, going to a USB port. My research told me that, I wasn't alone and that the Pop-System OS. was the better of the bunch when it came to detecting monitors -- due to the fact that, its made for developer's by developers. (Hp Pavilion 15-cs 2021cl)
@ I'm not sure but this appears . You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run nvidia-xconfig as root)
Well Linux is Good but for gamers it's still Windows yet... but the gap is closing fast on Windows. Still the main reason Linux sucks is still lack of the program user want's to use. But its getting better every day for Linux. BTW i suse Opensuse T
Absolutely. I still hve my windows xp box and it’s been thoroughly abused and it’s still quicker to use than windows 11. 10 was bad but 11 is absolutely shit. It breaks my workflow completely, it’s made me less productive. The windows being edge less mean it’s hard to identify where each window is and when you want to move things it’s hard to move. Absolutely shit. I’m still on the windows 2000 UI on it with office 2007 and that works fine for me. It was installed in 2004 and has been great since. The only problem is the refusal of companies to update the browsers which means it’s getting long in the tooth.
@davideyres955 then we have Win 11 deliberately making the program not accept older graphics cards, processors and programs. ...new computer nessesary.....inability to access most setting without internet access. Complete bs. I do game animation & modelling for some older games but none of the programs work on my new computer.
There is no comparison between Linux and Windows when it comes to performance. Windows lags due to background services - (way too many running you don't need) Linux snaps to attention with every click.
No disrespect you but I'm not really interested in gaming what I'm really interested in doing is getting a media server built using plex anybody knows how to set this up please let me know for music
Put your files on seperate drive and mount it to /media. Add plex to your user group. Easy and done. I may be forgetting a step but that is the easiest way iv done it. Plex is a pain in the ass with permissions on linux for a noob user and can really turn folks away. Answers are there but it can be kinda hard to wrap your mind around it.
Hey Ebeez, I've been looking at Linux Mint for ages now, and I even have it as a dual boot on my very old Dell Optiplex 790 USFF. But I'm just scared, not sure why, I just am. I really want to switch, but I'm no tecchie. And I have (paid for) Windows only apps, and don't want to lose them. I have heard of Wine/Bottles etc, but don't really know what they are and whether or not they'll work. What I'm triyng to say is, could you please do a video, so a div like me, won't be scared of losing all his apps etc (FL Studio/Affinity Designer/Affinity Publisher etc) when switching to LM. It just seems that a lot of Linux users do tend to, dare I say make fun of, and act like tw@ts to noobs. It's just a massive put off.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him
Why not to use Linux is, if there is lack of software you only have on Windows. If you know how you can get Windows Enterprise for 10-20$ and you get near completely free and Quick system, then add a good antivirus and good common sense of using the computer and Linux is not needed. Linux is fine until something brakes and then it's shi**hole to fix.
It is the opposite, Linux is real easy to fix, you have to suffer a catastrophic hardware failure for you to have to reinstall the OS, there is no situation where you can't recover a Linux OS using just a USB pen-drive and a few commands. Of course your hardware needs to be compatible and you need to know what you're doing though, knowledge doesn't generate by osmosis, but nowadays you don't need to know that much to get going and learn what you need, you do not need to become a full fledge dev or sysadmin to use Linux.
You can spin up a Windows VM and run whatever Windows programs you want. If it's Office, you can get that online. And I don't think illegally licensing Windows is any way to go. Linux Mint is free. Windows will cost you all your privacy, data and quite possibly brick your machine come update time.
I've been running Linux Mint since 2018, when a Windows 10 update caused an infinite boot loop. I weathered the pandemic working from home since everything I needed had a Linux version, including Zoom. I only needed one Windows program, and I easily used a Windows VM for that, but don't have to anymore. I keep up with Windows news just to see all the misery I've (not) been missing.
big congratulations on the 2nd anniversary of your new channel, always exciting and inspiring videos and nice people in the chat.. Take care m8 all the best to you and your family 👍😃
Coming up to 3 years for my desktop install of Linux Mint and happy to report no problems. Gets used daily for games, watching videos, editing videos and photos as well as other things all using free software. Mint just sits in the background needing no maintenance apart from the occasional update that I control when I want to apply it. My current gripe with the IT world is search engines. Gone are the days when you could get relevant websites come up for a search. Now it is mainly sponsored/sales websites and Reddit. The AI response from Google is also very often irrelevant garbage. Anyone care to suggest what the best search engine is these days?
