I set my mom up with Mint on my old gaming rig. The only thing that didn't work OOTB was her wifi adapter. Fixed that easy by moving the tower to connect to ethernet and adding the driver. She is almost 68 and uses it with no issues. Mint is a great distro
Alternative to ethernet (eg laptop with only usb) you can just plug in your phone via cable and use the mobile network from the phone (hotspot via usb cable)
Im happy to see more people trying to move to linux, the more people that try will be the faster corps try to compile their software for linux, once we get better software support i think linux will genuinely be the best option between all the desktop OSs
I have used Linux Mint for 10+ years and have dumped Windows. I did dual boot while in college but have gone full Linux! everything works except some Wifi/Nic adapters, I have found all the best devices for use with Linux. I first used Slackware Linux in the 90's. Mint is so much better even on my laptops!
@@EmmettHoops Mine worked right after install, had an issue with it once but after a quick reboot it worked again. that being said I still kinda wanna hop to another distro because mint has been crashing on me once every few days, and the system packages being outdated does kinda worry me sometimes
@@TechDregs yeah, 200% should be good whilst recording. Given you're using a massive display like yours, makes sense that you'd be able to use 4k without any scaling, just really hard to see for most of us. Especially people watching on phones.
Btw, for anyone starting out with Mint. By keeping 4k res. It's better to adjust it incrementally by making icons bigger, making text bigger, making panel bigger etc. Because the official scaling (150%, 200% etc.) doesn't work very well and still has issues. Sadly.
It’s not entirely true with VST support. We do have DAW and audio editing programs, both free&open source and commercial, that do support native VST2/VST3 plugins, but then we also have wrappers like Yabridge that allows for running Windows VSTs over Wine in any software that supports VSTs. Resolve Linux port is just stripped down.
Was going to say basicallly that, too. Yabridge works nicely and enabled me to finally get rid of a secondary Windows system just to be able to keep using my favorite VSTs in audio production.
Well, that's good to know. I think I can live without Deverberate with the built in voice isolation that is in Resolve. It's not quite as good, but it's not terrible either.
@@m-vendor My audio workstation is on Kubuntu, not Mint, but shouldn't make much of a difference. My experience is, that the overall CPU and RAM usage of the VSTs is similar, or even lower than on Windows and the system runs smoothly. It needs to be pointed out though, that some plugins (or their autheticators) do not work as well, or at all at this point, but these are far and few inbetween, at least for the ones in my collection.
If you just want your computer to work for home use, playing games, office work etc, Linux Mint does not really need anything changed direct from install. Just plug in the USB with Linux Mint install files, click install, make a cup of tea, and its ready to use, no downloading a pile of updates, waiting for an hour to install like Windows, it just works.
Flatpaks share dependencies with other Flatpaks so yeah the first one might be huge, but the next one will maybe share 50% of of its dependencies, and the one after that might share 100% with the other two. So filesize isn't quite as dramatically bad "if you use a lot of flatpaks". Have you tried Krita instead of Gimp. Also not as good as Adobe PS but very good nonetheless.
So it's either go full flatpak or no flatpaks at all if disk space is important thing. To me this ecosystem inside ecosystem seems a bit odd because isn't Flatpak doing exactly the same thing as Linux packet manager but somehow better without dependency conflicts?
@@YoStu242 there's benefits and tradeoffs. Flatpak versions of applications will generally be the most recent version, depending on your distribution this might be important. If you are on Debian stable for example you'd be limited to the versions in the deb repository when it was released. They're also containerised which I think provides a benefit in managing them, they won't alter your system outside of /home etc. The killer feature is that they are cross platform so a flatpak app will be available on deb, rhel, or arch distributions. Might not be the case for distro maintained. The tradeoffs are that they can have a larger footprint for disc usage and might load slightly slower. If disc space is a challenge for you then maybe not suitable. Really though if it works for you, if you aren't limited for space, if you can deal with a few seconds more load time then they're great.
@@YoStu242 There are benefits and tradefoffs for Flatpaks. Good: Cross platform, easy to maintain for developers. You've probably ran across situations where an application you want to use is only available as .deb but your distro has uses rpm packages for example. Flatpaks should eliminate that in a more user friendly way than building from source or installing a third party repository. Secure, they can't impact your system outside of /home so you wont get dependency conflicts. Its easy to manage them using Flatseal to give specific permissions to access folders etc. Up to date. Take Debian for example, it releases roughly every couple of years, and you'll be restricted to use the packages available at the time of that release unless you use third party repos (which can be a bit more risk than you like). Flatpaks however will generally ship the most recent version of the application, with any new features or fixes. Bad: Will use more disc space initially May perform slightly slower than system managed applications. My case: I use both, things like VS Code, Steam etc. I want them to have access to my system, I trust them enough to not break on me, and they just run better installed from to distro package repo. Stuff that isn't so critical, graphic apps, torrent clients, browsers, emulators, office suites etc. I just grab them off Flathub.
@@YoStu242Flatpaks are self contained programs similar to Portable Apps under Windows but with the added benefit that you can update these through your package manager.
That's much more robust hardware that I could afford. Now watching this video on an old 10th-gen 6-core i5, 32GB of RAM and built-in graphics running Linux Mint 21.3 Victoria.
The way to think about “system packages” or apps downloaded via a the command line, .deb packages, and via the software center is to think of shared libraries. The app “borrows” shared libraries already on the system that’s why the apps are not that big. Flatpaks, snaps, and app images have all the files included that are needed to run the software. That’s what they are so big in size. Good video.
On the flatpak storage disadvantage, it'll deduplicate when needed, so your first apps might need some runtime downloads, but more apps you have, less space it'll take! The approximate values can't calculate that properly yet, but you can check your flatpak installation folder and you'll see the total size is reasonable with all the added benefits of being independent of your distribution and update cycle :P
Not to forget the benefits of portals and permission management! You might want to check out flatseal until cinnamon natively supports flatpak permissions :D
I never realized I could move the screen position in display settings. I was living with this issue that everything would move up on my laptop when I plugged in my second monitor. Now because of this video I'm good to go 👍
There's also gpu-screen-recorder for a shadowplay alternative, as OBS only uses nvenc efficiently over Windows indeed, you might want to test that :P Proton has a little little overhead and Mint using older packages (choosing stability over newer enhancements) _might_ affect more on newer systems than the older ones, but if you're happy, it's fine :P You should try Bottles for a wine GUI as well, it's slick!
Bottles, specifically the FlatPak version is a good recommendation. In my experience the software still is rather buggy and clunky. But it gets the job done the best of the few methods I tried.
Rawtherapee is also an option like darktable, though the Adobe situation is forever unfortunate. When it comes to davinci, they would have to pay for h264 and aac patents (which they rely on it already being paid by Microsoft and Apple on other platforms) so even though it would be technically useable, they won't because of software patents crap in US. Just as us-based distributions don't ship those codecs by default and "the user can optionally" install them locally (the checkbox in the installer 😅) I don't think it's binding in EU or anywhere else though but what we can do but wait for av1 to take over ╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭
CoreCtrl for AMD GPUs is great. Has controls for voltage, power, core and memory clocks, has monitoring and profiles. Easy to install and setup as well.
