Is Linux Mint BETTER Than Windows?

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[@averagearchuser]

Petition for Lmg to make a Linux channel hosted by Anthony

[@warthunder1969]

I would at least like to have some episodes here and there to see what he does :)

[@trailerhater]

They discussed this but it wouldn't have enough viewers to be financially viable. It comes down to Anthony's valuable time.

[@mostsaneperson]

linux tech tips

[@willhaney96]

Linux tec tips!

[@marcusford6630]

I agree it would be awesome. But I don't think that it would make sense for them. The time (cost) to create videos would be too high would be my guess. I do wish that Linux would become more mainstream.

[@vladutcornel]

I feel this is Linus' Christmas gift to Anthony: let him do a Linux video.

[@warthunder1969]

True?

[@trexitooo]

Which is based

[@manuelsilva3754]

i said the same thing

[@Mezuzah87]

No, Linus' gift was not forcing himself into yet another video just to pump his ego.

[@dhjohns1956]

LOL, yea Linux sucks.

[@Bukark]

I started using Mint a year ago and can say it does everything I want it to and better than Windows 11 in most cases. It's far less bloated and far easier to customise. The only sticking point is that there can be issues playing certain games. Hoping that within a few years it'll catch up to Windows on that front, particularly as the Steam Deck gains greater traction.

[@fantasypvp]

steamOS is based on arch so if you want the best game support i would recommend using something arch based like manjaro or garuda, both of them are great and far more customisable than linux mint

[@pirulino396]

@@fantasypvp What is the best Linux distro alternative to Windows 10/11 for gaming and general use like web browsing, looking movies, listen music, editing video, etc... ?

[@kruemelfelix]

@@fantasypvp Whether you use Arch or Debian based distros doesn't matter for Proton support. Every major distro can run Wine and Proton just fine and Steam officially supports Debian based distros too. There's no compatibility difference.

[@LinuxZombie]

@@fantasypvp I've had better luck gaming on Mint XFCE

[@guardianoffire8814]

The majority of the world pirates Windows especially in developing countries. Linux has so many distros, yet can't play all Windows games and work applications which once again they pirate too. Wine layer may work for a program on one computer and may not work on another; after update suddenly can't run an application properly. People in developing countries steal Windows rather then use Linux to avoid these troubles. That being said countries are now looking towards digital sovereignty to break from Western control are slowly looking at developing their own LInux OS not just for the govt and military. But for their people to use too which might force companies to start releasing games for Linux in the future.

[@Mo-Thoughx]

I am very happy that we have options in the market and Linux is quite good but I am somewhat traditional and prefer Windows.

[@yavuzs7]

I am the same, I don't know if it's because of habit or laziness of wanting to learn something new hahaha but the only thing I did differently was that I downloaded Windows Office from bnhsoftware to have it legal.

[@Mo-Thoughx]

The same thing happened to me, we are traditional minded hahaha I have always bought it but I am going to check that page to see how it is since my daughter needs it for her work

[@yavuzs7]

My friends make fun of me for that hahaha but I ignore them. It's a good page but it's up to you if you like it.

[@Mo-Thoughx]

Thanks young man, I'll check it out and see if it convinces me.

[@yavuzs7]

always a pleasure

[@bartenderhd]

"We're not saying Windows is a bad operating system--I mean, I would..." This is one of the many reasons I love Anthony. 😂

[@TheAlanReviews]

I agree. Windows is not a bad operating system. I use it on my laptops.

[@Georgi.Delchev.Reborn]

@@dreaper2087 Tell me you can't afford Windows without telling me you can't afford Windows. 😁

[@Georgi.Delchev.Reborn]

@@dreaper2087 You Linux fanboys are so funny. "Windows is such crap" - where is your proof? What are your sources? I have a real job and my time is precious to play with distros. l don't have time to deal with driver or software incompatibility issues. Tell me one linux distro that didn't require troubleshooting and googling to get everything to run well after the install? It happens every time when I try to use linux. Even mint and ubuntu have issues with drivers, often offer old repositories and I have to search for the latest security patches manually. In the corporate world this costs money.

[@Georgi.Delchev.Reborn]

@Linden Reaper This proves nothing. Btw there are countless videos here of how to deal with linux issues and people complaining for the lack of driver support 😂

[@Georgi.Delchev.Reborn]

@Linden Reaper You are in denial.

[@datastream3331]

Mint will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my very first Linux distro and really made me fall in love with the ideas of Linux and FOSS. However, I've been spoiled with KDE though and now run Neon. But when I first started my Linux journey, Mint helped me get my feet wet and will forever be one of my favorite distros of all time.

[@UszZaft]

Do you still have the issue? Apparently ive expressed my passion towards suse too much in my last reply and i got shadow blocked, I can help you if you want that. I’ve had the exat same issue a couple days ago and i have a solution.

[@jimmyking92]

Mint is usually where you start and where you end after learning and playing around other distros (after your Arch/Gentoo phase).

[@TomSmith-sr2br]

KDE NEON FTW.. Ubuntu was my first < back in the day, mint 17.3, them kde neon.

[@Paralda]

​@@Top_Cheeze You can force dpi scaling in kde settings. I've also had this problem, but 96 dpi under fonts fixed it

[@DirkOhde]

Same....my first experience with Linux was Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.1, then I Had a look at Ubuntu but still prefer Linux Mint. Maybe I will switch to Debian in the long run.

[@jcdenton8523]

Hey Anthony, would be great if you could do more Linux content in the future. Linux server could also be pretty interesting for many people (how to build a reasonable home lab without Linus' budged and so on.)

[@ste4lthles]

Love how the "Linus' budget" is an accepted phrase now.

[@FFXfever]

@@ste4lthles i never heard of it, but I'm totally adopting the fuck out of it.

[@StrikerEureka85]

I second this motion. More Linux content please.

[@arkhikun]

Make sure to keep liking the linux videos and they'll make more

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

@@FFXfever same :D

[@stickersamurai2272]

i live in the Philippines (at the third world country parts.) many Students and businesses here use Linux not by choice but because of survival. old broken computers are not thrown away here, they're restored. we're grateful for Linux for resurrecting our computers that other countries just throw out. 🙏

[@iconian1387]

Wow! I've known for a long time that those of us in the the more technologically advanced western countries are quite backwards in many other ways, one of the big ones being too wasteful with things that still have value. It's good to know that at least the Philippines is not so quick to get rid of that kind of stuff. I wonder how many other countries do that as well?

[@fattomandeibu]

My dad uses Mint on his old Core 2/GT710 combo(ancient computer with on board that isn't even enough to play back KZbin videos at higher than 360p, GT 710 has 1080p hardware video decoding and cost £30, issue solved) and it runs smoother than Windows 10 in most instances. He's not a gamer outside of a game of Lemmings on his Amiga emulator, which he was able to locate and install himself. I should note my dad's not computer illiterate by any means, but he is 72, got out of the computing hobby in the mid '90s and has Parkinson's. The way he could glide from using Windows and hit a new OS without getting too confused is pretty great.

[@patriotic1526]

Lemmings, yeah that takes me waaay back. Good for him :)

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

Its a very ancient computer, so OBVIOUSLY it runs smoother than windows 10. Windows 10 is a fast OS because it takes advantage of modern computing power, while Mint does things the old way (try to be as lightweight as possible and minimizing background apps). This approach results in Mint being faster on very old hardware than people shouldn't even be running anyway, while on modern systems windows 10 and 11 is vastly superior.

[@djsaekrakem3608]

@@angrysocialjusticewarrior problem is, why use all the extra power if you do not have to?... I guess some people have money to burn lol. Idk about you but I gotta make this i7 laptop from 2012 last.... ASUS ROG BIG O'L BOY (running mint stable over 1 year.)

[@fattomandeibu]

@@djsaekrakem3608 Why reply to a person being contrary for the sake of being contrary?

[@nikthefix8918]

@@angrysocialjusticewarrior I don't think it's right to say that one shouldn't be using old hardware. For some it's a technical challenge and for others it's a way to avoid landfill. Sometimes old hardware is perfect for non-daily driver tasks and is augmented in its capabilities by an undemanding linux OS. There must be merit in that.

[@jbullforg]

I've been using Mint for about 10 years now. And It's been fantastic.

[@mbahmarijan789]

how does it compare to the latest fedora?

[@robertcarhiboux3164]

@@mbahmarijan789 I like fedora, but I discovered Mint makes everything more simple. It has some many application/codec/and functionnality pre installed. You can almost run everything straight away after the install.

[@carltaylor4942]

Same here. Used it every day for about 10 years. Absolutely no complaints and it just keeps getting better and better.

