>revives your old PC>revives your family's old PCs>just works out of the box>is ready to receive all those people who can't install Windows 11Is Linux Mint the best Linux distro for replacing Windows, /g/?I think it is.
why in the fuck wouldnt i just use debian? ubuntu and mint are literally pointless bloat
>>106854401not polished enough yet for a windows user
>>106854438its literally the same shit but doesnt come with over 9000 deps preinstalled
i have tried to convert people i know, but the truth is most people dont care about their operating systems. they just want to run gaymes or browse the internet. steve jobs was right, if the end user sees a terminal you have failed. this is the way most people see it, and even using linux mint you will have to use a command line at some point. windows even provides tools like regedit so you never have to open cmd. linux will never be replacing windows for this reason, and maybe that is a good thing.
>>106854483>regeditDo people really prefer this over the terminal?
>>106854438Debian is a good distro, Ubuntu is corporate crap. Mint is built on top of Ubuntu and pretends very hard to be a distro when it's actually just a desktop environment (a good DE but it's written in javascript yikes) with only like 10 developers behind it who don't do a very good job on the distro side of things. Debian on the other hand is 1000+ devs
>>106854373only option to onboard Windows users is the KDE desktop (distro doesn't matter really, any Linux user will switch later anyway)you know it's true. It has to look sleek and the file manager has to behave like windows otherwise they will get frustrated and beg you to just install windows again
>>106854718kde doesn't feel anything like windows. it's entire its own thing with a horrid fucking ux.
>>106854714Who Would Win?? 10 FAANG Marines vs 1000 Unemployed Europeans!
>>106854401the debian experience is like dealing with a rude hipster bartender with gauged ears who rolls his eyes and sighs and shit. it's intentionally unhelpful, uncaring
>>106854373Everyone has been riding Mints dick since they hopped off Ubuntu's 10 years ago.Roll Debian stable and make them use KDE if its for family and friends. Dont subject other people to Gnome without their consent as its practically rape.
>>106854779people got shit for using MInt consistently back then. We were treated like black people on here. It was always that their website got hacked and they replaced the iso. I never gave a shit because I didn't get that iso, not my problem
>>1068547864chan is not a good source of information or advice. This is a place to jeer and laugh at every 6 months when you're bored. You leave when you've regained your disgust, or become disillusioned by the congruent tone in every post, seemingly indicating that most of the posts are artificial or co-opted by the hivemind.>do you prefer mintter or minta?
>>106854749I gave my dad my fedora KDE laptop for a weekend and I had to explain to him afterwards that this is not windows>>106854779this
>>106854373trying it right now after having used fedora + kde/gnome for some yearsi can agree its probably the linux with the sanest defaults and easiest to set up as a windows replacement, literally just works so far, overall miles ahead of microshaft, corpocucks wouldnt get it
>>106854401Ubuntu sucks because of snaps and I wouldn't recommend it for most people I agree.But at least Mint comes with all the tools you need to manage your system through GUI without ever having to open a terminal, which is better for people coming from Windows.Cinnamon is also much better than the stock Windows experience while having very sane defaults and plenty of customisation.
>>106854714>Debian on the other hand is 1000+ devsyet they can't do a polished desktop to go with their distro?oh right...it's a server distro.
>>106854373It just works. I have no major complaints.>>106854401Debian is fine, but I'd rather just use it for servers.
>>106854967old faggot award
>>106854718>krashes
did that ever crossed your brainlet minds you adverse distros to like 20 anons who out of pity shitpost in your threads? nobody normal willvever install this shit or come to this board
>>106855084retards still think they're gonna turn the tides because they have a few hundred shitposters shilling for troonix on reddit and /g/, they are so retarded its painful. if you go on reddit posts about firefox being the hecking best are at like 50k upvotes, then you look at actual usage share and firefox is at 2%, KWAB. total westoid trannynigger leftoid death, I can't wait for them to all get butchered once they realize their demented population numbers are in mere millions while there's 8 billion people out there that think they all must die
>>106854373I recommend Linux Mint to beginners because the YouTuber Sam Tucker from SAMTIME, who's not very competent at using Linux, had the least amount of trouble with it out of all of the Linux distros he tried
>>106855084I hope you fall for the arch meme. Dont forget to log your hours in JIRA once you get your DE back.