20 senior MS veteran. Move 2 of 6 home machine to latest Mint. I really like it. Found all hardware, and runs like lightning compared to W11. Man alive… I cannot wait to retire as I am thoroughly disgusted with the direction. Microsoft is gone. That retirement is at the end of this year and as soon as my responsibilities are finished, everything is going to Linux.
FreeCAD or BricsCAD for mechanical engineering cad stuff, there is lots of other cad for eletronics, for all kinds of applications but too much specific, as a general FreeCAD or its fork Ondsel ES is the way for cad working in linux, BricsCAD is the paid alternative in linux, so one of the three is the best course of action.
Id like to add a note about document compatibility. Users new to office alternatives such as libreoffice remember to install ms core fonts. On a personal note the terminal is like the borg in star trek, just not frightening anymore.
While you don't need to install drivers for a lot of devices because they generally just run on Linux, you'll find that by using the manufacturers driver sets for Linux you generally get some more functionality (for printers, scanners, tablets etc) than the stock open source drivers. Not always the case, but a lot of times.
For OBS performance you might want to add obs-gamecapture, which can reduce the recording overhead, but you'll have to el explicitly use it to run your games (e.g. in Steam game's parameters you'd put in `obs-gamecapture %command%`. I'm not sure, however how well it'd play with Flatpak OBS or Flatpak Steam. I'm also aware of a couple performance improvements coming to OBS recently for Nvidia/AMD/Intel encoders on Linux, but I'm not sure if it's already in a release that you're using. Other than that: good video 👍
I upgraded to Mint after Steam stopped running on Windows 7 (Yes....7!). I had Win 10 on my work PC and hated it, so I wasn't going there. Win 11 is just a hard NO! I can do almost everything I need in Mint on my 12 year old Dell PC. I had done some mods on it so it was not as bad as I thought it might be. I put an AMD card and an internal SSD inside. Nevertheless, I dual booted for a few months and that just gave me the confidence to switch over. I never looked back after that. I had issues with a kernel upgrade but I used Timeshift to roll it back and it solved my problem. I'm still working out some kinks but they're mostly problems with me. I am loving Linux Mint and looking forward to what they do next. Great video. Thanks.
very important video for anyone looking for a escape from slavery of being part of Microsoft ecosystem when it comes to enterprise software. Linux is the future along with other Linux or Unix based open source softwares. Microsoft is the spanner in the wheel that stops world from progressing into an open source , build once run anywhere software ecosystem.
FYI FlatPacks aren't usually the size shown, the external flatpak dependency flatpacks are shared and so the size shown are only if they don't exist. They're still big but not that big after you have gnome and kde flatpak libs
I've used linux mint and realised that if you have more than one screen with two different refreshrates, it will default to the lower one. That's why vsync caps at 60 for you. You can also see it when moving windows around because it will move in 60hz instead of the higher one
@@simpan197and in exchange, Wayland is super inconsistent on NVIDIA. Although the new 555 drivers had pretty good reception, so in half a year or a year from now, we might have this down as well!
I'm waiting for a polished up enough Android x86. If Linux distro developers haven't yet realized throughout all these decades what they're missing out on, because of their damn terminal needed to fix the simplest problem, they're not gonna realize it. We're stuck with waiting on not so autistic genius to do it. Add out of the box support for exe software someone actually wants to use, through Wine, Bottles, etc, and the sky's the limit for such a PC Android!
With all due respect for these folk (for sure the vast majority has far higher IQs than mine), but it's been decades already, of not noticing such a simple reason, why nobody with better things to do, than learning and typing in your terminal all the time, does not want to use your system.
With most desktops, to my knowledge, you can mirror with multiple screens by dragging one on top the other. I haven't tested this personally (not something I'd use necessarily), but you can try that.
Can confirm most of your findings, similar for me. But certain things will just not run or run well enough. I am still stuck on dual boot because of that
Thank you for providing a non biased opinion about Linux Mint! Also just wanted to point out that your hardware (the 3090 and the r9 5950x) are both almost four years old, and aren’t really considered new hardware. They are very high end though.
wonderful video. thank you for showing folks how easy it really can be. Ever since the whole adobe fiasco, I've been seriously considering switching my whole system over to mint and using davinci. my only concern is I'm a video editor by trade and I have lots of plug ins with pemeir and I would lose that if i switched. otherwise i'm completely on board
Got my dad on Linux Mint after Windows borked itself. Did try Manjaro before that, but that also broke itself via updates. All he needs is Chrome and a PC that doesn't break or add random crap like widgets, weather, AI, and what not.
Manjaro is superb distro. I've been using it for years with no problems on different computers. But it needs to be updated regularly, otherwise it can break.
Manjaro is rolling release its prone to problems as its based in arch, you chose correct to install Linux Mint in your father pc, you will not deal with problems.
I'm running EndeavorOS which is basically Arch with a graphical installer, similar to Manjaro. When something breaks during updates it's usually that one or more signatures of the package maintainers are expired. Just update and refresh the gpg-signatures and retry the update, with keeping that in mind my sytems run hassle-free for years. I agree that Mint is an excellent distro for less tech savvy users, I've installed it as well on aging laptops and PCs for friends and family. It just can't be as cutting edge as a rolling release
I love Linux, I tried switching about 3 years ago and stuck with it for 3 months, I ended up switching back to windows so I could play cod but nowadays I don’t play any games that won’t run on Linux. So I made the switch back to arch and I’m loving it.
I too had some issues with Nexus vortex mods initially. Try running Fusion 360 via Bottles and see how's it performing. I cannot praise Bottles enough of how good it runs windows stuff.
I have had the same experience giving Mint a try and with MS collecting more and more data from you Mint will be my daily driver. With a windows vm for those bits that do not exist in linux.
The 60 FPS cap with VSYNC is probably due to some bug with VRR, but it's hard to tell without knowing what's going on on the system. Try disabling VRR and see what happens.
I've been using Linux Mint for about five years and agree that the image editing has gaps. In my case, I only resize and rotate images and used IrfanView on Windows. There isn't a simple editor like IrfanView for Linux. PhotoFlare is close, but the canvas is awkward. Still, I'm never going back to M$ Windows.
You can mirror if you only have two displays. More than two, and the mirroring option is disabled. I think there's still a way to get mirroring via editing config files though.
I generally use fedora or the RHEL release. However, on one of my computers I installed the Debian version of Mint. I don't trust Ubuntu as they put spyware in their OS. The Debian Mint works really well and I have kept it on my machine. I think the Mint folks have done a great job with the interface and windowing.