[@thealien_ali3382]

My old dell gaming laptop i have installed Linux mint and been buzzing

[@Army4Runner]

Stupid newb question: what type of basic office type software can I run on mint? Glad to hear there are 10 year users out there, but how do you folks use this OS in a practical sense? Mahalos!

[@peter5leconte]

I'd rather have a video covering the different desktop environments or other terms often used rather than a specific distro. Still nice to see linux getting some more attention.

[@Liperium]

Not me, there's already a ton of those videos, Mint is definitly a great first step to linux for most Windows users. It's a distro that has been really stable and known to be a reliable way to get into Linux. Look I'm a Fedora user, but I wouldn't say to anyone new to Linux to migrate there.

[@alexdavis9324]

This is tech quickie not LTT....

[@robinhindryckx2559]

this, distro doesn't really matter a lot, they all have their pro's and con's. they also go in such depts when talking about hardware but when talking about software or OS it's pretty surface level

[@cylian91]

Your right but not everyone has use linux and its can be realy confusing for beginner, its great to recommand distro to a mainly non-linux audiance

[@tompov227]

Sure distros and choice are a great selling point for Linux but for most new users and Windows Switchers the choice paralysis involved in that is not worth it. Presenting a well balanced distro with a focus on privacy and Windows-like feel is a much better option for someone dissatisfied with Windows rather than interested in Linux and that is clearly how this video is being positioned

[@LITTLEDROK]

I'm working on a school project where you have to build a PC using really old parts. I have the thing dual booted with Linux Mint 21.2 and Windows 10 and the speed improvement in things like boot times was incredible on mint. The PC has mechanical hard drives so Windows 10 takes forever to boot while Linux takes a manageable amount of time. It also seems the PC is even slower now since I updated from the 2015 version of Windows 10 to 22h2 for application support so I'm glad of my Linux installation.

[@xiondFirst]

Just virtualize windows there is no need for dual boot now a days.

[@escapetherace1943]

@davmcgurrin bro I'm on a 2022 top-end laptop that is lightning fast on whatever it runs, and I don't even dual boot anymore. Got rid of windows permanently half a year ago and I haven't needed it since. I run everything I need to on Linux including 95% of my steam library running natively or close to natively w/ steams build in proton (their custom WINE config, wine runs windows programs in Linux and very well now). That said I'm on Arch but my 2nd machine is on Mint and I use it regularly, I started on Mint and it's definitely what I'd use if I didn't need or want bleeding edge nvidia drivers

[@tedzards509]

​@@xiondFirst anticheats and VR Gaming

[@dinozaurpickupline4221]

I just got a 7th gen used laptop for youtube & some light editing I'm gonna slap mint on it The only problem is I can't find graphics command center driver on it

[@Some_Kid11]

Thats a really cool school project ngl

[@Mastermind12358]

Been using Mint as a daily driver for like six years, its great! I haven't liked Ubuntu since they changed over to Gnome.

[@Azmodaeus49]

Yep I'm no fan of gnome

[@blockcrafter2393]

you can always install a different DE(eg KDE Plasma)

[@BurrtoDaApe]

Same thats why am like more da Unity Remix thats around rn

[@natireson4140]

its good ! 👍

[@pjpodx]

meh. any linux distro is the same after you slap dwm on it :D

[@l3nsman]

I have Linux Mint installed on my 5yo laptop and I can safely say I don't miss Windows at all. Heck, I don't even have to say goodbye to my Windows apps. Those that don't run in WINE, run QEMU and/or VirtualBox. It's awesome!

[@sebastianwendl603]

13 year old Laptop here, Mint Cinnamon. The first year sucked, because you have to relearn things. But it was SO worth it.

[@Bhakt-TheDevotee]

I have a 7 years old potato laptop and Mint ran very stuttery. I tried Zorin, Kubuntu but they all had the same problem. Also there were many glitches. Surprisingly my potato laptop runs Windows 8.1 buttery smooth and faster so I came back to Windows.

[@spcraftsman2656]

About to be 7 years old low-end laptop here. The hardware is on life support with certain parts of the keyboard registering ghost presses out of nowhere, a screen replacement, and battery dead, it runs almost as good as it did the first year of purchase.

[@ThePortuguesePlayer]

@@Bhakt-TheDevotee Let me guess. Intel Atom? It's the drivers. Intel never made a full drivers suite for those chips, so there's only drivers for specific Windows versions. They never released drivers for Linux, so the computer is basically blocked from running its own hardware when using it.

[@ThePortuguesePlayer]

@D R I don't see how's that a problem... Windows setups more than one partition as well. If what's confusing you is the swap partition, it's optional and it just acts as cache/RAM, the same way windows does with its pagefile, however, you can setup linux to also use a file in your main partition rather than a whole separate partition. Home partition is also optional and it's not really needed (most OSes don't even use it, other than like default Debian).

[@davidnavratil5349]

Two years ago I was deciding between Linux Mint and Zorin OS, with my only previous Linux experience being Ubuntu and Lubuntu. I decided to go with Mint and I LOVE it. I don't think I ever had a single OS installation for 2 years straight without reinstall or disc format before. I ended up dualbooting Windows 10 for PC games (Wine is usually pain to deal with) and MS Office to check my university assignments formatting before submitting them. I really do not like booting Windows up however since it's so slow on my PC after about a year of use, whereas Linux Mint runs like a dream even after two years of everyday use. I also love how intuitive and user friendly everything is. With Windows, I always had that feeling I am struggling against the OS to get hold of the PC. Like me and Windows were two separate entities trying to gain control over the desktop struggling against each other, whereas Linux Mint is like a loving father who knows you and helps you. That's how it feels to me.

[@JCO2002]

I have one program I need Windows for, but just run a Win 10 iso in a virtual machine for it in Mint 21.2. Have to disconnect from the internet first though, or its backdoor uses up my limited data plan. I know there must be a way to stop it, but haven't spent the time figuring it out yet.

[@Merc399]

BUild your own distro with T2 linux or build it using Arch as a base. I hope you didnt go with Ubuntu based Mint. Hope you at least went with Debian based. Ubunut is a corporation and includes telemetry collection in their Ubuntu releases..

[@stephensim5839]

Archlinux all the way, so slick.

[@greghayes9118]

Thanks for the opinion. I am searching for a Windows alternative, I have heard stories about Windows 11 requiring periodical subscription payments required to maintain access to your files. Is this true?

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

@@greghayes9118 idk where you got that from but that's a load of BS. That would qualify as literal ransomware.

I was kind of forced to move away from Windows to Linux on my 2-core Lenovo Thinkpad t470 because it came with Windows 10 Pro and it's not upgradeable to Windows 11. I bought it refurbished about 2 years ago. I installed Linux Mint 21.2 on it and I absolutely love it! My use for this laptop is pretty simple. No games, essentially it's my go to portable for writing, surfing the web, and access to email and my Google Drive. I love these older Thinkpad keyboards, so I'm a happy DIY guy getting things done.

[@rz1_1221]

Linux Mint is indeed a great choice for older machines (or even recent ones). The MATE version is my favorite for that kind of situation. It's more efficient than Cinnamon while still being similar enough to it, and supports scaling, much like Windows

[@gragogflying-anvil3605]

I just ordered a T460s refurbished. I'm planning on using Mint on it for watching digitally archived videos, writing (mostly ideas/brainstorming) and maybe some light programming.

[@shango4651]

Yo lemme tell you something Windows 10 is alot faster than 11(I would know.)

[@khlua4590]

why do you want to DOWNGRADE from windows 10 to windows 11?

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

What? I prefer Windows 10 more than the cluttered UX right-click menu of Windows 11

[@mitjahorvat24]

love seeing linux topics on LMG channels. always love watching Anthony explaining and introducing tech to us, your content is almost always on point, interesting, informative, descriptive, funny and just all in all a good time!

[@TAmzid2872]

@Nigga how is this related to the comment.

[@pandemicneetbux2110]

Anthony is so based honestly

[@MR2Di4]

I've been using Mint exclusively @ home for the past ten years and I am very satisfied with it's stabilty and compatibility. I second giving Anthony his own LMG-backed Linux channel!

[@ChrisPTY507]

I remember installing Mint close to 8 years ago in my good old college days on a very modest laptop I have with 1GB Ram with windows 7 starter OS, which was extremely slow. I installed Linux mint on this guy and it was as if i have revived it. It was so snappy and fast. This video brought some good memories

[@NYCamper62]

I dual boot w10/LM21.1, & use a separate ssd for Mint. Two games I like don't roll well unless I use 10. Otherwise I'd have no need to use 11. Hoping that changes by 10's eol. One thing I would like to mention for anyone thinking about trying Mint or another Linux distro - especially if you use LibreOffice is install MS core fonts.

[@Muhammad_Lenin_Thomas]

After windows 7, I started using linux. Never looked back. Mint is one of my favourite ❤️.

