Turns out the reply in my thread telling me the best way to combat not caring about Linux is to care about Linux was absolutely correct.
I picked up a laptop, installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’m already obsessed. I haven’t had this much fun with a PC in a long time and it’s just a cheapo Dell Inspiron 3520.
LM is a great start, congrats. My Linux story began in 2010 with Ubuntu, and I never went back. I’m rocking a Fedora station for my daily use, and Im more in love with Linux than ever.
Now 76% of all the posts in the Fediverse are about Linux!
Welcome!
Time to learn root folders, package manager, source lists for package managers, where programs are installed, config files. and so forth. Then move on to fiddling with wine to get some windows only programs working. I had to spend a few hours getting my shitty laptop to run battle net client and star craft 2.
All this might seem daunting at first. But take it slow and it will all be fulfilling once you grasped the basics.
I would have chosen Debian with KDE Plasma (or with Cinnamon if you prefer that) but… close enough :)
Welcome to the herd!
I was sure this was a sarcastipost until the last sentence. You for real OP?
What do you mean by fun?
No reply and down votes. This seems like a really cool community with really cool people, oh my.
I’m not a big Linux head but have a steam deck and android phone. Have a laptop that I just really can’t see myself putting windows 11 on. And from the nice unproblematic experience i’ve had on steam deck I’m going to put mint on it.
I hear good things about Chimera OS feeling a lot like Steam OS when you’re trying to get a similar experience for laptops, if that’s what you’re going for.
Sounds interesting will give it a look. Thanks for the tip.
Steam deck has transformed linux gaming 10-fold. Go give it a shot.
ONE OF US
Yer sucha sheep!
j/k. Welcome home lad.
This thread makes yesterday’s thread feel like a setup.
Someone not being genuine on the internet? Impossible.
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Wow nice… I’m jealous of your experience on… the internet :D
Lmao welcome to Linux though!
Well done man. Great choice running Linux Mint.
Don’t see it as just a “beginner distro” because it is the king of Linux distros. I’ve been using Linux for a couple of years and after much distro hopping settled on Linux Mint Debian Edition because Mint has it all: full featured Linux with a beautiful desktop, stability, polish and user freedom.
Which DE are you using?
Linux Mint Debian Edition
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I tried Artix once. It was very fast but I think there was some limitations due to no systemd with some apps that required the presence of systemd.
It sucks that some apps must have systemd on the OS to work. I wish Devs would do that because it would be nice to also have the option of running Linux with non-systemd inits sometimes.
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This is exactly my experience as well. I started using Linux in 2007 with Ubuntu ‘Feisty Fawn’. I have used Arch, Fedora, Debian, Manjaro and a few others as daily drivers over the years, but have used Mint almost exclusively for the past 7-8 years. Recently also switched to the Debian edition. My servers mostly run Debian, but sometimes Ubuntu.
What does the Debian Edition bring that regular Mint doesn’t? My headless server is running a Debian-based distro (Raspberry Pi OS), so most of my Linux knowledge is based on Debian. Would installing the Debian Edition of Mint on my laptop make more sense (in this case) than regular Mint would? Why did you make the recent switch?
Edit: Oh, it’s “just” Mint with the Debian DE?
I got tired of the advertisements for paid Ubuntu security updates in the terminal. That’s honestly the main thing. Overall, I like the idea of Mint being based on original Debian, rather than a derivitave of a derivative. I haven’t noticed any differences from the ‘normal’ Mint, other than what I mentioned about the terminal. I don’t think there’s any reason not to install the Debian edition, but the experience will be 99.9% the same either way.
Thank you! I think I’ll try the Debian Edition then.
I hopped between distros every couple months, then discovered Ubuntu, which I used for years. Then Unity happened. Mint for years after that. Budgie for a little while, but hated the UX similarities to Mac. Then back to Mint. Tried Ubuntu again, but still can’t do Unity. Now I’m Fedora Silverblue on one laptop and OpenSuse on the other. I’m loving both, but I’ll probably go back to Mint soon enough. Mint now comes with GNOME as an option, right? Meh. Even if it doesn’t, I can install the DE after the fact. I’m having a hard time deciding between KDE and GNOME, honestly.
Hahahahhaa!!!
KDE is what got me into Linux in the first place. That’s my reservation. I love how gnome looks, but KDE, man. KDE is KDE.
Completely agree! Gnome is nice but never been able to move past KDE if I had to pick a full blown DE.
Good investment Jez,
Now get yourself a mechanical keeyboard.
a nice keeb is a must have! They have some cheap ones on amazon for 20 ish or so. The really nice ones cost almost as much as the laptop XD
Congratulations, your stripey thigh high socks are in the mail