CAD on Linux is my big holdback. I use Solidworks and there is not a good way to get it working. So far the best solution I’ve found is taking a performance hit and do a VM or have a second computer for windows that I RDP into
4:31 That's the great thing about Linux. All drivers are just there and ready to use. No more "Windows is installing drivers" whenever you plug the mouse into a different port. 9:27 If you want the latest and greatest software use a Rolling disrto like Arch or Manjaro.
Been running a mac pro 5,1 with linux mint for a while now runs well with upgrades ie nvme, rx5700xt ,wifi 6e ,5690 cpu and 64gb of ram PLUS i have a i9 rx7800xt system with arch linux love linux its amazing that how fast you learn
there is good news just around the corner for Nvidia users on linux though. the Nvidia drivers that are now in beta finally allow Nvidia cards to game well using Wayland. im using those drivers and running Wayland instead of X11 and seeing a big reduction in CPU overhead while gaming which will probably lead to better performance in plenty of games.
Hey! About your issue with vsync capping to 60FPS. The thing is, as you already said, you are using x11, and x11 is kinda... Bad when it comes to multiple monitors. X11 doesn't support multiple refresh rates, because it's basically render your screens a s big one, with specific offset to match your layout. Because of that, all of your displays, are forced to work with shared refresh rate, even tho, GUI says otherwise. That's why you are only getting 60fps, your display is sadly working in only 60hz. Wayland fixed the issue, but as you already noticed, cinnamon doesn't support Wayland yet, also, for best Wayland experience, you'd need Nvidia 555 driver.
Huh, learn something new every day. I did switch to Wayland for a bit, but yeah, it jacked up the whole desktop (backgrounds split and shifted and several updates broke). I've heard it's the future, and I look forward to it resolving that stuff. I also installed a newer NV driver, but that also caused some issues, so I went back to the most current included driver.
@@TechDregs I'd say, wayland really is the future, i've been using it for over 2 years now, but i'm on AMD so that's different. I hope that nvidia will land proper support soon, but I'm not sure if Cinnamon is going to keep up.
Oddly, I have a 144Hz and secondary 60Hz monitor under X11 and it works just fine. I even ran some "persistence of vision" tests to make sure I could actually visually see the difference and it wasn't just saying 144Hz but not actually doing it. I think it's because I have a super-barebones i3wm setup rather than a full desktop environment and don't have a dedicated compositor.
@@heinrichagrippa5681 Your 144Hz display could have been running at 144hz :) The thing is, that probably, your 60Hz did too, and since it could not display that much frames, it was basically skipping them which could lead to tearing. But of course it's better when 60Hz can't keep up, rather than 144Hz thinking it's running at 144Hz, but actually getting 60FPS input. It's not up to compositor, it's xorg issue which won't be fixed. Ever.
I use Kdenlive for video and no problems. I use a program called handbrake to compress video for web uploading. Linux Mint is getting better every year.
I was a bit worried before the switch that I will have to make sacrifices, and that It's going to be a pain to make the switch, and that I will brick my system, (like when I first tried linux). But it was less painful than I imagined. I've been using it for almost 2 years now, for gaming, audio and video editing, Guitar distortion VST effects, coding and basic office stuff. And it's alright. There were some learning pains, but I can't fault the OS for my lack of knowledge. It can do everything that my Windows machine was able to, if you take your time to learn how to make it do it. And after that, it's like Windows but without the bad stuff (Cortana, telemetry, bloatware, the annoying update, the inefficient resource management etc) I can confidently say that Linux for gaming is perfectly viable. Not plug and play like Windows, you will have to use Bottles and Steam and Lutris to run stuff, but you most definitely can. And the performance will probably be even better.
Word of caution, do not game with such an old kernel and software. Just like on Windows you often need recent drivers for gaming. If the graphics card came out after the kernel then that kernel will not properly support the graphics card and you get problems. If a game came out after the drivers and AMD or NVidia fixed game-performance problems in the drivers then your old drivers will not support that game. It might still play, the performance might be (a lot) worse. So if you game you either should update the kernel and drivers on any Debian/Ubuntu-based distro, or you should use another distro. You can update the kernel and drivers by adding a 'repository' (like the ppa on Ubuntu-based) or you can compile from source. Note that the kernel also contains some of the AMD-GPU-drivers, some of the drivers are separate from the kernel (like in mesa).
100% has infinite problems. Unsolvable screen and refresh rate issues with almost all monitors, 3 of my wireless Bluetooth mouses can't work. A laptop lasts 1 hour instead of 6. List just goes on and on. I'm done with commands and scripts.
Yeah I ran into major issues with my monitors too and didn't want to spend an entire week of testing an xorg.conf, black screening, having to SSH in, resetting graphics then rewriting an xorg.conf, rinse and repeat I tried a distribution with Wayland only, and everything worked but there was no software support like overclocking, screen sharing, etc.. And Wayland has been in development for 16 years now... 😬
I would say that just about any Linux Distro is more like Mac, UI not withstanding. Both Mac and Linux have a Unix like terminal that mostly use the exact same commands. On Mac you can use Brew as your package manager instead of APT.
acully flatpak dependcys are shared. so other aps that use the same dependcys will be a mutch smaller downloads. in the long run flatpaks are about the same size.
I feel forced to move to Linux by Microsoft. I'd rather stay with Windows, because everything I use just works, but Windows is getting more obnoxious and intrusive with every new release. Still on 10. I am not installing the atrocious Windows 11.
Sadly so far I'm in a bit of a niche situation where Linux is a downgrade for my day-to-day usage, I have windows only macro software that I have setup so I can call up functions on a moments notice, this software does /not/ work under WINE properly, and booting a VM or dual-booting into windows would defeat the purpose of software that's whole thing is to quickly and easily perform a task. There doesn't appear to be any full-featured port of the software though apparently there's been several different attempts that seem to die out before even half the basic functions are ported over, and I've looked into several different linux alternatives and they just don't cut it, they're either clunky, unreliable, and/or missing core functionality. The best answer I've found is theoretically trying to rewrite it all using python scripting but we're talking literally thousands of lines of code just so I can have the same functions on linux, maybe some of the more basic functions can be implemented using the built-in custom hotkey support for many desktop environments, but not all of it. And I honestly don't like the idea of it being so decentralized and all over the place instead of in a single script file that I can make quick edits to and can make sure there are no conflicts. That's just my main reason/excuse right now, if I could get around that I'd still have to find out if any /other/ of my favorite programs work or have alternatives that will cut it. I've had 20 or so years on windows and I've found a /ton/ of good utilities and programs. Good news is that many are open-source and/or cross-platform mainly because I look for free programs because I was broke for a long time and now I'm miserly. Though just because software is free and open-source /doesn't/ automatically mean there's a linux version or that it's easy to port to linux, especially if it takes advantage of windows architecture to even function.
Installed Linux mint, no sound. Installed recommended drivers, OK. Linux mint up for 6 months using an nvidia card. 2 months later downloaded a video card update and down went the sound again. Now the system won’t even boot. Runs fine on an old laptop (not an nvidia). Nvidia software sucks for hdmi. They are getting closer though.