>>106855103nice
>>106855084>nobody normal willvever install this shit or come to this boardyou dont know that. some people are nerds who come across it
>>106854718>only option to onboard Windows users is the KDE desktopisn't that a crash fest?
>NOOO LINUX HAS TO BE INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND BREAK EVERY 15 MINUTES
>>106854718This tbqh. I tried ubuntu and mint in the past and just could not get them to work the way I wanted to so I kept going back to w10. Tried kde for the first time when I got a steam deck and was surprised at how... Windows-like it is. The experience was much more intuitive than with gnome or cinnamon. Been running fedora kde as my daily driver for nearly 6 months now and don't see myself going back to windows ever again
>>106854373>Is Linux Mint the best Linux distro for replacing Windows, /g/?nope. it will be when https://kde.org/linux/ goes stable
>>106854483The problem with the terminal is that to undo changes you've made is to pray to Linux Gods and hope someone on ubuntu forums have the solution
>>106854373Should I start sneeding the Mint ISO?
>>106855036It's a distribution anon... It distributes the Linux kernel with a suite of userspace programs. You can have whatever polished desktop you want on it, or even multiple desktops. Why waste dev effort on something that some other team is already doing very well and it's readily available and plug&play?
>>106855836Imagine being so incapable that Linux Mint filters you
>>106854373>no wayland>no plasma>shit updater>shit file manager>ugly
>>106856575None of the desktops are good because nobody can agree on a flagship desktop for Linux.
>>106856510>~$ historyGives you a log of all your previous steps. Good luck remembering which checkbox you clicked in which tab of a GUI at which point.
>>106856593Gnome and KDE Plasma are very good. They are both better than the windows ui. Xfce is also very good but it's not for most people because it lacks fancier functionality
>>106856601>Gnome and KDE Plasma are very good.GNOME is dogshit and KDE is still a mess despite being better and more sane than GNOME.
>>106856584>no waylandthis is a good thing>no plasmathis is a good thing>shit updaterworks on my machine>shit file managerworks on my machine>uglyzoomer detected
>>106854373>no auto scroll (mode wheel click) outside of a few programs that added it>crashes when playing YouTube>3GB RAM at idle>NGO>no way to undervolt my GPU>no power plans
>>106854373really any distro with an LTS release and KDE or Gnome would work for that.I'm comfier on Fedora but it's probably too much of a pain in the ass with the constant kernel updates and annoying nvidia driver behaviour.>>106854401it comes with nothing (including stuff you'll actually need). Good for when you reach a point where you know what you'll need but not as intuitive for complete noobs.>>106854718It's probably most similar to win 7 (which was the best version of windows anyway).
>>106856706>no wayland>this is a good thingWhy is no fractional scaling a good thing? Why is shit multimonitor support a good thing? Why is no HDR support a good thing?>no plasma>this is a good thingWhy is abandoning KDE in favour of a DE written in fucking Python a good thing?>shit updater>works on my machineIt is completely fucking stupid that the app store does not double as an updater; they are separate programs. Nobody else does this but Mint.>shit file manager>works on my machineTry right clicking one of your drives, lol.>ugly>zoomer detectedIf you want old man cred, you wouldn't be using Mint in the first place.
the old story continues>install linux on old shit PC>install on hdd instead of ssd, because you suck>biggest distro that barely fits on the rusty hdd>pick worst DE>ignore missing mouse drivers, install with keyboard>ignore missing graphics drivers>display defaults to 720p, black bars on all sides>don't install any useful software with package manager>uses it for 2 hours>forgets root pw after a day>"hmm ... seems a bit slow and hard to use">buys $2k apple hardware>sell half your soul to tim apple>sell other half to Bill Microsoft and Mister google>subscribe to two overprized clouds>subscribe to three overprized shit software>pays some apple tech $200 to configure it all>"wow ... this is so much better than the pinguin thingy"
>>106856790>no auto scroll (mode wheel click) outside of a few programs that added itHonestly a feature I miss from Windows ngl but It's something I can live without>crashes when playing YouTubeFucking how, I watch tons of youtube slop and I've never had it as much as hang during.Crashes in general I'd even say I've felt more far and between on linux than windows 11 enterprise. And when a kernel panic happened it was usually when the machine was shutting down at least while windows blue screens I've had more during actual work.