[@xzxxx-km4vy]

Rofl

[@escapetherace1943]

@@xzxxx-km4vy ? I was on 7 until its very end of life. Microsoft's spyware is a biggg no. Mint is great, fantastic even and mint 22 w/ KDE 6 is going to be THE desktop OS everyone goes to. Try MX/KDE man, you might like Linux

[@Sohmurr]

For anyone considering Mint, absolutely give it a chance; you can even just do a live boot (run it off a USB drive) for a while before you commit (be aware whatever you do won't be saved to your system in the live boot environment; also you're more likely to encounter issues in the live boot that will probably be resolved with updates once you install). I've been daily driving Mint since I built my new PC in February/March. Also daily drove it for a while a couple years back (Windows 10 in between). Had a few small issues with a couple games and a controller out of the box, but they were easy to resolve and I don't miss Windows at all anymore. Also use Ubuntu (occasionally) at work and definitely prefer Mint for my home machine for the familiar layout. The Mint community is also very friendly and helpful from my experience.

[@TheOzzyOzan]

if I could play some steam games like pubg etc with anticheat software on Mint, I would definitely switch to Mint immediately. I hope they fix these issues

[@bandiddums]

You can play games with anticheat on Linux, you'll just have to jump through multiple hoops to get them running. I can say that the process of installing games that are not natively supported by Linux has become significantly better nowadays with tools like Lutris, Bottles, etc.

[@souptikde2111]

if you can't totally swith then just duel boot and only play certain games on windows

[@hubertnnn]

Try to download those anticheat games from torrents. Using a crack used to be a solution for running many games back in the times when most games didn't work on linux. Unfortunately I cannot confirm if it will work, since even though I buy 2-3 new games per week for last 3 years, not a single one failed to run on linux, so I don't know how to deal with ones that do not any more.

[@GankAlpaca]

@keithsze0012 it's actually more common than you'd think! Some online games aren't allowed to be downloaded in certain countries like overwatch in russia (but you are able to play it if you had it before). Some people may only need it to perform benchmarks for the game they don't want to buy. Some may need it to test the game in the shooting range first to see how it feels.

[@MatureGaming123456789]

That's how I feel with Bethesda games

[@Nightowl427272]

I’m not sick of paying for Windows…I’m just sick of Windows.

[@christopherl.potter3915]

Riiiiiight??? Dude, this.

[@Tigermanic21]

Cinnamon mint was my first go at Linux when I built my first computer. (I was too broke for a Windows license) I enjoyed it, though def missed the thoughtless compatibility that came with Windows.

[@derrekvanee4567]

keep going like i did with debian flavours (pi turne me on! back when you could get them...) and then ome other deb flavours and then tried literally 50+ before getting on the arch master race train. arcolinux currently and building a real archiso right now actually. Once you realize how bad winddows is you wont miss it. I even use to HATE os x i loved windoze so hard, but now I realize, i see the light and dont mind some os x and hate windows haha.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

Been a windows user nearly all my life ( like majority of people) lol. Did use Ubuntu once for a networking class. Might try to familiarize myself with Mint on a VR and if I enjoy it may try to install on an old desktop I have laying around from the Vista days that my dad plugged with maleware ( the make your PC's run faster softwares lol) if it still boots up.

[@nayan.punekar]

You don't need a license to run windows though

[@yensteel]

During installation, you can select "I don't have a product key". It will have a "Activate Windows" text in the bottom right. You can activate it later on. Have used VMs like this before. Good for testing.

[@PranshuTheGamer]

i use arch btw

[@flythereddflagg]

Anthony, Mate is an herb. They make an incredibly popular drink out of it in in Argentina which is called...mate. (pronounced MAH-tay as you correctly noted.) And as such it has a distinctive flavor. There are flavors everywhere!

[@this_rishi]

thanks for the info

[@chaos.corner]

Yep. And if you haven't had chicken in a breadcrumb and XFCE coating, you haven't lived.

[@flythereddflagg]

@@chaos.corner XFCE? Don't you mean eXtremely Fresh Cilantro Extract?

[@allentchang]

And the drink is served in a dried calabash (bottle gourd) container. They sell this container in one of the shopping streets on Buenos Aires with the option of etching words or patterns on it.

[@roundabout-host]

And? Xfce is mouse flavour?

[@Lazy-Monkey]

Just a couple of weeks ago I set up an old laptop with Mint, easy and painless install. Haven't used it for a lot yet, but it's working fine. Mostly just for playing videos and music in another room since I had the laptop in a drawer doing nothing.

[@fargeeks]

i read that linux mint is the way to go if you intend to use your pc as a workstation on a linux platform

[@Lazy-Monkey]

@@fargeeks Mint is the closest to a 'windows like experience' in my limited experience. Behind the interface though, most all Linux distros are very similar... but if you're a windows user, Mint is the easiest to transfer to and get going quick and easy.

[@Lazy-Monkey]

@@dreaper5813 I'm still not a full convert... But, the laptop that I installed Mint on, was running Windows 7. Now is a dual boot system, 'cause I wanted to keep some of the games and such out of nostalgia.

[@Lazy-Monkey]

@@dreaper5813 It's more that they're installs that I've long ago lost the CD keys to install again, don't feel like messing with cracks or buying digital copies.

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

@D Reaper For me it was Garuda Dr4g0nized :D Soo much eye candy and a good performance. Good helper tools but in the end still an ArchLinux based Distro and not that recommended for beginners :)

[@daanlandsman1668]

I installed Mint as daily driver 2 days ago and as a gamer and student developer i can say that it works great! Even genshin impact is now supported trough Lutris without any problems! well i had a small problem of a missing package but that was fixed with a simple "sudo apt install [package_name]" now it works smoother than when i ran it on windows! well in my case that is. Thanks Anthony! You Rock!

[@wish1333]

well what about honkai star rail??

[@daanlandsman1668]

​@@wish1333looks like star rail is also possible to play on linux. About how well idk. I have not played it yet

[@escapetherace1943]

@@wish1333 it works perfectly as well. In genshin's case there's a 0% chance of being banned. As far as WINE looks running Genshin, Genshin thinks you are on windows, because you technically kind of are, strapping it into wine. Lutris works fine but there's a 'better' client for Genshin on Linux that allows you to uncap FPS and in my case it offers 5% or so better performance for some reason, but I think it's because the guys behind it tweak it better for Genshin somehow. It's called AAGL but don't spread it around 2 much

[@JoseGarcia-mi4ig]

Definitely need a full Playlist on how to use this for doing everything, like how we all do on Windows and MacOS. Since Steam already has almost every game being ported from, while also how good it is for editing vids for future content, and blender for 3D printing too

[@benaldo138]

Blender works, your 3d accelerator might give you issues depending on the driver you need. There are FOSS video editors that are pretty solid. Audacity for audio... etc.

[@johnsmith-gs4qf]

Linux Mint is amazing. I used to run Windows 7, which I discontinued when Microsoft no longer had security updates. I use Mint on both my laptop and desktop and it is very reliable and 100% free. I still use Window 7 sometimes (in a virtual machine), but that is only for a few apps.

[@seanmurphy3413]

I've used Mint since 2012. Good stuff!

[@shanepotter4635]

Not as big of a fan for linux on desktop but every single laptop I own for the last 15 years gets linux put on immediately

[@Bacavoit]

@@shanepotter4635 I actually wanted to switch my laptop to Mint or any user friendly Linux distro like Pop Os or Ubuntu (I actually haven't tried these two yet) but my HP and its special audio from B&O made it a bad choice. With out the B&O-HP driver the sound is awful like a can connected with a cotton wire to the source. :(

[@darunealbane]

My mom (65yrs) put mint on her all in one .. win10 ran like crap and once i put mid mint on it runs great and she loves it

[@rzul]

@@Bacavoit Yea with laptops it's a hit and miss whether Linux will work well or not. On some it's perfect without doing anything, on some you need to spend hours to make the display/keyboard/audio work and it still sucks. It's kinda sad that Linux users need to do research before buying a laptop to make sure they can use the operating system they want.

[@GoldSrc_]

Any tips on how to make audio sound as good as on windows? It's the only thing that pisses me off, things just don't sound as good as on windows, and often things just sound "muddy" no matter what I do.

[@meowcula]

I've been able to tempt a number of friends over to the Linux side with Linux Mint. Great devs, great community, great out of the box experience. It's really amusing to see their astonishment when things actually work, or that they don't have to worry about the tons of annoyances that windows has. There's actually very few show-stoppers these days (notably professional graphics applications) and gaming in particular works way better than you ever thought it would. The only gripes I have with mint are their packages are frequently out of date. Not an issue if you choose to use flatpaks (as I'd recommend you do).