I have been on Linux full time since 1999. I started with Red Hat Deluxe 5.2. I have used every type of Linux distributions. I love Slackware, but i am currently running Manjaro, and i have no issues what so ever.
I am running Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 on my old Think Pad T61.
I switched from Endeavor KDE to Fedora KDE. Nothing wrong with my 1 month using Endeavor but to me using AUR at times are half bake and since college is starting back up i want something more stable. Linux Mint is always my fallback distro and it saved me before.
I had Arch installed old laptop and when i was needing it for class it left me a blinking cursor. I hurry up download Mint and burn Mint on my USB stick I hurry up and install it. When it was install I had everything I needed Firefox (at the time I used a different browser but in a hurry I didn't care) and LibreOffice. Only thing I had to install was MS Font which was super easy. Mint is my ready-to-go distro so when things fail I know Mint will be setup in minutes.
Lastly it might be 2 years on UA-cam but I remember the PuppyLinuxWorld, Linux Helped Guy, and Windows Help Guy. You've been on here longer than that but always loved enjoying your content. Take care EB
Mint is glorious. It's my daily driver on my desktop PC, while the equally brilliant Zorin OS graces my laptop. Both superb.
Agreed. Mint is brilliant on the desktop and Zorin OS is on both of my laptops. They are both wonderful OS's.
I canceled my World of Warcraft subscription because it's no longer playable under linux. Getting errors while updating the game. Tried some other distro's on a separate nvme and no matter what distro, always the same error with battle net. I played WoW since WOTLK and had no problems. Now in 2025 it's no longer playable and I will not install windows to play the game. I gave the reason why I canceled my subscription. If more linux players do the same, then maybe they will look for a solution. They made it possible to play on mac silicon, but not on linux.
I love CANT gimmie more details and ill see if there is a solution also what linux r u ronning??
Just installing battle.net now on Linux Mint 22.1 ill do a video of how i got on for you.
Battle.net installed nice and updated just installing 104Gb of World of Warcraft see community tab for progress
@@englishbob4101 I use latest mint. Installing battlenet and wow gives no problems (lutris, bottles). But when trying to run the game, I need to update it, and then I got a error that says that the update has problem with a file. It's not me alone, if you google the error in linux, a lot of people has the same problem.
@@essetee yea i dont doubt but your doing it wrong im on the last bit of download if i can get it running ill share how i did it and we will soon ahve u back on wow
I left Windows ages ago in the early days of Windows 10.
Congrats on the anniversary! Subbed!
I am using Mint and Nobara with refind so i use two different nvme drives. Now that i more how linux works, I am far less tempted to jump into another distro because now i try (and sometimes succeed) to fix my problem first. Happy anniversary for your channel!
Linux Mint is cracking. I've used the XFCE version on my old Thinkpad for years. On my main computer I run Fedora though, just my personal preference, I've always had the best luck with it even though you have to configure it a bit more out of the box than Mint. I tried Nobara but I didn't like it because there's no discover store and the package manager didn't work properly for me. They also don't recommend installing anything but flatpaks which I don't like. I think it would be better if they were a proper fork of Fedora and not just a layer that's dropped on top of it. Not too interested in Rhino or Catchy honestly. But that's the great thing about Linux, there's something for everyone.
I still love Linux Mint but ZorinOS has passed it up IMO and is my current everyday driver along with Manjaro KDE.
Both Mint and Zorin are fantastic. Those are my two favorite Distro's currently.
I'm using both Zorin and Mint, tried Manjaro 3 years ago, not so good.
I'm still on MX Linux Xfce.
Great! I agree fully.
I hate windows so much, I hate the ads, the spyware, the AI, the arbitrary hardware requirements that mean you'll soon have to throw out perfectly good hardware to keep using it, I hate how unstable the updates are. I still feel like second class citizen on Linux though, because Windows is holding all of my creative work hostage. I can't use my graphics design program, my photo editing app, my video editor of choice, my cad software or my audio editing suite on Linux. Neither of them works well in Wine, using a VM is slow and cumbersome. I really don't like any of the desktop operating systems currently supported, I'd happily use Windows 7 for the rest of my life if all of my software was supported and it if it still received security updates. I just want an OS that runs all of my software hassle free without any weird configurations or workarounds, you know, like I used to have.