>>106854761FAGMAN uses a lot of AI code these days. Microsoft have been openly bragging about how many lines they're getting.
>>106856790>>106857036>no auto scrollKDE has that. it's a checkmark in the mouse menu (you can set it per device)doesn't feel as nice to use though
>>106856855>gnomelel
>>106854401>just use debianUsing a shitty troonmade installer that doesn't support LUKS?WHAT KIND OF MONGOLOID ARE U??Not to mention Clem (maintainer) is based and acts as a safeguard between you and the debitroon. So that (you) too may experience the niceities of a LTS release, without the faggotry.
Do you fags have nothing to talk about but which OS is best and which programming language is best? Do you even do anything with those things?
>>106854373What if you want to use a rolling distro though?
>>106856790>crashes when playing YouTubeWorks on my machine.>no power plansRetard.
>>106858470woops forgot image xD
>>106854373I wanted a Linux distro for a bootable USB OS-on-a-stick sort of thing. I have a ThinkPad so hardware support shouldn't be an issue.I tried MX Linux at first because people were raving about how it maximizes flash drive life. What I got was a half-working desktop where sound and the mouse weren't working at all, and changes weren't persisted despite me explicitly selecting that option.I then installed Linux Mint and everything just fucking werked out of the box, first try. I was amazed. It isn't optimized for flash drive writes but I only plan to use it occasionally.
why noita has slow motion hiccups moments compared to what i had in win10.. while having mint.. so it's not the best after all
>>106854718hey jesse pinkman
>>106858570yeah i just bootup my win10 boot and it runs smooth as butterwtf linux mint any fix?
>>106858671It's not linux mint, it's most likely your gpu driver.
>>106858688noita is depended on cpu, dumbass
>>106858693>is depended on cpuAyy lmao
>>106858716retard
>>106854373>OOM freezesNot in a million years.
>>106858688yeah how is that even possible while having the same fucking driver from win10s
PikachuEXE forked a fix: https://github.com/PikachuEXE/FreeTube/actions/runs/18423858036
>>106857682Most people don't.
>>106854373>Is Linux Mint the best Linux distro for replacing Windows, /g/?For now.
False, use fedora, some newage slop or ubuntu. I don't want to see win-normies ruining one good distro.
>>106854373I put this on machines for both of my parents and it just works. I cum every time I completely erase windows from a drive.
>>106854474The deps are the polish anon.
>>106856575I don't want a "distro" you bathless faggot I want an operating system
>>106854373my win7 2009 installation compared to your yesterday mint distro It's like comparing a renaissance painting to street graffiti, be a little more modest with your categorical statementsm, it's obvious you're only 15 but try to hide it a little, dear
>>106854483Linux operating systems will never be replacing Windows because most people actually have jobs and use Word and Excel all the time. As long as there is no alternative to those, no one will be switching to Linux snytime soon. And no, Libreoffice is not an option
>>106861041LibreOffice
>>106854401lmde indeed
>>106861041LO works ok for an office suite, 15 years ago OO was doing retarded things like not storing pics C&P from internet... Gnumeric is way faster than LO Calc
>>106854373Can't game on mint with a new gpus because they never update the kernel. Other than that it's okay-ish.>>106854718KDE is just bad and doesn't behave like windows
>>106855104Mint is my go to, I think arch is a bit overrated
>>106854483>they just want to run gaymes or browse the internetCorrectMake a distro that install .exe including pirated games and repacks out of the box, runs games rock solid with non meme gpu drivers and can use chromium based browser because i have usecase to have a chromium browser + firefox and i switch over.Bazzite is getting there from what, me, gamer, know about meme linux
>>106854373Yes.That said, if you're an actual enthusiast, don't plan on staying there for long. For the normalfags however, its basically perfect.
>>106861358>Can't game on mint with a new gpus because they never update the kernel. Other than that it's okay-ish.Pop_OS solves all of Mint's problems when COSMIC goes stable.
>>106854373I would really like if Cinnamon had an option to clone panels between multiple monitors.