When I was looking for the right distro to install when I moved away from wInDoWs, I always read "Take Mint, it looks and feels pretty similar to Windows" and I thought: Well, that's exactly what I want to get rid off. I hated the UX and primarily the UI of Windows (10 at that time). Window 11 is a bit less worse when it comes to the UI, but there are tons of new problems and the UI is still worse than some Linux desktops or macOS. I don't think that the "it just works" pattern is specific to Mint. Almost all common distros (except Arch and maybe Debian) are very easy to set up and most things just work. The only benefit for Mint in my option would be the look and feeling being so close to Windows. I just can't understand why anyone would want to keep this Windows-like feel.
your making me want to switch. i just have a question. I am a huge gamer, the games i play are Fortnite, Battlefield 2042, and Rust. I don't really play anything else but those. also, I work for a graphic design company that requires me to use Adobe creative cloud. Also, we use Microsoft teams and office applications consistently. Does these games and apps work without any complicated setup? I am not technically inclined.
The problem with Mint is it is based on Ubuntu LTS (the older one for now) which means brand new desktop/laptops may not have all drivers (or optimised drivers) 'out the box' - for example my dell XPS laptop using mint (or ubuntu 22.04.x) has broken sound and no WIFI - however if I run new LTS (24.04.x) or Arch everything works straight away. Desktops to be actually useful need to be at least semi rolling (kernel/mesa) IMO
@@terryhayward7905 No mint has multiple versions - the flagship/default one based on Ubuntu - google 'linux mint versions' and the first link shows what they are based on (Ubuntu mainly) However same issue applies (its worse) with Debian actually, less hardware is supported Also
Personally prefer Ubuntu. I always had problems using Linux Mint across multiple PC builds and even my friend had problems with random crashes. If only snaps had the same amount of support as flatpak and appimage, but no matter how much I want to go to Linux from Windows, I can't fully transfer. At least where Ubuntu lacking, Windows still provides and where Ubuntu can provide the same as Windows, it provide a mostly better experience.
For video player I only use System Pack not flatpack that have some issues like dark mode not working or other skins or fail to play video.I'm using Smplayer and system pack work perfectly when flatpack is completely shit. I'm should only test Linux Mint on my laptop with intel 10 gen 6/12 cores, 64GB RAM, nvidia 2060m but I stayed like few months already and after new nvidia drivers is "crazy" stable, 95% my single players game simple run most of them better than on Windows or the same or few fps less. Im not doing advance video editing then apps on linux are ok for me, everything works much much faster.
It's honestly annoying to try to learn the basics of linux. Why are there 20 versions of vlc? No, I'm not interrested in compiling programs from source when I go to install discord or whatever.
The only reason why i dont just have linux as my main because my canon 6030 printer just doesnt work , like at all , i tried everything , it just doesnt work !!!
for that performance hit in gaming you need linux to be alot better than windows in some real aspects (as opposed to philosophical ie imaginary) to justify the transition.
My laptop doesn't support it well, the trackpad needed some tweaking and the mic doesn't work. It's probably because my laptop came out this year. I use Pop OS and it fixes those problems and works well
Make sure you update to the latest available kernel. The downside of Mint being a fork of a fork is their default kernel upon installation is kind of old. But there are newer ones available in the update center.
IDK about all features, because I don't use all of Discord's features. But I was able to use a voice chat while playing a game with three other people, and didn't have any issues. Never tried any video through Discord.
i tried it i got an update and now it's broken i can't open firefox and can't shutdown the computer on the os had to use physical button, was good when it lasted, then it got ruined
I just installed mint on a new build. Z790 motherboard. Nothing worked! No audio, wrong screen resolution, no wi-fi, and had problems booting. Could not get any of it to work after a week of trying. Installed an Arch distribution and everything worked!
Do you think switching to linux mint on a potato ASUS laptop will improve DX drastically? I notice that VSCode takes forever to find errors in TypeScript files when working on big projects. Everything just feels unreasonably slow and I always dread doing anything because of the loading times.
I haven't tried Linux mint, but I used to run Linux for programming on a not so strong laptop and; It is possible, if the thing making it slower is windows being bloated and taking CPU/ram. If you don't have an SSD, Linux should feel a lot better. You could try using a live iso to compare speeds (unless your project is so big the live iso starts getting mad) {or just install mint on a usb}
I set my mom up with Mint on my old gaming rig. The only thing that didn't work OOTB was her wifi adapter. Fixed that easy by moving the tower to connect to ethernet and adding the driver. She is almost 68 and uses it with no issues. Mint is a great distro
i did the same thing with my dad but the wifi we "bought" a wifi adapter and installed drivers (he using debian with cinnamon)
Alternative to ethernet (eg laptop with only usb) you can just plug in your phone via cable and use the mobile network from the phone (hotspot via usb cable)
@@foxonboard1 welp we dont have infinite hotspot
@@Sproute-RL USB tethering can use the wifi connection on your phone too.
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Im happy to see more people trying to move to linux, the more people that try will be the faster corps try to compile their software for linux, once we get better software support i think linux will genuinely be the best option between all the desktop OSs
amen
Probably not the best, because of Apples’s hardware and software ecosystem, but it’s definitely better than Windows.
It's funny to see Linux demos about the ease of access: The mouse, keyboard, controller and screens just worked. Woooooow. Inredible.
love it as always man. Been saying this for the last few months now. More peolpe should be open to not only trying linux but just trying new things
Excellent breakdown! Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux!
Hi Tom! 👋
I have used Linux Mint for 10+ years and have dumped Windows. I did dual boot while in college but have gone full Linux! everything works except some Wifi/Nic adapters, I have found all the best devices for use with Linux. I first used Slackware Linux in the 90's. Mint is so much better even on my laptops!
Provided you get the wifi working, which is devilishly hard in Mint.
@@EmmettHoopsplug in ethernet, install drivers, gg
@@EmmettHoops Mine worked right after install, had an issue with it once but after a quick reboot it worked again.
that being said I still kinda wanna hop to another distro because mint has been crashing on me once every few days, and the system packages being outdated does kinda worry me sometimes
You really need to adjust your resolution for screen recordings. It's really hard to read anything on that screen.
Just wanted to demonstrate that 4k works! Kidding, I'll keep that in mind for the future, and I've already increased the display scaling.
@@TechDregs Awesome :)
@@TechDregs you dont need to change resolution. just the scaling (like 150% or 200%)
@@TechDregs yeah, 200% should be good whilst recording. Given you're using a massive display like yours, makes sense that you'd be able to use 4k without any scaling, just really hard to see for most of us. Especially people watching on phones.
Btw, for anyone starting out with Mint. By keeping 4k res. It's better to adjust it incrementally by making icons bigger, making text bigger, making panel bigger etc. Because the official scaling (150%, 200% etc.) doesn't work very well and still has issues. Sadly.