[@EpicRandom]

I just switched to mint linux yesterday and its GREAT windows is spyware😂

[@lindragnarsson]

​@@EpicRandomDid ya watched a guide ir something? I'm very curious about switch to Mint

[@lindragnarsson]

Can u recommend some communities to join? I'm a beginner and want to Perform coding cause i'll be soon at University

[@DevStuff-ml5pj]

In 40 years I've never seen anyone actually use Linux. They always are trying to get something to work on linux

[@meowcula]

@@DevStuff-ml5pj Give it a shot yourself and see.

[@IIGrayfoxII]

I use mint on my PC and Laptop All versions are stable. The differences is just the Desktop Environment. If I have XFCE, but if I decide to install Cinnamon which is easy to do. I am not making my PC any less stable I have only once had an update cause issues and I suspect it had to do more with the nvidia drivers more than anything else.

[@BenderBendingRodriguezOFFICIAL]

No one cares.

[@basiccodingstuff7122]

i care :D

[@IIGrayfoxII]

@@BenderBendingRodriguezOFFICIAL You care seeing as you took the time to REPLY. Plus the likes seem to say otherwise.

[@kamuridesu]

By the time I used to run Mint on my workstation, Cinnamon had a bug with a memory leak that was making my PC slower. I moved to Arch Linux and my system has never been more stable.

[@IIGrayfoxII]

@@kamuridesu Cinnamon 5.6 is pretty damn good now. Memory leaks are patched quickly

[@Tuishimi]

Mint is my daily driver, has been for awhile. Every time a cute distro catches my eye I will try it, but usually they are all window dressing or have their own issues I would have to contend with. Mint has been pretty awesome for the past couple releases.

[@mindtekzone]

Thanks for your video. I bought a used 13 year old iMac from eBay in the middle of 2022 on the cheap and converted it to Linux Mint (total cost about $150.00 with shipping). It works great and it's my main computer for daily use without one problem or issue . I already owned one of these computers, editing wedding videos for 10 years on it till I retired from this business. My original iMac began slowing down and Apple refuses to update anything on it because they don't have to. I think Apple slowed down my computer quite frankly... they have been known to do this with iPhones... even the Web Browser is so slow you would swear I was using a dial up modem. I mention this about the two computers for a reason. I have identical iMacs but one is almost useless because of Apple and the other one is run on Linux Mint and is very fast... everything works... so its the software and not the hardware. Even though this hardware is old, Linux Mint performs like a race car on it! So a few lessons to be learned from this... the big guys are not your friends yet Linux Mint is free. its stable, fast, with free, usable software and the people behind the scenes give a crap.... and oh yes.... don't put a working older machine out to pasture as it may actually be a great piece of hardware if you install Linux Mint on it.

[@fernandoz2023]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I love video editing too. Since you mentioned that you've been editing wedding videos for ten years, I'm curious to know what video editor you're currently using on LInux Mint and why.

[@johnarnold893]

Pretty much any Linux with run on older equipment since they all have the same kernel and drivers. Mint is my daily driver on my main machine but I also have Arch on my 10 year old DZ77 intel machine with an i7-2700K. The old girl is pretty snappy with Arch/KDE on it.

[@mindtekzone]

@@johnarnold893 I think that what you have posted here only punctuates how much the main computer/software companies diminish older equipment by claiming additional innovation. I mean... do I have to stop using my old computer so I can buy your new one that surfs the web 5% faster? It makes me realize that we are only renting technology and not purchasing it from the main tech players.... Linux changes this situation and serves to make them look like what they are... greedy.

[@louistournas120]

@@mindtekzone The reality is that software doesn't age. It is not a physical thing. Music, poetry, stories, names, colors, dreams, numbers and other things don’t age. At first, a company develops a software and releases version 1.0. They make additions and keep making new versions. Eventually, you are going to run out of ideas. That’s what software as a service is for. They make you rent the software. Open source software will never make you rent it. For the hardware, mostly, it is gamers who need new hardware. I am a gamer. I just recently bought a better power supply and a Radeon RX 6800 16 GB. Most of the population is not a gamer. They just need to surf the weeb and write a letter. When it comes to cellbones, there isn’t much left to improve. It has turned into a fashion thing: pink colored iphone. Did I mention that I still use Paint Shop Pro version 5? This is from 1997. I run it on Linux via WINE.

[@MrLoverThe]

Linux helps keep old hardware out of landfills by bringing it back to life.

[@CyberSystemOverload]

Really love Anthony's presentation style. He has this comforting mellow tone while displaying his great knowledge. More of Anthony please!!

[@Bzduras]

Not Anthony anymore.

[@unholys1gma159]

Who's gonna tell him

[@coldestbeer]

@@unholys1gma159 don't assume the commentators gender

[@unholys1gma159]

@@coldestbeer you got it maamsir, won't happen again

[@CyberSystemOverload]

@@unholys1gma159 Whats happened, did I miss something? Hes left LTT?

[@jono_church]

Changed to Mint this year and absolutely loving it! So much nicer to use and I don’t feel like I’m fighting it to undo any changes I make! (Like my AMD graphics drivers goddammit!🤬🤬)

[@maximmk6446]

AMD Drivers is a lot better on Linux and is highly compatible

[@maximmk6446]

@@dreaper2087 My Vega APU doesn't make any hiccups on Linux and I can't tell much about it on Windows because I hardly use Windows and performance in games is good but I'm bottlenecked by my system RAM.

[@maximmk6446]

@@dreaper2087 Yup planning to do that sometime later

[@savio3175]

On windows it has hardware acceleration but on Linux no hardware acceleration. On my old and laptop

[@maximmk6446]

@@savio3175 That's weird what applications do you use and is that a really old GPU? Not that I know a fix but just interested

[@johnknight9150]

Yes, thank you, Anthony. I've long held that we should stop recommending stock Ubuntu to first time users and that Linux Mint is a better choice -- primarily for its interface. I don't daily drive it myself, but I always keep a copy handy, and whenever I put together a PC for new users, I run with Mint. I put it on my parents' computers for their daily desktops, and despite their best efforts, haven't broken it yet! ;-) Dad understands it intuitively, as it has all the predictable Win 9x basics in place, and Mum -- who is completely new to computers -- just has to click the icon for her web browser and Zoom, and then close down the machine with a couple of more clicks. It doesn't yell at her, doesn't give her warning messages, it's just simple.

[@johnknight9150]

@@Asfgxff Ten bucks says she'd do better in Mint.

[@pandanarkystudios5198]

Yes Anthony, we know your the Linux guy! What's funny is, you sold me on it lol. Brought out my 17 year old pc, which was a BEAST back in the day, and Linux got it running like it was brand new again. It's now my home server, which is also thanks to you guys!

[@justdude8115]

you're.

[@xxXKogasaWe3dL0rd420Xxx]

@@justdude8115 “🤓👆”

[@justdude8115]

@@xxXKogasaWe3dL0rd420Xxx yeah, I'm very nerdy. While my English is very basic because I never bothered to learn it properly I still know the difference between "your" and "you're" unlike americans.

[@sewer_mind]

@sock Wow, dude! You're, like, sooo smart! No Sky Daddy or scary, loud arms for you, because you're apart of the intellectual crowd. So pretentious lol

[@ThePhilosophicalOne]

​@@sock2206what's wrong with gun shooting?

[@PongoXBongo]

About a year ago, I decided to install Linux Mint on an old laptop to be used as a home theater PC (HTPC). It's been great ever since. No more "smart TV" app limitations, plus I can also game and run productivity apps on it. I've been thinking about switching my "main rig" desktop to Mint, but there are some critical line-of-business apps that I struggle to find decent alternatives to; not to mention it's my primary gaming machine as well.

[@kevinmencer3782]

You can always set up a dual boot. Do most of your browsing and General application stuff on Linux, and pop over to Windows whenever you need to use one of those special applications.

[@JCO2002]

Run Win 10 in a virtual machine when you need those programs.

[@cameronbosch1213]

0:36 You forgot to mention there was a fourth flavor: KDE Plasma. They removed it from version 19, but Feren OS was created and eventually brought this option back sort of.

[@sprinklednights]

I love the way that Anthony explains Linux. He taught me how to start with Linux, and I am so greatful that he is so good at talking about Linux

[@ErikS-]

Honestly, I really like the direction that Linux and Ubuntu are going. Especially the fact that they finally start to focus more and more on the mainstream user instead of the developer. The very nice desktop in the latest Ubuntu release is also a massive improvement imho.

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

Yes, but the data collection and the push toward a walled garden is a step back.

[@eopest]

@@RicardoSantos-oz3uj Then run Linux Lite or LXLE.

