Linux Mint Still The Best Distro To Convert Windows Users DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Otis
Hey DT - your wrong and your right about wine. I get that you are doing it the way you are doing it for a reason. But, for in general and in my experience, I run everything windoze through wine first. I have found that 9 times outta 10 or more, windoze apps, especially older ones, run better in wine than in windoze. If there are issues with a particular app, typically graphical issues with games, I try to troubleshoot the app and wine with some google searching and some wine poking first. Then if I fail that and I just can't do without xyz windoze app, then as a LAST resort I will run through VM. The reason being is VM's just don't have the power that wine does. It ain't even close. And I have had to resort to a windoze VM exactly zero times thus far. There is always another way, either through native software or through wine poking, always. If you can't get it done with either native software or with wine poking it's not because there ain't a way, it's because YOU lack the proper motivation.
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Hey DT - your wrong and your right about wine. I get that you are doing it the way you are doing it for a reason. But, for in general and in my experience, I run everything windoze through wine first. I have found that 9 times outta 10 or more, windoze apps, especially older ones, run better in wine than in windoze. If there are issues with a particular app, typically graphical issues with games, I try to troubleshoot the app and wine with some google searching and some wine poking first. Then if I fail that and I just can't do without xyz windoze app, then as a LAST resort I will run through VM. The reason being is VM's just don't have the power that wine does. It ain't even close. And I have had to resort to a windoze VM exactly zero times thus far. There is always another way, either through native software or through wine poking, always. If you can't get it done with either native software or with wine poking it's not because there ain't a way, it's because YOU lack the proper motivation.
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eric
I have no problem with Linux. Used it for about 6 years. Not a mint fan but use what you want. Having said that the idea that the average windows user will drop it and just casually take up Linux has not been true in my experience. Most of the people that i know who use windows are used to certain software that is readily available on windows. In other words they turn on their pc and just start using what they are used to and have little desire to change. I could even show them a Linux desktop and they wan't to know where their favorite programs are and i have to tell them that the programs they are referring to are windows specific. They just kinda look confused and say thanks but no thanks. Let me reiterate i am not ripping Linux.But the idea that getting Windows users to drop the OS is as easy as trying mint is a bit of a stretch. For the record i do not evangelize any operating system.
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I have no problem with Linux. Used it for about 6 years. Not a mint fan but use what you want. Having said that the idea that the average windows user will drop it and just casually take up Linux has not been true in my experience. Most of the people that i know who use windows are used to certain software that is readily available on windows. In other words they turn on their pc and just start using what they are used to and have little desire to change. I could even show them a Linux desktop and they wan't to know where their favorite programs are and i have to tell them that the programs they are referring to are windows specific. They just kinda look confused and say thanks but no thanks. Let me reiterate i am not ripping Linux.But the idea that getting Windows users to drop the OS is as easy as trying mint is a bit of a stretch. For the record i do not evangelize any operating system.
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Raffels
even as an old Debian dude from the 90s I use Mint as my main daily driver.
As a trader I must value security and reliability above anything else. I use the Xfce version with my own bspwm setup.
I still keep some (base) Debian and Arch installations around for tinkering when the mood strikes me, but when I actualy need to get work done, Mint is my joice.
I remember when back in the days Ubuntu first came around to made things -simply works out of the box- for the first time and had Nelson Madela himself explain to us the meaning of -Ubuntu-.
Canonical has (imo) long lost it's way since then and I am happy with Mint we have such a solid alternative. It reminds me in the old Ubuntu, with a modern look.. well, mine doesn't look anything like Mint, I run my own riced bspwm and Xfce if need be, but I'm just saying...
Mint is just fine, I like it :-)
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even as an old Debian dude from the 90s I use Mint as my main daily driver.
As a trader I must value security and reliability above anything else. I use the Xfce version with my own bspwm setup.
I still keep some (base) Debian and Arch installations around for tinkering when the mood strikes me, but when I actualy need to get work done, Mint is my joice.
I remember when back in the days Ubuntu first came around to made things -simply works out of the box- for the first time and had Nelson Madela himself explain to us the meaning of -Ubuntu-.
Canonical has (imo) long lost it's way since then and I am happy with Mint we have such a solid alternative. It reminds me in the old Ubuntu, with a modern look.. well, mine doesn't look anything like Mint, I run my own riced bspwm and Xfce if need be, but I'm just saying...
Mint is just fine, I like it :-)
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Wild
There is one big change (at least in my mind a big one) that I am not a fan of and it would be one that would cause me not to use it nor recommend it as long as that change is in effect. Now, they have every right to do that and to continue to do that. That's fine. But I just take this an an opportunity to always remember to constantly evaluate my decisions, because what was good a year ago, may not be that way now depending on how things change. Ironically, it was this same mindset that caused me to switch to linux in the first place all those years ago. So it has served me well. I firmly believe in not being beholding to any one distro/piece of software etc. I have my favs, like we all do, but if a big enough change happens, it's time to rethink options. But that is just me.
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There is one big change (at least in my mind a big one) that I am not a fan of and it would be one that would cause me not to use it nor recommend it as long as that change is in effect. Now, they have every right to do that and to continue to do that. That's fine. But I just take this an an opportunity to always remember to constantly evaluate my decisions, because what was good a year ago, may not be that way now depending on how things change. Ironically, it was this same mindset that caused me to switch to linux in the first place all those years ago. So it has served me well. I firmly believe in not being beholding to any one distro/piece of software etc. I have my favs, like we all do, but if a big enough change happens, it's time to rethink options. But that is just me.