I wish Mint had existed when I made the switch from OS/2 Warp 4.5 to Linux. Back then the easiest distros to install were RedHat (before it became Fedora) and Mandrake. Mint is the best point of entry for any Windows user wanting to test the waters before taking the plunge! My main desktop is KDE Neon but I do have Mint on my other PC downstairs! It's about 14 years since my own stroke. Luckily, I didn't lose any mobility. Occasionally I'll drop something or struggle to use chopsticks. It depends on how tired I am.
Congrats on 2 years on UA-cam & continued success on your recovery.
Thanks that's really kind of you and much appreciated.
Mint is a great distro. I ran it for about 10 years. I missed a lot of the options in KDE when they dropped it, and eventually switched to Openbox on Debian 12. Now I'm adjusting Labwc to fit my preferences on Lubuntu, and so far, so good.
well done for two years with your channel and keep up the good work with your recovery.xxx
I held on to Windows for far too long, and finally tossed it all last April after it clogged up my boot drive with bloat yet again. It wasn't worth a reinstall with Windows 10 going end of life this year leaving only one way to go. I've ran Linux Mint on older laptops for years, always just works, I can have it up and running exactly the way I like in minuets, and it just keeps old hardware way more relevant than it should.
I've since gone full, no Windows, no Microsoft minus a few games in my house. I'm Minty Fresh, and all my games work either just as good or better.
Congratulation on 2 years.
Still have my gaming pc on Win11, mainly for some games that won't play on Linux. Then my portable laptop is running nixOS and my mobile workstation (Lenovo P52) is running Fedora KDE. Honestly, I like them all and have no problem with Windows or Linux. Also have an Intel macbook pro, but honestly, outside of the terminal, I really don't care for macOS.
I used Mint for years, but sadly their decision to end support for KDE forced me to change to MX Linux. Why KDE you might ask? I don't really know, but it runs great on my hardware, and Dolphin is by far the best file manager ever... for me at least!
Nice Video, mate I am using the newest Version of ubuntu and I have a Lot of Games installed the only Problem I am facing Is I have to Upgrade My SSD because I m Running out of Space but thats not a Linux Problem its a Hardware Problem 😂😂 Ps I also started with Linux Mint before I switched to Ubuntu
ran mint xfce on an external a while back, was decent until the caddy caked it. reused the drive in another system and nuked it then. solydx is my mint but debian based.
I just switched to Ubuntu today 🤗 I’ve had enough of the spying invasion of privacy on all the other platforms. Linux everything for me going forward. I’m doing my phone tomorrow.
What kind of phone are you putting linux on, just wondering. I got an iPhone 12 Pro Max, don't know how or if it will switch to linux.
How can I hook up a steering wheel so I can play American Truck Simulator on Linuxmint 22.1 Cinnamon.
What's the model steering wheel? I suspect it should just work but…
@@ThePlayerOfGames Thrustmaster TMX Force Feed Back
Literally had a crash on my win11 machine, due to a radeon driver power kernel issue (have the same rx580) noted the driver support ended as of March 2024 for windows so it's either ditch the Radeons (I have two) or switch to Linux.
I'm a long time Linux and Mint user BTW... ;)
I see you're using OBS for recording. What do you use to edit your videos?
Shotcut or kdenlive
I switched to Mint around 9 years ago. In that time I've distro hopped but always came back to Mint. I have a question, are you beta testing the fastly repositories? So far they've been working great for me. Anyway, congrats on your 2-year UA-cam anniversary and recovery. God bless.
I switched to Linux Mint 22.1. The only thing that didn't work right was the game mode. Feral Game mode wasn't auto switching to Performance mode while gaming along with the IO priority not switching as well. Got it working with the help of ChatGPT :)
Crazy multibooter reporting in, sir! All of my actively updated machines run MX as primary. Herewith, the secondary boot partitions, starting from the most recent PC.
The "Black Friday" AMD-based mini (a"barebones" box that has never seen a Windows boot): Linux Mint 22.1, XFCE edition.
The "Production" 3rd-gen i7 + 1650ti frankentower (Dell 7010 transplanted into an old HP case): EndeavourOS, still running fine after two-and-a-quarter years. Also has a Miyolinux, and the W10 partition from the hand-me-down Dell.