It’s not entirely true with VST support. We do have DAW and audio editing programs, both free&open source and commercial, that do support native VST2/VST3 plugins, but then we also have wrappers like Yabridge that allows for running Windows VSTs over Wine in any software that supports VSTs. Resolve Linux port is just stripped down.
Was going to say basicallly that, too. Yabridge works nicely and enabled me to finally get rid of a secondary Windows system just to be able to keep using my favorite VSTs in audio production.
Well, that's good to know. I think I can live without Deverberate with the built in voice isolation that is in Resolve. It's not quite as good, but it's not terrible either.
@mfsoab how is the performance between linuxmint and windows?
@@m-vendor My audio workstation is on Kubuntu, not Mint, but shouldn't make much of a difference.
My experience is, that the overall CPU and RAM usage of the VSTs is similar, or even lower than on Windows and the system runs smoothly.
It needs to be pointed out though, that some plugins (or their autheticators) do not work as well, or at all at this point, but these are far and few inbetween, at least for the ones in my collection.
Thanks for correcting the VST thing for Linux. I was about to write down a comment by myself just now. xD
Really good overview with useful info for people with a variety of use cases.
If you just want your computer to work for home use, playing games, office work etc, Linux Mint does not really need anything changed direct from install.
Just plug in the USB with Linux Mint install files, click install, make a cup of tea, and its ready to use, no downloading a pile of updates, waiting for an hour to install like Windows, it just works.
I am glad you are having a good experience on linux
Yes it works out of the box!
Flatpaks share dependencies with other Flatpaks so yeah the first one might be huge, but the next one will maybe share 50% of of its dependencies, and the one after that might share 100% with the other two. So filesize isn't quite as dramatically bad "if you use a lot of flatpaks".
Have you tried Krita instead of Gimp. Also not as good as Adobe PS but very good nonetheless.
So it's either go full flatpak or no flatpaks at all if disk space is important thing. To me this ecosystem inside ecosystem seems a bit odd because isn't Flatpak doing exactly the same thing as Linux packet manager but somehow better without dependency conflicts?
@@YoStu242 there's benefits and tradeoffs. Flatpak versions of applications will generally be the most recent version, depending on your distribution this might be important. If you are on Debian stable for example you'd be limited to the versions in the deb repository when it was released. They're also containerised which I think provides a benefit in managing them, they won't alter your system outside of /home etc.
The killer feature is that they are cross platform so a flatpak app will be available on deb, rhel, or arch distributions. Might not be the case for distro maintained.
The tradeoffs are that they can have a larger footprint for disc usage and might load slightly slower. If disc space is a challenge for you then maybe not suitable. Really though if it works for you, if you aren't limited for space, if you can deal with a few seconds more load time then they're great.
@@YoStu242 There are benefits and tradefoffs for Flatpaks.
Good:
Cross platform, easy to maintain for developers. You've probably ran across situations where an application you want to use is only available as .deb but your distro has uses rpm packages for example. Flatpaks should eliminate that in a more user friendly way than building from source or installing a third party repository.
Secure, they can't impact your system outside of /home so you wont get dependency conflicts. Its easy to manage them using Flatseal to give specific permissions to access folders etc.
Up to date. Take Debian for example, it releases roughly every couple of years, and you'll be restricted to use the packages available at the time of that release unless you use third party repos (which can be a bit more risk than you like). Flatpaks however will generally ship the most recent version of the application, with any new features or fixes.
Bad:
Will use more disc space initially
May perform slightly slower than system managed applications.
My case: I use both, things like VS Code, Steam etc. I want them to have access to my system, I trust them enough to not break on me, and they just run better installed from to distro package repo. Stuff that isn't so critical, graphic apps, torrent clients, browsers, emulators, office suites etc. I just grab them off Flathub.
@@YoStu242 but it's doing it on *all of* your distros regardless of the base, update cycle, gnu or not
@@YoStu242Flatpaks are self contained programs similar to Portable Apps under Windows but with the added benefit that you can update these through your package manager.
"It is a fairly heavy system..." bro says deadpan with his 64GB RAM, Ryzen 9 5950X and RTX 3090 💀
That's much more robust hardware that I could afford. Now watching this video on an old 10th-gen 6-core i5, 32GB of RAM and built-in graphics running Linux Mint 21.3 Victoria.
Watching this video on a first gen core I5 on Windows 10 Pro
He'll fit right in on the Arch community
It seems you didn't understand what he said....
If Linux x64/x86 is heavy, then I will wait for the Linux Mint Arm edition.
The way to think about “system packages” or apps downloaded via a the command line, .deb packages, and via the software center is to think of shared libraries. The app “borrows” shared libraries already on the system that’s why the apps are not that big. Flatpaks, snaps, and app images have all the files included that are needed to run the software. That’s what they are so big in size. Good video.
On the flatpak storage disadvantage, it'll deduplicate when needed, so your first apps might need some runtime downloads, but more apps you have, less space it'll take!
The approximate values can't calculate that properly yet, but you can check your flatpak installation folder and you'll see the total size is reasonable with all the added benefits of being independent of your distribution and update cycle :P
Not to forget the benefits of portals and permission management! You might want to check out flatseal until cinnamon natively supports flatpak permissions :D
I’m fine with any flatpak bloat. 512g os drive won’t break the bank. You really want non os stuff on other drives anyway.
I never realized I could move the screen position in display settings. I was living with this issue that everything would move up on my laptop when I plugged in my second monitor. Now because of this video I'm good to go 👍
There's also gpu-screen-recorder for a shadowplay alternative, as OBS only uses nvenc efficiently over Windows indeed, you might want to test that :P
Proton has a little little overhead and Mint using older packages (choosing stability over newer enhancements) _might_ affect more on newer systems than the older ones, but if you're happy, it's fine :P
You should try Bottles for a wine GUI as well, it's slick!
Another vouch for gpu-screen-recorder it works perfectly as a shadowplay alternative and does not affect game FPS
Bottles, specifically the FlatPak version is a good recommendation.
In my experience the software still is rather buggy and clunky.
But it gets the job done the best of the few methods I tried.
A good overview. Thanks.
Rawtherapee is also an option like darktable, though the Adobe situation is forever unfortunate.
When it comes to davinci, they would have to pay for h264 and aac patents (which they rely on it already being paid by Microsoft and Apple on other platforms) so even though it would be technically useable, they won't because of software patents crap in US.
Just as us-based distributions don't ship those codecs by default and "the user can optionally" install them locally (the checkbox in the installer 😅)
I don't think it's binding in EU or anywhere else though but what we can do but wait for av1 to take over ╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭
CoreCtrl for AMD GPUs is great. Has controls for voltage, power, core and memory clocks, has monitoring and profiles. Easy to install and setup as well.
LACT is better
20 senior MS veteran. Move 2 of 6 home machine to latest Mint. I really like it. Found all hardware, and runs like lightning compared to W11. Man alive… I cannot wait to retire as I am thoroughly disgusted with the direction. Microsoft is gone. That retirement is at the end of this year and as soon as my responsibilities are finished, everything is going to Linux.