[@Duke49th]

I don't see the difference between Mint from 10 years ago and today. You have to have to learn console for every little shit. Most programs running on Windows, still don't run on Linux or performance sucks. Speaking of Music Production (would work) , Video Production (does not work or need to sacrifice a lot) and especially gaming (mostly no) that is. So, unfortunately still a no go for me. As much as I would love to leave Microsoft.

[@FPVwineUK]

Definetly! With a little more support by some of the other software companies - like @affinity - the better. Less spying, more control. I'll be switching soon for Blender and DaVinci Resolve usage on my desktop soon!

[@xxDrain]

Good luck trying to force a whole new OS on non-tech-savvy users who only ever used Windows. Good luck getting your whole company to relearn basic computer skills.

[@queenstownswords]

How many people are ending up here as per Recall?

[@editorlaserna]

You got it right

[@arnoldmerks]

Yap

[@Life4YourGames]

🫡

[@Alex29196]

@@Life4YourGames true

[@Jawnoh]

🙋‍♂️

[@dotcomdudee]

Zorin is definitely my favourite "easy" linux, based on Ubuntu. It's visually across between MacOS and Windows - and it's gorgeous.

[@Kodeb8]

Yeah, Zorin is pretty damn good, it should be recommended more to people who absolutely need a desktop that looks exactly like what they are familiar with.

[@Jopekos]

the census of Zorin OS users is very important to show how many people use Linux, unfortunately a large part of the community hates any kind of telemetry but this is fundamental.

[@tinolm6202]

linux mint 17 kde edition, probably on of the best things i ever used

[@Kodeb8]

Too bad they got rid of KDE.

[@Jopekos]

@@Kodeb8 it was basically a Kubuntu.

[@tinolm6202]

@D Reaper Exactly, I tihnk 18 was when they stopped

[@enricmm85]

Currently using Mint with Xfce. Literally gave a new life to my old laptop.

[@deusexaethera]

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS is the way to go now.

[@zukakog]

I've uses everything from Slack and LFS to Ubuntu and Lindows. For general desktop use, I always find myself going back to Mint because it just works and stays out of the user's way. I've converted several grandparents that just wanted to eek another decade out of their computer before they died, and they preferred it to Windows (after creating shortcuts to and bookmarks like I did on Windows too). I still use Windows for work at a Microsoft shop, and ofc gaming, but hopefully the Steam Deck will help us get more native Linux titles.

[@buca117]

The computers or the grandparents?

[@zukakog]

@@buca117 yes, los dos

[@DallasPhool]

For grandparents I recommend Google's ChromeOS Flex which makes a laptop into a Chromebook.

[@harshnemesis]

lmao at installing that trash on grandma's computer. Great idea if you want constant calls of her asking what's that's weird thing that popped up xD Also imagine being such an anti ms fanboy you use linsux while working at Microsoft. And dw steam deck will fail and be forgotten. It won't take off

[@harshnemesis]

@@DallasPhool Install nothing other than windows or get her a mac, unless you want constant calls from your grandma asking you what's that thing that popped up. Linsux and everything else other than Windows or maybe mac is just trash

[@bumblingberry]

I installed Cinammon on a 4 gb craptop from 2016 just to see if it would go well, and it runs perfectly. Don't think you need those lighter versions unless your computer is really old.

[@Impuritan1]

That’s what I like to hear. A friend gave me a cheap laptop he bought on a Black Friday deal at Walmart and it even struggles to run Windows. So I’m wiping it and going with Mint or was going to try Cinnamon.

[@Blanny1974]

As somebody who has been using Windows since the days of MSDOS/3.1 (yes I am that old), I have tried to give Linux Mint a go a few times. I have tried it from a USB drive, dual booting it with Windows and I have also bought a Raspberry Pi in the past. The problems I have had are: 1. Trying to wrap my head around how hard drives work. The lettering/numbering/mounting etc makes no sense to me at all. 2. Trying to get both Windows and Linux to read/use a shared Hard Drive (Linux doesn't have permission to do that, Windows can't read that, this drive is read-only etc). 3. There is always something right out of the box that doesn't work with Linux (Wi-Fi, my printer etc). When I try to find out how to solve these issues, there are a million different people/websites out there that all seem to have completely different ideas and methods using a million different commands and programs. It seems impossible to get a definitive answer on ANYTHING. In the end, I always revert to sheep mode and go back to Windows. Linux might be better if you know what you are doing but sometimes ignorance is bliss, lol.

[@ShimmerismYT]

1. honestly they're annoying, usually you have to mount them before using them which can be done automatically in some ways. 2. you can make a seperate partition for windows and linux, and usually on linux it will ask you for ur password to open the drive. 3. that happens with some components unfortunately.

[@RetroActiveGM]

Create a new partition and install Linux on there. I have Mint on a laptop and it can access the Windows section of the hard drive right from the file manager.

[@linkfreeman1998]

Thats what happens if there's too much variations of stuff. If only there's only one version of linux....

[@georgewashington3012]

Yep, same. The promise of Linux is neat but it’s too much hassle. I don’t have time to make it a hobby just to make it fully functional.

[@cheaterman49]

I mean Blender is kind of a substitute to Maya or Max haha, but I'll be first to admit it deserves its hard-earned place in the industry nowadays!

[@Zorixas]

It has already got its foot in the door thanks to Khara.

[@JustSomeRandomIdiot]

I'd say Blender is every bit on par with Maya and Max these days. It's no longer just "a poor man's substitute". It really is professional grade software capable of doing everything the paid software can do.

[@lepatenteux592]

Blender is already used in cinena a lot... It had a "back seat" in many marvel productions like Capt'n erica and Spiderman, when pre-renders needed to be made to previsualize some 3-d shots. It the got it's first fully featured movie in the Netflix movie Nez-Gen... This projext helped push Blender development a lot!

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Hated using Maya before but had to use it for work. Also had experience with Max, Lightwave, Cinema 4D, and Modo. I'd say Modo annoyed me the least, haha. Recently taught myself Blender and it's fantastic. Love how all the tools work. Program feels really polished and fullly featured. And it runs smoothly on my average-spec'd PC. Only texture painting is lacking (no easy way to do layers) and so Cinema 4D is still king for texture painting.

[@tacokoneko]

blender is the absolutely must have open source video editor in my opinion it absolutely destroys shotcut and kdenlive in stability and advanced features you can also import your 2D video into the Modeling tab as a nested scene animated texture on a 3D plane to do 3D transforms on it that shotcut and kdenlive could never do ever the only downside is the learning curve is a little higher (just video editing tab in blender is NOT nearly as high a learning curve as any of the 3D tabs though)

[@spectralcanvasimages]

I'd really like to see a small video series from Anthony on the different versions on Linux. I'm still using Windows 10 hoping that 12 will be better but I doubt it.

[@bevvyfischer4386]

100% agree and I'd love to see Anthony explain Debian, Fedora, and Arch Linux to everyone to sidestep the distro chaos

[@MaidenLoaf]

Honestly there isn't much to go in to in a non technical sense. On one extreme, Debian is stable but has older software versions, whereas on the other extreme Arch is the reverse. Most distributions fall somewhere in the middle. Beyond that the only thing that any general user is going to notice is the desktop environment, which was briefly covered in this video (Cinnamon, MATE etc) Differences between distributions is a separate topic for more technical discussion. Better in general to just recommend a solid user friendly distribution like Mint and discuss more relevant every day user experience concerns.

[@souptikde2111]

just try different distro's from a usb and duel boot with windows whichever you like

[@harryatomix]

What's the issue with win 11, just want to know

[@MaidenLoaf]

@@harryatomix it's Windows. In seriousness though, it's just more of the same from Microsoft: - The so-called new features have been in Linux and Mac for a long time now. I remember cackling like a madman when I saw people getting excited for... Tabs. In Windows explorer. - The interfaces for any kind of computer administration are still dogshit (the last time they were actually usable was Win7). - The soft-lock requirement for TPM 2.0 modules is complete nonsense. Win11 runs fine on PCs without it if you know how to install it, but Microsoft doesn't want you to know that; they want people to go and buy new PCs so they can sell more Windows licenses. - The interface is less customisable (when customisability was already poor in Win10). All in all, Win11 is just a prettier, less functional, more spyware-laden version of Win10. There's not really much if any reason to actually use it. To add on to this, Win11 was such a stupidly insignificant non-event of an OS in non-Microsoft tech circles that a few people I know didn't even know it existed a year after it came out; they thought I was making some obscure joke when I talked about it.

[@Jazzy--]

Me first going to linux: Omg thr terminal, this is sp scary. I have to do stuff manually! Me after a few months: *Spends 8 hours to make a script that automates a simple task* *Happiest man alive*

[@Shywizz]

mood.