>>106854373Linux Mint really needs to have prebuilts sold in stores so people who are shopping for a new computer can buy one.
>>106861969>Linux Mint really needs to have prebuilts sold in stores so people who are shopping for a new computer can buy one.Won't happen until Google does their own distro like they took over the smartphone market.
>>106861969This. You can bet any of us helping Mom buy her new computer this Christmas would direct her to it.
>>106861805but it introduces an even bigger problem: the name Pop_OS is gay as hell
>>106862515it's not ideal but it's not that badit could be way worse like Fedora
>>106861548>Bazzite is getting there from what, me, gamer, know about meme linuxTrue. If you double-click an exe on Bazzite it asks you to launch it. And then if you have Bottles installed it'll ask you to launch it in a bottle. I guess if you didn't replace Lutris with Bottles it would just open in Lutris instead.
>>106863063>BazziteThat is an even gayer name than PopOSWhat is that even? A decorated boy pussy?
>>106854373>>revives your old PCit doesn't>>revives your family's old PCsthey don't have one>>just works out of the boxNot without sudo apt get it doesn't>>is ready to receive all those people who can't install Windows 11>shitVidia drivers don't work>no native passthrough for GPUIf this ever happens everyone will be running Windows under Linux. But troonix tards are too self absorbed to dumb things down so more people use it. Besides, Microsoft owns Linux. So tell me, how long till you're forced to have a microsoft account in order to access the terminal on your Pro Home Enterprise Linux version you paid 1000$ for?
>>106861339>LO works ok for an office suiteCompatibility issues out of nowhere. Boomers and early millennials don't like seeing .odt files.
>>106854749Both of these linux flagship desktops - kde/plasma and gnome are over-engineered trash. It's like that car what Homer Simpson designed...Dolphin is a great example of this.Where is the elegance and usability? Just because it's free doesn't mean it needs to be baroque neckbeard copy. And gnome desktop? Jesus wtf are they thinking.
>>106863644>Both of these linux flagship desktops - kde/plasma and gnome are over-engineered trash.this
>>106863644I don't get how you can get filtered by Dolphin, which is probably the best file manager across all operating systems combined.
Windows just works, why would I switch
literally any linux distro revives your old pc
>>106863976I still prefer thunar but sell me on dolphin
>>106863988because 11 is legit bad
>>106863976>Dolphin, which is probably the best file manager across all operating systems combined.dolphin has had issues in the past and you know it. it's not great.
>>106863642It can save files as doc* and export to pdf...The problems with LO is related to some docx and files with some kind of code that it will not execute.
>>106854373Mint is a joke, why you would recommend a meme "community" OS to anyone is beyond me, guaranteed security problems. Just use Ubuntu (LTS Specifically), RHEL or SLE.
>>106854373Bluestack can't run on Linux so no
>>106864763>Just use Ubuntu (LTS Specifically)worse than mint
>>106864802>muh chinky software for android games doesn't work on linuxGrow up
>>106858758Retard.
>>106860427I guess if you're poor and using 15 year old hardware 7 makes sense. Like a core 2 duo laptop.
>>106864837>Dell, HP, and Lenovo all sell Laptops with Ubuntu LTS>Akschually let me tell you how this meme distro maintained by a single indonesian pedophile is superior and you should use all your private information on it without worries chudNobody says this.
>>106863221Latant homosexual.
>>106864763OOBE is important for a new user.Mint has good OOBE, and a look and feel similar to windows.Ubuntu has shit OOBE, and is unfamiliar and clunky to anyone that doesn't already have gnome stockholm syndrome.
>>106854483loonix sux is not just a meme, it's a protest against legalist freetards, who defend linux while detracting piracy, enterprises who infiltrated them to prevent piracy by making you use lower quality free stuff, it's a capitalist brainwhash
>>106864893>Latantlol
>>106861358>they never update the kernelAbsolute horseshit, I'm running 6.14.0-33 originally released March this year and the latest NV driver 580.95.05. Never once had an issue running games where a newer kernel would matter
>>106864938The only difference between Ubuntu's GNOME and Mint's Cinnamon is that Ubuntu's dock/taskbar solution is on the left. Everything else is practically identical or superior, less bloated, less confusing, and is maintained by professional employees and has security CVEs unlike meme distros like Mint. There's a reason normal employed people use Ubuntu, while every single neet or tranny social outcast retard on 4chan or reddit shills shit like Mint, CachyOS, Nobara, Zorin, Arch, Artix, Void, Nix, or some other irrelevant shitstro maintained by a couple of pedos in Pakistan.