LMDE is my favorite. Mint is awesome!
LMDE 7 is when I'll make the jump
For CAD, I use FreeCAD and some Python libraries. There's also Onshape, which works on cloud .
FreeCAD or BricsCAD for mechanical engineering cad stuff, there is lots of other cad for eletronics, for all kinds of applications but too much specific, as a general FreeCAD or its fork Ondsel ES is the way for cad working in linux, BricsCAD is the paid alternative in linux, so one of the three is the best course of action.
Id like to add a note about document compatibility. Users new to office alternatives such as libreoffice remember to install ms core fonts.
On a personal note the terminal is like the borg in star trek, just not frightening anymore.
While you don't need to install drivers for a lot of devices because they generally just run on Linux, you'll find that by using the manufacturers driver sets for Linux you generally get some more functionality (for printers, scanners, tablets etc) than the stock open source drivers. Not always the case, but a lot of times.
For OBS performance you might want to add obs-gamecapture, which can reduce the recording overhead, but you'll have to el explicitly use it to run your games (e.g. in Steam game's parameters you'd put in `obs-gamecapture %command%`. I'm not sure, however how well it'd play with Flatpak OBS or Flatpak Steam.
I'm also aware of a couple performance improvements coming to OBS recently for Nvidia/AMD/Intel encoders on Linux, but I'm not sure if it's already in a release that you're using.
Other than that: good video 👍
I upgraded to Mint after Steam stopped running on Windows 7 (Yes....7!). I had Win 10 on my work PC and hated it, so I wasn't going there. Win 11 is just a hard NO!
I can do almost everything I need in Mint on my 12 year old Dell PC. I had done some mods on it so it was not as bad as I thought it might be. I put an AMD card and an internal SSD inside. Nevertheless, I dual booted for a few months and that just gave me the confidence to switch over. I never looked back after that. I had issues with a kernel upgrade but I used Timeshift to roll it back and it solved my problem. I'm still working out some kinks but they're mostly problems with me. I am loving Linux Mint and looking forward to what they do next. Great video. Thanks.
very important video for anyone looking for a escape from slavery of being part of Microsoft ecosystem when it comes to enterprise software. Linux is the future along with other Linux or Unix based open source softwares. Microsoft is the spanner in the wheel that stops world from progressing into an open source , build once run anywhere software ecosystem.
FYI
FlatPacks aren't usually the size shown, the external flatpak dependency flatpacks are shared and so the size shown are only if they don't exist. They're still big but not that big after you have gnome and kde flatpak libs
I've used linux mint and realised that if you have more than one screen with two different refreshrates, it will default to the lower one. That's why vsync caps at 60 for you. You can also see it when moving windows around because it will move in 60hz instead of the higher one
There are workarounds to force the monitors to run at higher hz if you want
That's because it's using x11. Iirc, Wayland would solve that
@@simpan197and in exchange, Wayland is super inconsistent on NVIDIA. Although the new 555 drivers had pretty good reception, so in half a year or a year from now, we might have this down as well!
I'm waiting for a polished up enough Android x86. If Linux distro developers haven't yet realized throughout all these decades what they're missing out on, because of their damn terminal needed to fix the simplest problem, they're not gonna realize it. We're stuck with waiting on not so autistic genius to do it. Add out of the box support for exe software someone actually wants to use, through Wine, Bottles, etc, and the sky's the limit for such a PC Android!
With all due respect for these folk (for sure the vast majority has far higher IQs than mine), but it's been decades already, of not noticing such a simple reason, why nobody with better things to do, than learning and typing in your terminal all the time, does not want to use your system.
With most desktops, to my knowledge, you can mirror with multiple screens by dragging one on top the other. I haven't tested this personally (not something I'd use necessarily), but you can try that.
Can confirm most of your findings, similar for me. But certain things will just not run or run well enough. I am still stuck on dual boot because of that
Thank you for providing a non biased opinion about Linux Mint! Also just wanted to point out that your hardware (the 3090 and the r9 5950x) are both almost four years old, and aren’t really considered new hardware. They are very high end though.
Welcome to Linux Mint! I've been using it for over a decade and keep loving it! Take the tour with a live USB and you'll get hooked.
wonderful video. thank you for showing folks how easy it really can be. Ever since the whole adobe fiasco, I've been seriously considering switching my whole system over to mint and using davinci. my only concern is I'm a video editor by trade and I have lots of plug ins with pemeir and I would lose that if i switched. otherwise i'm completely on board
Got my dad on Linux Mint after Windows borked itself. Did try Manjaro before that, but that also broke itself via updates. All he needs is Chrome and a PC that doesn't break or add random crap like widgets, weather, AI, and what not.
Manjaro is superb distro. I've been using it for years with no problems on different computers. But it needs to be updated regularly, otherwise it can break.
Manjaro is rolling release its prone to problems as its based in arch, you chose correct to install Linux Mint in your father pc, you will not deal with problems.
I'm running EndeavorOS which is basically Arch with a graphical installer, similar to Manjaro. When something breaks during updates it's usually that one or more signatures of the package maintainers are expired. Just update and refresh the gpg-signatures and retry the update, with keeping that in mind my sytems run hassle-free for years. I agree that Mint is an excellent distro for less tech savvy users, I've installed it as well on aging laptops and PCs for friends and family. It just can't be as cutting edge as a rolling release
For CAD I would suggest Ondsel which is built on top of FreeCAD, but with better UI and UX
Tried it. I didn't find it much better, but that's just my opinion.
the only other paid alternative is BricsCAD
I love Linux, I tried switching about 3 years ago and stuck with it for 3 months, I ended up switching back to windows so I could play cod but nowadays I don’t play any games that won’t run on Linux. So I made the switch back to arch and I’m loving it.
No Proton?
i recommend setting up obs gstreamer support, that is probably where your performance hit on linux comes from
I'll check that out.
I too had some issues with Nexus vortex mods initially. Try running Fusion 360 via Bottles and see how's it performing.
I cannot praise Bottles enough of how good it runs windows stuff.
I have had the same experience giving Mint a try and with MS collecting more and more data from you Mint will be my daily driver. With a windows vm for those bits that do not exist in linux.
Mint is a great go-to.
The 60 FPS cap with VSYNC is probably due to some bug with VRR, but it's hard to tell without knowing what's going on on the system. Try disabling VRR and see what happens.
I've been using Linux Mint for about five years and agree that the image editing has gaps. In my case, I only resize and rotate images and used IrfanView on Windows. There isn't a simple editor like IrfanView for Linux. PhotoFlare is close, but the canvas is awkward. Still, I'm never going back to M$ Windows.
Strange, i remember mint having screen mirroring being a default option in mints settings
You can mirror if you only have two displays. More than two, and the mirroring option is disabled. I think there's still a way to get mirroring via editing config files though.