[@SurabBarve]

i3wm>gnome

[@mgord9518]

The terminal really is a lot less scary than most people think it is. Instead of learning where to click to control your computer, you learn words. It also tends to be more efficient for many tasks

[@kevkevv_]

​@@mgord9518ehh anything past apt install and it gets complicated. I struggle enough with just formating a drive through termal

[@oplkfdhgk]

I used it for few years and i liked it but i moved to rolling release distro to get more updates. 🙂

[@lobotomo9212]

This guy updates.

[@grisu1934]

@@lobotomo9212 after logging in sudo pacman -Syu is the first thing i do everyday

[@RACAPE]

@@grisu1934 man of culture

[@sugaryhull9688]

I did the opposite (went to Debian Stable) lmao

[@Anonymous4045]

@@grisu1934 I mean why not make it a startup script then lol

[@CristuelCasto]

I've been running Xubuntu for about 8 years and it's been mostly a great experience so far. And in the last 2-3 years, I've only had to use the command line once every 3-5 months, and usually for very minor stuff. Also, philosophically, the way I see it, open source software has already won.

[@brunoais]

@@DoubleMonoLR not really. It's not that rare to use powershell in windows

[@Root174]

@@brunoais Only in business environments with regards to IT management and even then, still not much. Your average user will rarely have to enter commands and it would probably be too scary for most.

[@CristuelCasto]

@@DoubleMonoLR I only had to copypaste a string of commands (which occupied maybe less than two lines) to install a program. I recently had to Google a fix for StarCraft 2 not starting after a Windows update and, believe it or not, I had to do the same (it was an ip config command for renewing the ip address of my machine). As I said, very minor stuff, and if somebody complains about it, their complaints are pretty much specious. The SC2 bug was probably the worst of the two.

[@CristuelCasto]

I seriously don't get the resistance to Linux most of the folks arguing against it have. In the end, it's another powerful tool to have at your disposal; you don't even have to install it exclusively on your machine, you can always choose to dual boot Linux with Windows, it's so easy, or you can easily make a bootable thumb drive without even touching the SSD or the main hard drive.

[@Root174]

I think you underestimate how difficult or scary it can be for most ordinary people or how people just don't care and just want something that they know and that works for them.

[@andlinux]

I'm using Linux Mint for several years now on my Dell XPS13 (2013 model) laptop and it still works very good. I even did an upgrade to "Vera" this week without problems. Linux is suitable very every day computer use, back in the day (1998) when I started using Red Hat Linux was something different, just to get it installed.

[@imanoldgeek]

Well done; short, honest, and clear. I use Mint (Cinnamon on desktops, Mate on my laptop) because, while I can use the more "Linux-like" distros (and have tried dozens), I like Mint's easy interface and stability.

[@Dingmao.]

Mint Cinnamon is my daily driver, and I installed Mint MATE on a low-spec computer that struggled with Windows, but now it performs so much better.

[@B3ASTM0D3.]

Always love seeing Anthony host. He's one hell of a smart guy.

[@howling-wolf]

Office 365 or whatever its called now has alternatives on linux. And they are even quite good. Only Office paired with nextcloud for example is an amazing bundle.

[@rlosangeleskings]

Libre office is better... There's some security flaws that Open Office has come across that I'm not comfortable with in getting back to it any time soon...

[@RKStrider]

@@rlosangeleskings Btw, the comment above refers to onlyoffice, not openoffice

[@howling-wolf]

@@rlosangeleskings libre is the hate of my life.

[@jeffreydurham2566]

Only Office on ZorinOS is great as well since ZorinOS has added a bunch of Windows compatible fonts. This is great if you have to send documents to other people that use Windows.

[@darkhellspartan975]

@@howling-wolf how come you dislike libre?

[@kikiretzorg1467]

I’ve been using Mint XFCE for almost 2 years now and this is where I learned about the Software Manager

[@KouroshFarrokhzad]

I don't want to judge but at this point Anthony's gift for presentation, style of delivery and all-around "making complex concepts simple with a plain-language approach" is second to none on this medium. We're lucky to have him and so is LTT. Thank you for yet another fantastic primer on Linux, Anthony and happy holidays to everyone at LTT! 🎄🎅

[@samlaatstenaam6957]

I think Zorin OS comes even closer to a windows experience, and is my preferred choice.

[@DV-ml4fm]

Any linux distribution is 100 times better than windows.

[@tylersherman9250]

I loved Mint when I used it a few years ago. I couldn’t get my voice to not sound high-pitched/robot like though on Discord. Not sure if there was a driver issue, or it did not like my headset/mixamp. Would love to revisit it sometime though

[@Nyancat703]

So cool ! I would've enjoyed a mention of more native linux softwares, such as libre office, keepassxc firefox and so on.

[@treakzy_9594]

keepassxc + syncthing is bae

[@BoDiddly]

I love Keepassxc, I use it all of the time!

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

If you're serious about writing LaTeX is the way to go and not any of those Office-thingies.

[@oldlavygenes]

@@BruceCarbonLakeriver I had to learn to use LaTeX for a writing assignment I had to do in an Algorithms class. I learned really quickly trying to write logic proofs in any of the office suites was a no-go. The learning curve was pretty steep with LaTeX, not gonna lie, but once you get used to the shortcuts it becomes really powerful.

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

@@oldlavygenes Yep that was my experience too. In my case I studied Physics and we had to use it to document all our projects and laboratory protocols. Since then I never looked back to office suites :D

[@DrakeFromStateFarm]

Gotta appreciate when open-source somehow manages to be clean and working

[@nathanielescudero5379]

Thank you Anthony! You just made my personal mission as a mint evangelist much easier. Another benefit can be "lower support costs". My elderly mother has been using it for many years and her tech calls dropped by 90% when I switched her away from windoze.

[@kliajesal4592]

Game compatibility changes so much as Proton and Lutris advance. Y'all really need to give it another look.

[@TheAwesomeMiner99]

I've used both Linux Mint and Ubuntu in the past (I liked them and I was actually triple booted with windows 10 for emergencies) but the compatibility issues were too much of a hindrance to ever go back (wine doesn't always work properly).

[@horridohobbies]

Between Linux Mint and MX Linux, I chose the latter. I'm a retired software engineer, so I appreciate MX Linux's more sophisticated administrative tools. But, yes, I would recommend Mint, too.

[@kg4wrq]

Thanks. I'm also a retired software engineer. LOL, I still call myself a Computer Programmer. Thanks for the tip. Instead of moving to Win-11, I'm going to install Linux on an unsused Win-10 disktop. I'm still at the point of decding which Distro/Flavor to use. Mint was at the top of my list, but now I will look into MX Linux.

[@avestuart]

I used Ubuntu as my main OS for a few years and have switched to Pop!_OS. Everything generally works out of the box. If ever I have to switch again, i'd probably move to Mint. I also like Fedora, but there's a bit more work for newbies.

[@IzzyIkigai]

Can only recommend Pop!OS. We actually decided to switch from Mint to Pop! at work because System76 is just a lot better at making the system "just work". Major Updates on Mint were always major in more than one way, and in too many cases it was just actually faster to completely redeploy systems than deal with Mint's update pains, meanwhile on Pop! it just.. works. At least for the past major updates it was the most pain-free update we've done on an Ubuntu-derived system so far.

[@DonaldVale]

Pop os sucks

[@Home-o2v4h]

​@@DonaldValewhy ?

[@damiann4734]

When you use Linux for work and development, you would want a stable distro. No body has time to fix broken or incompatible libraries. I've used fedora, debian, slack, clear Linux over the years as a development desktop and I found Ubuntu is the only distro that I got most of my software and libraries installed without any issues. If there were, fixing is quite easy.

[@adams546]

​@@damiann4734Yeah. Because Ubuntu and Mint have been the most mature linux distro I guess

[@AngriestEwok]

After the crap MS have pulled lately, I'm taking the MINT pill.

[@yurimodin7333]

I did and I'm not going back. I have tinkered off and on with linux since 1999 and I ran various linux distros exclusively from 2009-2015 but I got back into gaming and windows10 was pretty good. But the w11 recall spying was my last straw. I would say feel free to tinker in a virtualbox but I have ran ALOT of distros and I am on Mint just because its so much easier than most of the others. I can and have ran more difficult distros but why fight it when this is available.

[@toby9999]

​@yurimodin7333 I tried Linux, and it sucked. Installation never worked. Had to get an IT guy to do it. We were also forced to use it at work for a year, and it sucked then, and it was unstable as hell. It would crash daily or more. We switched back to Windows and never looked back. Just upgraded my home PC to Windows 11. It's good. All of the stuff about spyware is overblown propaganda. If MS was really spying then corporates wouldn't legally be able to use Windows at all. Then there's that whole problem of finding replacements for Windows applications.