The old "Dooley" 2007 AMD dual-core Athlon: Debian 12 Bookworm
Bonus: The Core 2 Duo in the cupboard, which I should haul out and update, has its original Vista, and a Bobuntu-inspired formerly-Lubuntu partition-- revived, with theming intact, via a judicious application of Bookworm. It had sat so long that the Ubuntu servers it would have needed to do an in-place upgrade were long since offline. Just as well-- in my opinion, LxQT would have been a downgrade. 😛
Awesome Gnab much luv and envy at your hardware collection
On my two laptops I run fedora and Ubuntu. My potato Desktop runs Mint and Debian and Ubuntu on my two mini servers. MX on my rescue stick. Thinkpad, Dell and HP. Linux plays well with my hardware. No issues.
I've been on Linux Mint for the last year almost and found no issues with it what's marvellous as I don't get any pop-up adverts anymore I have to use Windows for work but it's and it's boring software doesn't work on it properly and it's a nightmare
You should be able to excess your work stuff through MS EDGE
Re: runwiththedolphin - True that. He just recently popped into the comments under a Ghosty vid to give me the latest info on the 6.12 kernel kerfuffle. Top lad! 👍
Re: Nobara, Bazzite, ChimeraOS, et alia - I can understand why folks are seeking the comforting solidity of SteamOS 3 on their PCs, but it doesn't sound like any of the attempted derivatives are terrifically reliable yet. I hope Valve obliges this demographic eventually (maybe this year?), but in the meantime, the Steam client runs so well on every Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch based distro that I've tried, it's hard to see the technical point.
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I've been using linux mint for 4 years now and I don't regret my decision. I do have to use Windows at work, and at home for a couple games but 99% of the time on linux.
how do you compare between Linux Mint and MX-Linux? how are they different, pros and cons? Would love to hear a short review of them since you use both! Cheers!
I used both on the same machine. I eventually left mx linux because whenever they did a software update, it screwed up my ability to print. It was faster to boot up and easy to use, but I have never had that problem with linux mint. Right now, on 3 computers on mine, I am running Linux Mint Debian Edition which I am very pleased with.
i was on cachy os for about a 7 good month period and that was a smooth experience but Linux mint is right up my alley i installed fresh Linux mint 22.1 and i have to say it has come along way since last to use it smooth loaded with applets themes day in day out and of course i went with cinnamon 64 bit
No Tux Racer or Super Tux Kart? How dare you..
can be added sir
Linux Mint is an absolutely great distro 😊. That's where I started my Linux journey 2 years ago. My main gaming RIG now runs CachyOS. But I still run Linux Mint on my Back up system.
I dumped Windows 11 for Linux Mint 22 on all my systems (HP Pavillion and Microsoft Surface Go 2). I do like using GNOME on it though. XD
Linux Mint Xfce I use and everything I chuck at it, it just does it. Cachy OS Xfce on my gaming PC.
Keep main and gaming PC's separate.
Got PC parts to build another, but what I find weird with PC cases is why manufacturers do not build optical ones or Office PC cases, with the same specs as a modern gaming case has? USB C hubs you can buy, but you'll be hampered, especially when using an old Optical Drive Case, the speeds would be slower. Office PC's take so long to boot in a office setting, but imagine Linux Mint, Cachy OS, ArcoLinux running on them? Would of been nice if Linux was at the stage it is now fifteen years ago, as I think it would of changed the Governments of the world minds entirely about using proprietary systems. Then again though, without the shake up of the stupid decisions that Microsoft make, then we would not of seen so many people making the leap to Linux, as we have over the last year or so. It is a weird concept to think that Microsoft carry on shooting themselves in the foot, that more and more people will try or eventually install and run Linux, because of greed on Windows 11's part.
no GTA?
all gta's run just fine sir
I used linux mint for a long while when beginning linux. I hopped a bunch and landed on pika os not too long ago but regardless linux mint is so solid and reliable and if i ever need it always there for me. The literal toyota corrolla of distros. May not be the prettiest or newest but goddamn itl get you where you need to go and a solid daily driver.
As soon as Linux conquer that multiple monitor issue, Windows would be knocked out the box! Now, if FL studio were to make a Linux version -- it would mean the ending of Windows...( VMware Workstation has a real nice system that allows Linux to use Multiple monitors that they could use)
What is that multiple monitor issue ? Multiple monitors worked in Linux for quite some time, though not perfectly. Most noticeably, monitors with different refresh rates don't work in X11. But that does work in Wayland, and Wayland is getting closer and closer to be mass-adoptable. For some people it already does what they need. It there another multiple monitor issue ?