What's the name of that distor based on Arch made by creator of Ruby on Rails?I wanna switch to it from EndeavorOS. The more I hear about it, the more I like it.I am a WINNER, so I don't have time to install Arch.These Arch-based distros help WINNERs like me use Arch without worrying about the installation.I just wish this dude named his distro in a more memorable manner, because I've forgotten it.If my current EndeavorOS breaks, imma 100% install this distro.
>>106864959Or just use Debian but that is even less polished
>>106864959>implying your baked in telemetry makes you more secureMint pulls from the Ubuntu LTS security repoAll this freedom, thousands of distros to choose from and someone would really want Ubuntu on their personal machine?
When i switched from Windows a few years ago, Mint was the distro that gave me a familiar experience and held my hand enough so I could learn how things worked without breaking my system or losing files.Unironically, the best thing about Mint is the setup process that guides you through customizing, drivers, updates, firewall, and most critically setting up timeshift so if you do something stupid you can just roll back to before you did it. Now that it's been a few years I don't use Mint anymore because I understand how linux works. I can use the terminal and I like a tiling window manager and all of that, but Mint was the bridge I needed to get to where I am now.My Mom's Win10 laptop can't upgrade, so I switched her to Mint literally yesterday, sat her down in front of the computer and told her to go exploring. In about 5 minutes she was smiling and excited, she understood how to do the things she wanted to do, and she loves how simple and uncluttered it is.TLDR: Mint is an awesome distro.
>>106865060Yeah Mint was my gateway drug too.I'm going to install it on my sister's laptop. She's a med student, and Mint will cover all her needs.
>>106865060>I don't use Mint anymore because I understand how linux works.what do you use now?
>>106863221There are some distros you can rule out on name aloneHannah Montana Linux masterrace
is mint still ubuntu + preinstalled ugly ass themes on an older, less maintained version of gnome?wow sign me up!!
>>106865041Mint has no security CVE's, you spend most of your time interacting with Mint packages, like Firefox, Cinnamon DE programs, all of which are not contributed to by Ubuntu programmers and maintainers. Mint has no security CVEs and is maintained by a few anons on github. You would get fired on the spot if you put it on computers of any company. It's objectively a security risk with no security standards.>>106864988Why would I do that? It didn't support even secure boot out of the box last time I tried it, and it still required you to do cli upgrades, and put most emphasis on the stable repos which become ancient too fast. Linux is shit over all, but Ubuntu LTS is as close as you can get to a usable system.
>>106865092Obviously not him, but I've switched to Arch. I was in similar shoes.
>>106865130I get Vivaldi from the upstream repo, every day there are system package security updates from ubuntu LTS. Most security updates end up being lib* libraries. I think you have an inaccurate threat model. The modern cybersecurity ecosystem is a joke
>>106864861>something not works on Linux>muhhh childish shjt>grow uppppKek, exactly why Linux is shit for normie users
>>106864938By that logic the only thing that should be shilled are Universal Blue distros because their OOBE is much better than Mint.
>>106860359no they arent they dont even do anything until you want to install something that needs them
>>106857036>Honestly a feature I miss from WindowsIs this even a feature of Windows? The only software I've ever seen where that works is Firefox and Chrome and both of those can also have it turned on on Linux it's just off by default because of the platform UX guidelines. Firefox is just a checkbox Chrome needs a flag.
>replaced mx Linux on my x220 and installed mint alongside windongs on my x13It's over.
>>106854373kubuntu is better
>>106854373Mint just werks even if you are total noob it's very friendly with everything. So if you are going from WIN to Linux this is just right distro.
>>106867254Yeah it's friendly>>106865060This anon summed it up wellI've spent two decades dealing with all kinds of UNIX and Linux systems, weirdass mainframes etc. Simply run Mint on my own machine. It works
>>106854718looks comfy but linux is still server only for me