[@imppaco]

Great video. I dual-boot Mint and Win10. Windows for MS Office, and a couple games. Linux for Everything else. Some Linux users turn their noses up at Mint, but I've been a Linux admin for 20 years, and it's still the most simple/comfortable distro for me. And I've used a LOT of different ones...

[@spydar05]

I've never used Linex, but I'm pretty technologically savvy, do you think I could learn to dual-boot Mint & Win10 on my laptop? Not ready to do it on my PC yet. I want to try out Mint without regretting it - which dual-booting may accomplish.

[@joebidenofficialpotus]

@@spydar05 There are many tutorials but simply said you just have to create a bootable USB and disable secure boot if it is enabled

[@imppaco]

@@spydar05 it's actually really easy. Load windows. Make sure you have about 50+G for linux, and load Linux. Most distro's have a "load along side Windows" option nowadays. If not, you can always youtube dual-boot to partition info.

[@arch357]

Most people who use linux always think that their way of using it is the only way, just ignore them, focus on what you like.

[@flirkyn1661]

While I always prefered to use windows for some reasons, when I had to use Linux for my studies or for others things, I've gone for Mint and it was a pretty good one that I would recommend if someone want to switch to Linux!

[@AwesomeHotSauceandKristosCast]

I need to use DaVinci Resolve for editing, StreamYard, my Rødecaster Pro II can't cause problems with the OS like it does often with OBS and HP audio switch. I just custom built a computer with a ROG Strix Z790-E board with an i9 14900K, abd XFX Merc 310 20GB GPU. I want to get the most out of it. Browsers like firefox degrade the 4K Brio camera when using a green screen. There's a lot of aura/noise as opposed to chrome on a windows setup. Can I run DaVinci without having to get all stupid learning commands to format it for Debain? Does Flat Pak solve that or is it still a headache? Thanks!

[@arch800]

Switched to Mint after everything in Windows 11 was bugged out and crashing without downclocking most of my hardware, after a bit of setup I got it more functional than Windows, however some things are still a bit shaky, but still able to daily drive

[@warthunder1969]

Yeah Linux desktop isn't perfect, but I've found myself diagnosing and fixing alot less problems on Linux than Windows these days (not just because I don't use Windows alot). At least I can control the updates and such of my linux systems - once I get them working I can leave them alone knowing that they will work consistently.

[@nnnik3595]

@@warthunder1969 I hear that a lot of people have issues with things that are bugged on Windows. I never really had any major bug on Windows - what was the bug?

[@rafal06]

@@nnnik3595 Once I had to reinstall Windows on my dad's PC, because an update completely bricked the system..

[@DoubleMonoLR]

@@nnnik3595 Windows 11 is current buggy on little things(not crashing etc, but dumb thing like start menu features stop working until reboot), I found Windows 10 extremely reliable. I expect Win11 will rapidly sort out the niggles.

[@itznukeey]

@@DoubleMonoLR I expected that too but its been like this for three months now? 22H2 is a fucking nightmare

[@margin-call-of-duty]

Thanks for the Linux popularization! I'm a Linux nerd using it for work, absolutely love it. But not sure if it is ready to be a gaming platform. Steam did an excellent job with proton and steam, but it's always roulette when you run a game that is not tested by Valve.

[@josefschulz5069]

But it could, more users could change Things.

[@margin-call-of-duty]

@@josefschulz5069 indeed! That’s why popularisation is important

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

I daily drive it since March last year without issues in gaming (except anti-cheat).

[@squidbeard492]

Other than not easily mapping controller layouts for non steam games I haven't had issues gaming on Linux. Then again I just check proton db and have any workarounds beforehand if needed

[@josefschulz5069]

Iam using it For gaming too, after finding out Steam uses a udev whitelist for external controllers, i knew how to add them and config my Setup. My last big problem is motion smoothing, ITS missing for Steamvr on linux. But iam hoping :)

[@OldAussieAds]

My advice to anyone wanting to switch to Linux from Windows or macOS, is to start using open source software on these platforms first. Because software is going to be the most jarring part of the experience, not the OS itself. So that means software like Firefox, Gimp, Thunderbird, VLC, Handbrake, Libre Office etc. And not necessarily all at once - baby steps. If you work out that you can comfortably use this software and not their proprietary alternatives, then switching to a Linux distro such as Mint won’t be such a huge step.

[@dudmanjohn]

Very good advice.

[@MrSupersonic2012]

My old laptop from when I was in high school had Windows 7. When support ended for 7 I decided to try Linux to breath some new life into this old machine. It's not a gaming laptop and just for general web surfing. Linux Mint ended up being the OS I used and I overall liked it. It was very similar to Windows 7 in how it worked.

[@tanja-k]

Also found my old laptop, Sony Vaio running Windows 7. Will be updating it to Linux later this week. Just have to decide which Linux, Mint looking best so far.

[@coolbrotherf127]

The only reason why I stick with Windows still is just the gaming support for now. Linux is getting close, but it's still not quite got everything I would prefer to have. I have a feeling though that I'll switch to Linux sometime in the next 5 years or so because Windows 11 is kind of wack and I can't use Windows 10 forever.

[@vishnumenon6541]

Same here, I'm hoping the situation to improve in atleast the next 5 years as I'm planning to ditch windows, once 12 comes out

[@TheMadRocker]

Flatpack support with Mint 21.1 is a plus when it comes to updating apps. Especially since flatpacks are updated quicker than in the usual repos.

[@ScreechingBagel]

flatpack cring

[@IIGrayfoxII]

Mint had flatpak support even with version 20. It has better support.

[@IIGrayfoxII]

@@ScreechingBagel One of the many packages I remove after an install

[@gtPacheko]

@@ScreechingBagel no. Flatpak is a blessing.

[@whosdr]

@@IIGrayfoxII This is true, but having the updates show up in the update manager now is such an improvement in 21.1!

[@neptronix]

Happy to see Linux Mint getting some coverage here. We moved our web development work machines over to Linux Mint last year and have loved it because it's given us less issues than Windows and is faster!

[@stevenpike7857]

I tried to use Linux, had the NVIDIA drivers installed, but Blender wasn't recognizing it in the systems tab for rendering. I tried to look into fixing it, but the explanations were beyond convoluted, and didn't work.

[@JeyKalda]

This is my Linux experience for about 15 years of trying Linux whenever a wave of “Linux is so much better now, try this distro”. You install, everything is great, then you actually start doing your workflow or whatever your activities are and the problems start to show up. The sound is wonky, the microphone is not working, the gpu drivers are behaving oddly, You cant play this game, you need to install these tools to install the tool/game you want to use/play, you need to google how to do this, that and the other thing. I always love to give Linux a chance but it’s proving every time it’s not really ready for “ordinary people usage”. If you “just” wanna turn on your PC, browse the net, listen to some music, play some games without having to do anything other then “launch game” then Linux is not for you. And people like this are the vast majority of pc users and that’s the reason why Linux is not mainstream and can’t really compete with Windows.

[@JD-kg3mx]

Linux Mint is pleasantly useable. I keep an older laptop near my work bench on a desk in my home workshop running Linux Mint. I have grown accustomed to being able to opening up the older Toshiba, download updates and browsing/email, even shopping parts and equipment, research, do everything I need to and the OS runs reliably even after a week or two in hibernation. No nag screens, free apps/software (most common stuff) and it's free. After a little research and bumbling I have it networked with my Win 10 PCs. I also have USB thumb drives and attached storage that works right out of the box with it. It's really good. Do it.

[@alexgrig3716]

This will probably not get much attention, but: WPS Office has become a very good replacement for Microsoft Office - meaning, it is very well compatible with the files created by Microsoft Office, miles ahead of Libre Office or OnlyOffice. As someone who daily-drives Linux for more than 10 years at work now, I always have a VM ready to edit the occasional .docx file, check a random spread sheet made by someone else, or most importantly, to edit or create bigger presentations. Typical replacements (Libre Office, OnlyOffice) work great as long as you're not editing stuff made by someone else in MS Office, or as long as you do not care about how it destroys the layout and looks differently from MS Office. But both of that are a deal breaker for me. So using a VM was the only option for a long time. Nowadays, WPS Office nails it perfectly (and I mean, *perfectly*) for almost everything I need. The only thing that is currently kinda weird is math fonts taking a huge amount of space when opening a file created by MS office, but I suspect that this will be fixed in a future version. To have a document that really looks exactly as in Windows, it is important to have all fonts installed that are used in the document (Arial, Tahoma, ... are typically missing without further effort). There is an option in WPS Office that tells you which fonts are currently missing. Edit: For full disclosure, I should mention that I open WPS Office in a firejail, preventing Internet access. No particular reason to do so, I just didn't bother checking whether I can trust the app... and if it doesn't need Internet, why would I not block its access by default. *shrug*

[@soupborsh6002]

Is is FOSS?