@TechDregs that's strange. I have no idea why they would set it up that way
I generally use fedora or the RHEL release. However, on one of my computers I installed the Debian version of Mint. I don't trust Ubuntu as they put spyware in their OS. The Debian Mint works really well and I have kept it on my machine. I think the Mint folks have done a great job with the interface and windowing.
Linux Mint has an edge version that might have some drivers you might need for bleeding edge hardware.
Thanks for sharing.
To get newer hardware support you have to install newer version of the kernel
CAD on Linux is my big holdback. I use Solidworks and there is not a good way to get it working. So far the best solution I’ve found is taking a performance hit and do a VM or have a second computer for windows that I RDP into
Linux audio with AAC and stuff related is goofy because the company who owns it is mpeg LA and they don't like to play ball.
Krita is also available, for image manipulation, and I'm pretty sure it supports RAW format.
4:31 That's the great thing about Linux. All drivers are just there and ready to use. No more "Windows is installing drivers" whenever you plug the mouse into a different port. 9:27 If you want the latest and greatest software use a Rolling disrto like Arch or Manjaro.
Been running a mac pro 5,1 with linux mint for a while now runs well with upgrades ie nvme, rx5700xt ,wifi 6e ,5690 cpu and 64gb of ram PLUS i have a i9 rx7800xt system with arch linux love linux its amazing that how fast you learn
there is good news just around the corner for Nvidia users on linux though. the Nvidia drivers that are now in beta finally allow Nvidia cards to game well using Wayland. im using those drivers and running Wayland instead of X11 and seeing a big reduction in CPU overhead while gaming which will probably lead to better performance in plenty of games.
Now if I could just make mint not recognize my motherboards RGB as a joystick, then I’d use it more.
Hey!
About your issue with vsync capping to 60FPS.
The thing is, as you already said, you are using x11, and x11 is kinda... Bad when it comes to multiple monitors.
X11 doesn't support multiple refresh rates, because it's basically render your screens a s big one, with specific offset to match your layout. Because of that, all of your displays, are forced to work with shared refresh rate, even tho, GUI says otherwise.
That's why you are only getting 60fps, your display is sadly working in only 60hz.
Wayland fixed the issue, but as you already noticed, cinnamon doesn't support Wayland yet, also, for best Wayland experience, you'd need Nvidia 555 driver.
Huh, learn something new every day. I did switch to Wayland for a bit, but yeah, it jacked up the whole desktop (backgrounds split and shifted and several updates broke). I've heard it's the future, and I look forward to it resolving that stuff. I also installed a newer NV driver, but that also caused some issues, so I went back to the most current included driver.
@@TechDregs
I'd say, wayland really is the future, i've been using it for over 2 years now, but i'm on AMD so that's different. I hope that nvidia will land proper support soon, but I'm not sure if Cinnamon is going to keep up.
Oddly, I have a 144Hz and secondary 60Hz monitor under X11 and it works just fine. I even ran some "persistence of vision" tests to make sure I could actually visually see the difference and it wasn't just saying 144Hz but not actually doing it. I think it's because I have a super-barebones i3wm setup rather than a full desktop environment and don't have a dedicated compositor.
@@heinrichagrippa5681 Your 144Hz display could have been running at 144hz :) The thing is, that probably, your 60Hz did too, and since it could not display that much frames, it was basically skipping them which could lead to tearing. But of course it's better when 60Hz can't keep up, rather than 144Hz thinking it's running at 144Hz, but actually getting 60FPS input.
It's not up to compositor, it's xorg issue which won't be fixed. Ever.
I use Mint Mate and love it.
I use Kdenlive for video and no problems. I use a program called handbrake to compress video for web uploading. Linux Mint is getting better every year.
I was a bit worried before the switch that I will have to make sacrifices, and that It's going to be a pain to make the switch, and that I will brick my system, (like when I first tried linux). But it was less painful than I imagined.
I've been using it for almost 2 years now, for gaming, audio and video editing, Guitar distortion VST effects, coding and basic office stuff.
And it's alright. There were some learning pains, but I can't fault the OS for my lack of knowledge.
It can do everything that my Windows machine was able to, if you take your time to learn how to make it do it. And after that, it's like Windows but without the bad stuff (Cortana, telemetry, bloatware, the annoying update, the inefficient resource management etc)
I can confidently say that Linux for gaming is perfectly viable. Not plug and play like Windows, you will have to use Bottles and Steam and Lutris to run stuff, but you most definitely can. And the performance will probably be even better.
Word of caution, do not game with such an old kernel and software. Just like on Windows you often need recent drivers for gaming. If the graphics card came out after the kernel then that kernel will not properly support the graphics card and you get problems. If a game came out after the drivers and AMD or NVidia fixed game-performance problems in the drivers then your old drivers will not support that game. It might still play, the performance might be (a lot) worse. So if you game you either should update the kernel and drivers on any Debian/Ubuntu-based distro, or you should use another distro. You can update the kernel and drivers by adding a 'repository' (like the ppa on Ubuntu-based) or you can compile from source. Note that the kernel also contains some of the AMD-GPU-drivers, some of the drivers are separate from the kernel (like in mesa).
It MIGHT just work
Unless it's Arch or Gentoo
i always use system packages when i can. linux experts say dont use steam as a flatpack. i download chrome and steam from their websites.
One thing that maybe you don't know. Affinity works in Linux using a software called Bottles
100% has infinite problems. Unsolvable screen and refresh rate issues with almost all monitors, 3 of my wireless Bluetooth mouses can't work. A laptop lasts 1 hour instead of 6. List just goes on and on.
I'm done with commands and scripts.
Yeah I ran into major issues with my monitors too and didn't want to spend an entire week of testing an xorg.conf, black screening, having to SSH in, resetting graphics then rewriting an xorg.conf, rinse and repeat
I tried a distribution with Wayland only, and everything worked but there was no software support like overclocking, screen sharing, etc.. And Wayland has been in development for 16 years now... 😬
I would say that just about any Linux Distro is more like Mac, UI not withstanding. Both Mac and Linux have a Unix like terminal that mostly use the exact same commands. On Mac you can use Brew as your package manager instead of APT.
I'd never trust overclocking without doing via the BIOS. But to each his own.
It was just the GPU, I didn't touch the CPU. Overclocking a 5950x is pretty much futile.
acully flatpak dependcys are shared. so other aps that use the same dependcys will be a mutch smaller downloads. in the long run flatpaks are about the same size.
I feel forced to move to Linux by Microsoft. I'd rather stay with Windows, because everything I use just works, but Windows is getting more obnoxious and intrusive with every new release.
Still on 10. I am not installing the atrocious Windows 11.
Dude, your font size is microscopic.