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Nikolai508
I don't even think Mint is a good -covert- OS, I think its just good. With Cinnamon it has some of the best default applications: Nemo, Xed, RhythmBox Gnome Terminal, etc. It's stable, it doesn't try to impose anything on you such as snap or any other restrictions.
After using Linux for many years and trying various distributions, I always come back to Mint in the end and that's where I've stayed for the past 6 months after dropping Windows entirely.
If you're a gamer, Steam works perfectly well on this as well, as do the Nvidia drivers. You don't need PopOS to game.
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I don't even think Mint is a good -covert- OS, I think its just good. With Cinnamon it has some of the best default applications: Nemo, Xed, RhythmBox Gnome Terminal, etc. It's stable, it doesn't try to impose anything on you such as snap or any other restrictions.
After using Linux for many years and trying various distributions, I always come back to Mint in the end and that's where I've stayed for the past 6 months after dropping Windows entirely.
If you're a gamer, Steam works perfectly well on this as well, as do the Nvidia drivers. You don't need PopOS to game.
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neptronix
I'm in agreement with you. I switched from Win10 to Linux Mint last month and had a really good experience.
In my experience, the XFCE edition is more reliable as a 'daily driver'. Cinnamon is good looking, but i had massive video tearing and lag on both intel graphics and a newer Nvidia Quadro P1000. No amount of tuning made Cinnamon work better.. kind of a shame. Cinnamon also has some oddball bugs.
Nonetheless, i am very happy with the result.. i'm so happy to be free from Windows, i donated $100 to the Linux Mint team.
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I'm in agreement with you. I switched from Win10 to Linux Mint last month and had a really good experience.
In my experience, the XFCE edition is more reliable as a 'daily driver'. Cinnamon is good looking, but i had massive video tearing and lag on both intel graphics and a newer Nvidia Quadro P1000. No amount of tuning made Cinnamon work better.. kind of a shame. Cinnamon also has some oddball bugs.
Nonetheless, i am very happy with the result.. i'm so happy to be free from Windows, i donated $100 to the Linux Mint team.
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Raven
I switched to Linux Mint Christmas 2020 and will never go back to Windows.
Didn't like the telemetry being set by default and Windows upgrades are murder.
I tried other Linux distros including Ubuntu but I didn't like the Ubuntu app launcher taking over the entire screen.
Mint is very light by comparison to Windows, the upgrades are just brilliant!
Fast and you don't have to stop working and reboots are in seconds not hours!
It does everything i need it to do so sticking with it.
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I switched to Linux Mint Christmas 2020 and will never go back to Windows.
Didn't like the telemetry being set by default and Windows upgrades are murder.
I tried other Linux distros including Ubuntu but I didn't like the Ubuntu app launcher taking over the entire screen.
Mint is very light by comparison to Windows, the upgrades are just brilliant!
Fast and you don't have to stop working and reboots are in seconds not hours!
It does everything i need it to do so sticking with it.
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james
Keep up the great work. I was struggling for days to install Windows Server (various versions) onto a Dell T420 Poweredge server with loads of driver issues. Installed Linux Mint and it worked 1st time, straight out of the box with every single device/ driver installed and working including the Raid Controller. Have also installed Mint on an Apple Mac Pro 3.1 and its the same result, Runs like a dream. I am now sold on Linux Mint, Great Distro indeed, not just for desktops, but also for servers.
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Keep up the great work. I was struggling for days to install Windows Server (various versions) onto a Dell T420 Poweredge server with loads of driver issues. Installed Linux Mint and it worked 1st time, straight out of the box with every single device/ driver installed and working including the Raid Controller. Have also installed Mint on an Apple Mac Pro 3.1 and its the same result, Runs like a dream. I am now sold on Linux Mint, Great Distro indeed, not just for desktops, but also for servers.
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Kenny
One thing LM or any beginner-focused distro can do better: instead of Wine, why not Anbox? In that case it-s based on AOSP and LXC (just like Google-s own Android app solution baked into Chrome OS) and therefore definitely guaranteed to work as far as running Android apps on Linux is concerned - which would of course definitely include a lot of familiar stuff for beginners. Would make such a distro a fantastic alternative to getting a Chromebook, that-s for sure.
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One thing LM or any beginner-focused distro can do better: instead of Wine, why not Anbox? In that case it-s based on AOSP and LXC (just like Google-s own Android app solution baked into Chrome OS) and therefore definitely guaranteed to work as far as running Android apps on Linux is concerned - which would of course definitely include a lot of familiar stuff for beginners. Would make such a distro a fantastic alternative to getting a Chromebook, that-s for sure.
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Stephen
I still can't get over the fact that Nemo has tabs when I use W10 I had so many Explorer Windows opened since I'm constantly switching wallpapers
Currently using -Linux Mint Cinnamon- with a -W10 Pro VirtualBox VM- Which I use for MUGEN (Easier to setup on Windows because of VSelect and Wine having config issues), Amulet MC Editor (It's easier to do on Windows since You don't have to build from source) and School Stuff if needed (Pearson MyLab hates Linux)
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I still can't get over the fact that Nemo has tabs when I use W10 I had so many Explorer Windows opened since I'm constantly switching wallpapers
Currently using -Linux Mint Cinnamon- with a -W10 Pro VirtualBox VM- Which I use for MUGEN (Easier to setup on Windows because of VSelect and Wine having config issues), Amulet MC Editor (It's easier to do on Windows since You don't have to build from source) and School Stuff if needed (Pearson MyLab hates Linux)
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