[@soupborsh6002]

@@Cronosonic He knows

[@pyrus2814]

>proprietary no thx

[@afjer]

As a long time user of Ubuntu, I have to say that recent versions have been extremely buggy especially with audio processing applications. I've been using endeavoros which isn't for the faint of heart but at least audio is pretty reliable out of the box.

[@jefferson-tan]

Been using Endeavor for a while too, it's been pretty stable for the most part

[@nickm.4274]

@@jefferson-tan Same here, haven't had any issues besides pipewire not liking my bluetooth earbuds (switching to pulseaudio fixed the issue). Worked better out of the box on my Nvidia laptop than even PopOS

[@habiks]

Try windows.

[@73xlh]

Mint is better than ANY windows ever produced

[@warrenpuckett4203]

Mint C works real well for office work and printing. Ubuntu works better for general internet crawling. I also use separate NVMe drives for each. I have bounced back and forth from M$ to Linux. Since AMD made dual core CPUs Win 2000 worked with Dual intel CPU boards. But it did work with dual core AMD (if you only wanted one core working). Linux worked both cores. Some fool did a hard crash on my dual intel board. Can I use you desk top? Then she moved the internet cable and grounded it, because she did not like where it was. "I don't know what happened. It just quit working." That got replaced with a AMD dual corp and I told her to go to the Geek squad store and buy a lap top. Buy tech service. Yep she ended up being a usta bee. She just had a knack for breaking things. That were not hers. I figured it was time for her to pay for that stuff. That is when the dual core and I found a new place to live. Oh and she always found a way to break vehicles too. Win XP? and dual core? That did not get fixed until Intel started making dual core desktop CPUs. Then switched back to Windows from Linux because I was using a AMD dual core. Win 10 exists on a SATA drive now. That drive occasionally gets accessed for work data done 3 years ago. I just got tired of the constant updates and recovery from the Win 10 updates. I don't even know if that drive will still boot up. I see no reason to use a M$ OS anymore. Kinda like ex. Cheaper and better to just kick them both to the curb. If I was still doing things that were important. I would use the $25 annual subscription version of Unbuntu. That is the nice part about retirement. Do not need it. There is a $300 annual version for those scared of typing in the terminal mode or boot mode. My 1st experience with a non M$ or a Apple / Mac? BSD / Scientific.

[@meliodas.1108]

i could vouch for mint for most people(unless they stumble into specific hardware issues maybe ? or some exclusive software). Over the years, Linux mint and its team has been consistently sticking to what the general userbase wants and adds on top of it as a desktop operating system .

[@Paul-lx2pc]

Good summary. I started using Ubuntu 13 years ago but when they decided to switch to the Unity desktop, things went awry and was now dealing with a buggy distro. I had experimented with LM about 10 years ago but found it a little buggy and still needed a bit of work to get it up to speed. I experimented with other distros in the meantime until I checked out LM again and found it had greatly improved. I'm presently dual booting with Windows 10 (not 11) - there is one Windows app that I still need otherwise would have ditched Windows a long time ago. There are still problems trying to run Windows apps on LM using Wine, Play on Linux etc but prefer to dual boot instead. If anyone out there wants to know how to dual boot, there's plenty of help available online. I've never tried any anti-virus software on LM and have never had any issues. I use it for my everyday needs and can safely say it has evolved into a polished and well maintained distro.

[@leecowell8165]

yep. I dumped ubuntu as well. I do not wtf Shuttleworth was thinking when he came up with Unity but I couldn't deal with that UI either. and worse there was NO workaround. I believe they have a workaround now but I've moved on to LM since then & stayed with it. also Ubuntu One they're storage medium at the time got hacked I mean WTF?

[@grayghost832]

Linux mint has been my favorite distro. It's simple, fast, and gives me access to Ubuntu programs without actually running Ubuntu. I'd say fedora with gnome is probably 2nd place. It's also really nice especially for a tablet. Good for touch screens. I wish they would have made gnome an option for the steam deck actually.

[@RyanMatthews-ib6lj]

i think its really cool that linux comes with a software like Libreoffice to compete with MS office

[@xeiAiex]

IMO, distros matter far less nowadays with things like Flatpak because even if you're using Debian stable, you can use the most up to date software via Flatpack. So you can get an extraordinarily stable base in say, Linux Mint, but still use current and up-to-date software via Flatpak (or AppImage or Snap) and never have to worry about something breaking. The exception might be device drivers, if you need the absolute latest for your hardware but for most people, that's not a concern.

[@vwagenjetta]

I switched to Linux when Linus and Luke did the the Linux challenge. PopOS was a nightmare (I didn't know anything at the time, so that probably didn't help), I absolutely hate the Gnome desktop, so Ubuntu wasn't an option, so I tried Manjaro and ended up using it with KDE Plasma. It was great, and after I learned how to use it, I switched to Arch, which I've been on since, and I love it. I have a Windows machine on the network for playing games that don't work (effing anti-cheat), and for streaming multiplayer games to Twitch (don't want to crash for any reason while streaming), but I rarely use it. I even bought an Asus laptop for my parents (born 1959) which they've been using for about a year now (and even updating regularly with Yay). Linux is super easy to use, and if most of what you do is in a browser anyway, you don't even need Windows, or MacOS. Side note: We all need to stop recommending distros, and start recommending desktop environments. I can have 10 different distros looking and working exactly the same by installing KDE Plasma, or Gnome. They're different to the expert Linux user, but the average person will have a real hard time seeing any differences on the surface. Love the educational Linux content, too, most Linux channels are ultra-power user focused, and speak on super niche problems or software. Shoutout to Ermano of Linux Made Simple for focusing on problems that people might actually have, and offering step by step instructions on how to fix them.

[@marinoceccotti9155]

I've been using Mint Mate for 5 years and it's incredibly stable. My laptop is a 2011 Dell e5520, 6 Go RAM 500 Go SSD. Well enough for any of my routine.

[@magnusm4]

I will always love the reason my dad keeps telling me of why nobody or very few hack Linux. Cause if you do. You will have over ten thousand angry programmers and hackers coming for you.

[@diabloO5O189]

I used mint back in the day like 10 years ago when the flavor choices were Cinnamon, KDE, or Gnome. It was my favorite distro I've used so far but switched back to windows because game compatibility was horrendous at the time. Now I'm just waiting for Win 10 to EOL and then planning on switching back to mint and hopefully the game situation is a lot better by then.

[@Roxor128]

I switched because of Windows 7 going EOL and not wanting to move to Windows 10, though admittedly a year earlier than planned due to a hardware failure (motherboard went up in smoke). The gaming situation has been just fine for me since my move in early 2019. Half my Steam library has Linux versions, and almost everything else I've tried works with Proton. About the only exception I've found being Tex Murphy Overseer, which is notoriously hard to get working on _Windows._ Damn thing was designed with Win95 and primitive 1990s-era MPEG2 decoders in mind.

[@fotnite_]

For singleplayer games, I can guarantee that the game situation is already better. You can check any of the games you play on protondb for compatibility - if it's gold or higher, it generally runs out of the box, and most of the time even silver games will run easily. The main incompatibilities nowadays are due to anticheats, but this won't be an issue for upcoming titles since all of the big anticheats support Linux in their most recent versions, the main issue is with past games not updating their anticheats to Linux-compatible versions. I do all my gaming on Linux, and 99% of the time, games I look at are supported on Linux, and the vast majority of upcoming titles have supported it from Day 1, since Valve has pushed the Steam Deck as a testing standard for PC pretty hard. In fact, all of the incompatibility issues I've had were from when I first switched, I've gone about a year and a half now where every single game I've gotten has worked out of the box, and most of those games have been modern AAA games.

[@luiss428]

so out of curiosity i checked how linux mint looks like now, and i am just really impressed it stood the test of time. it was my fave distro before (although, i had no other practical reason to use linux other than its a windows alternative + it looked nice)

[@mario_luis_dev]

if you want a more Windows-like UI experience in Linux, go with Zorin OS

[@louistournas120]

There is also Kubuntu or OpenSUSE (KDE). They make it very easy to install nvidia drivers or Wifi drivers. OpenSUSE (KDE) even let's you disable CPU mitigation during installation. It is a extremely GUI oriented distro.

[@nekohime2578]

they could of named it peppermint, spearmint, and wintermint. damn it

[@StarcrossTV]

There *is* PeppermintOS. It's based on Debian (and is different than Linux Mint)

[@JMIK1991]

You can also add windows executable to steam by adding it as non-steam game, changing properties and set it to use proton so you might not need to figure out how wine works.

[@Mercan1556]

does this work also for apps besides games?