@@Winnetou17 I'm using a dual HDMI to USB to Laptop. One single monitor is going directly into the HDMI connection, because I have only one port. while two other monitors is attached to a one HDMI adopter, going to a USB port. My research told me that, I wasn't alone and that the Pop-System OS. was the better of the bunch when it came to detecting monitors -- due to the fact that, its made for developer's by developers. (Hp Pavilion 15-cs 2021cl)
if only linux works on my optimus laptop from 2014 envy control doesn't even work. i really want to switch to linux
why doesn't it work?
@ I'm not sure but this appears . You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run nvidia-xconfig as root)
Well Linux is Good but for gamers it's still Windows yet... but the gap is closing fast on Windows. Still the main reason Linux sucks is still lack of the program user want's to use. But its getting better every day for Linux. BTW i suse Opensuse T
Pity it won't run mixcraft.
have u checked this out? forums.acoustica.com/viewtopic.php?t=13893
And this forums.acoustica.com/viewtopic.php?t=30329
@@englishbob4101 That's actually quite interesting. Thanks.
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Windows has been crap after XP anyway.....my XP is still online now Win 11 is nothing more than a forced usage of government spyware system.
Absolutely. I still hve my windows xp box and it’s been thoroughly abused and it’s still quicker to use than windows 11. 10 was bad but 11 is absolutely shit. It breaks my workflow completely, it’s made me less productive. The windows being edge less mean it’s hard to identify where each window is and when you want to move things it’s hard to move. Absolutely shit.
I’m still on the windows 2000 UI on it with office 2007 and that works fine for me. It was installed in 2004 and has been great since. The only problem is the refusal of companies to update the browsers which means it’s getting long in the tooth.
@davideyres955 then we have Win 11 deliberately making the program not accept older graphics cards, processors and programs. ...new computer nessesary.....inability to access most setting without internet access. Complete bs.
I do game animation & modelling for some older games but none of the programs work on my new computer.
There is no comparison between Linux and Windows when it comes to performance.
Windows lags due to background services - (way too many running you don't need)
Linux snaps to attention with every click.
No disrespect you but I'm not really interested in gaming what I'm really interested in doing is getting a media server built using plex anybody knows how to set this up please let me know for music
Put your files on seperate drive and mount it to /media. Add plex to your user group. Easy and done. I may be forgetting a step but that is the easiest way iv done it. Plex is a pain in the ass with permissions on linux for a noob user and can really turn folks away. Answers are there but it can be kinda hard to wrap your mind around it.
Hey Ebeez, I've been looking at Linux Mint for ages now, and I even have it as a dual boot on my very old Dell Optiplex 790 USFF. But I'm just scared, not sure why, I just am. I really want to switch, but I'm no tecchie. And I have (paid for) Windows only apps, and don't want to lose them. I have heard of Wine/Bottles etc, but don't really know what they are and whether or not they'll work. What I'm triyng to say is, could you please do a video, so a div like me, won't be scared of losing all his apps etc (FL Studio/Affinity Designer/Affinity Publisher etc) when switching to LM. It just seems that a lot of Linux users do tend to, dare I say make fun of, and act like tw@ts to noobs. It's just a massive put off.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him
Why not to use Linux is, if there is lack of software you only have on Windows.
If you know how you can get Windows Enterprise for 10-20$ and you get near completely free and Quick system, then add a good antivirus and good common sense of using the computer and Linux is not needed.
Linux is fine until something brakes and then it's shi**hole to fix.
It is the opposite, Linux is real easy to fix, you have to suffer a catastrophic hardware failure for you to have to reinstall the OS, there is no situation where you can't recover a Linux OS using just a USB pen-drive and a few commands. Of course your hardware needs to be compatible and you need to know what you're doing though, knowledge doesn't generate by osmosis, but nowadays you don't need to know that much to get going and learn what you need, you do not need to become a full fledge dev or sysadmin to use Linux.
You can spin up a Windows VM and run whatever Windows programs you want. If it's Office, you can get that online. And I don't think illegally licensing Windows is any way to go. Linux Mint is free. Windows will cost you all your privacy, data and quite possibly brick your machine come update time.