Does display scaling work like in windows? Your icons, windows and taskbar look absolutely tiny.
bro i'd recommend pop os, its one of the best operating systems out there my opinion
plus it has flatpak pre-installed so you can easily install programs like its nothing
Sadly so far I'm in a bit of a niche situation where Linux is a downgrade for my day-to-day usage, I have windows only macro software that I have setup so I can call up functions on a moments notice, this software does /not/ work under WINE properly, and booting a VM or dual-booting into windows would defeat the purpose of software that's whole thing is to quickly and easily perform a task. There doesn't appear to be any full-featured port of the software though apparently there's been several different attempts that seem to die out before even half the basic functions are ported over, and I've looked into several different linux alternatives and they just don't cut it, they're either clunky, unreliable, and/or missing core functionality. The best answer I've found is theoretically trying to rewrite it all using python scripting but we're talking literally thousands of lines of code just so I can have the same functions on linux, maybe some of the more basic functions can be implemented using the built-in custom hotkey support for many desktop environments, but not all of it. And I honestly don't like the idea of it being so decentralized and all over the place instead of in a single script file that I can make quick edits to and can make sure there are no conflicts.
That's just my main reason/excuse right now, if I could get around that I'd still have to find out if any /other/ of my favorite programs work or have alternatives that will cut it. I've had 20 or so years on windows and I've found a /ton/ of good utilities and programs. Good news is that many are open-source and/or cross-platform mainly because I look for free programs because I was broke for a long time and now I'm miserly. Though just because software is free and open-source /doesn't/ automatically mean there's a linux version or that it's easy to port to linux, especially if it takes advantage of windows architecture to even function.
AMD support to GPU's in good. AMD drivers are open source and "just work".
Installed Linux mint, no sound. Installed recommended drivers, OK. Linux mint up for 6 months using an nvidia card. 2 months later downloaded a video card update and down went the sound again. Now the system won’t even boot. Runs fine on an old laptop (not an nvidia). Nvidia software sucks for hdmi. They are getting closer though.
gpu driver and many accessories driver or software just not available plus gaming is not yet perfect.
I have old used ASUS laptop I bought and the only problems was (as usual) Nvidia dedicated GPU and no Bluetooth drivers for Wi-Fi card.
looks more similar to windows than i realized
When I was looking for the right distro to install when I moved away from wInDoWs, I always read "Take Mint, it looks and feels pretty similar to Windows" and I thought: Well, that's exactly what I want to get rid off. I hated the UX and primarily the UI of Windows (10 at that time). Window 11 is a bit less worse when it comes to the UI, but there are tons of new problems and the UI is still worse than some Linux desktops or macOS. I don't think that the "it just works" pattern is specific to Mint. Almost all common distros (except Arch and maybe Debian) are very easy to set up and most things just work. The only benefit for Mint in my option would be the look and feeling being so close to Windows. I just can't understand why anyone would want to keep this Windows-like feel.
your making me want to switch. i just have a question. I am a huge gamer, the games i play are Fortnite, Battlefield 2042, and Rust. I don't really play anything else but those. also, I work for a graphic design company that requires me to use Adobe creative cloud. Also, we use Microsoft teams and office applications consistently. Does these games and apps work without any complicated setup? I am not technically inclined.
The problem with Mint is it is based on Ubuntu LTS (the older one for now) which means brand new desktop/laptops may not have all drivers (or optimised drivers) 'out the box' - for example my dell XPS laptop using mint (or ubuntu 22.04.x) has broken sound and no WIFI - however if I run new LTS (24.04.x) or Arch everything works straight away.
Desktops to be actually useful need to be at least semi rolling (kernel/mesa) IMO
Mint is actually based on Debian now.
@@terryhayward7905 No mint has multiple versions - the flagship/default one based on Ubuntu - google 'linux mint versions' and the first link shows what they are based on (Ubuntu mainly)
However same issue applies (its worse) with Debian actually, less hardware is supported
Also
Personally prefer Ubuntu. I always had problems using Linux Mint across multiple PC builds and even my friend had problems with random crashes. If only snaps had the same amount of support as flatpak and appimage, but no matter how much I want to go to Linux from Windows, I can't fully transfer. At least where Ubuntu lacking, Windows still provides and where Ubuntu can provide the same as Windows, it provide a mostly better experience.
The resolution needs more eye comfort, btw nice walk through.
I'm just waiting on the 555 nvidia drivers for linux to exit beta and I will make the switch with a windows VM for work and school.
For video player I only use System Pack not flatpack that have some issues like dark mode not working or other skins or fail to play video.I'm using Smplayer and system pack work perfectly when flatpack is completely shit. I'm should only test Linux Mint on my laptop with intel 10 gen 6/12 cores, 64GB RAM, nvidia 2060m but I stayed like few months already and after new nvidia drivers is "crazy" stable, 95% my single players game simple run most of them better than on Windows or the same or few fps less. Im not doing advance video editing then apps on linux are ok for me, everything works much much faster.
Hi there. Change the resolution when you record a video, things are too small.
It's honestly annoying to try to learn the basics of linux. Why are there 20 versions of vlc? No, I'm not interrested in compiling programs from source when I go to install discord or whatever.
Drink Everytime he says "potentially"
I'd use Mint except it blows at recognizing wifi hardware.
The affinity programs run over Wine. I use them
which runner you use? ElementalWarrior-8.14? or Caffe in Bottles?
@@DavidCoutinhoCG bottles
The only reason why i dont just have linux as my main because my canon 6030 printer just doesnt work , like at all , i tried everything , it just doesnt work !!!
for that performance hit in gaming you need linux to be alot better than windows in some real aspects (as opposed to philosophical ie imaginary) to justify the transition.
My laptop doesn't support it well, the trackpad needed some tweaking and the mic doesn't work. It's probably because my laptop came out this year. I use Pop OS and it fixes those problems and works well
Make sure you update to the latest available kernel. The downside of Mint being a fork of a fork is their default kernel upon installation is kind of old. But there are newer ones available in the update center.
Does Discord work out of the box, all features?
IDK about all features, because I don't use all of Discord's features. But I was able to use a voice chat while playing a game with three other people, and didn't have any issues. Never tried any video through Discord.
i tried it i got an update and now it's broken i can't open firefox and can't shutdown the computer on the os had to use physical button, was good when it lasted, then it got ruined
I just installed mint on a new build. Z790 motherboard. Nothing worked! No audio, wrong screen resolution, no wi-fi, and had problems booting. Could not get any of it to work after a week of trying. Installed an Arch distribution and everything worked!
That is strange, I have 2 computers running the same board, and have had no problems at all.
Do you think switching to linux mint on a potato ASUS laptop will improve DX drastically?
I notice that VSCode takes forever to find errors in TypeScript files when working on big projects. Everything just feels unreasonably slow and I always dread doing anything because of the loading times.
I haven't tried Linux mint, but I used to run Linux for programming on a not so strong laptop and;
It is possible, if the thing making it slower is windows being bloated and taking CPU/ram. If you don't have an SSD, Linux should feel a lot better.
You could try using a live iso to compare speeds (unless your project is so big the live iso starts getting mad) {or just install mint on a usb}
Mint is a great distro 3 year