Another great review of Mint

[MurphCID]

"Mint is for Power users" "Mint makes using my computer fun" Jay at Learn Linux TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtkIVtZfjgg

[SMG]

Jay at Learn Linux TV:

How big is that monitor he has?

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Jay at Learn Linux TV:

How big is that monitor he has?

It looks like a Samsung 49" ultra wide monitor (I don't recommend Samsung anything). Other companies make similar sized wide screen monitors, like LG (I don't recommend them, either) and ASUS (another one I don't recommend).

[MurphCID]

It is going to be that 49" monitor, Best Buy had one for in excess of $1,000 if you really wanted to get one. I don't know what I would do with something like that. But his review of Mint 21.3 was excellent. Jay is always fair.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...I don't know what I would do with something like that...

While it would be more compact than my three 24" monitor setup, having three separate HDMI feeds to three monitors makes it easier for me to mirror the monitors to my TV. i have a total of seven of the monitors I'm using three of so I'm fixed for monitors for the rest of my life as long as I can get 5760 x 1080 from whatever graphics card I'm using.

It's also easier to frame and tile windows on individual monitors.

[AndyMH]

like LG (I don't recommend them, either) and ASUS (another one I don't recommend).

As the owner of an LG ultrawide, I don't recommend them either. Nice monitor, but a pain on my T430 getting it to work at its native resolution (2560x1080)*.

* strangely, no issues plugged into my thinkcentre M720Q, same OS, LM21.3, same kernel, 5.15 - go figure?

[Dullard du Jour]

I have two monitors now, a Samsung and a HP. Both have worked well; the Samsung was a freebie I got last year and past that I would not have bought a Samsung monitor. I have never cared for ASUS or LG, but I suspect a lot of issues folks have with monitors may be related to their graphics card.

I am currently in the market for a 30 or so inch monitor, 49 inch would be way too much territory for my eyes to cover. I like multi or bigger monitors as I can have a number of opened sites, manuals, etc. at one time.

[MurphCID]

I just saw a 49" LG at Best Buy for $1,600+. Not for me, not at all.

So far Mint 21.3 seems to be garnering really solid reviews.

[ivar]

For those of you that won't recommend Samsung, LG or Asus , what would you use instead?

At work we've been using mostly Dell, Philips, Samsung and BenQ 27" monitors.
At my desk I now have one computer with a 34" , and one with 2x27"

[Lady Fitzgerald]

For those of you that won't recommend Samsung, LG or Asus , what would you use instead?

At work we've been using mostly Dell, Philips, Samsung and BenQ 27" monitors.
At my desk I now have one computer with a 34" , and one with 2x27"

Frankly, I don't know. Seems most. if not all, of computer component companies have gone downhill.

Samsung has been putting out lousy appliances and TVs for quite awhile and, recently, been releasing buggy SSDs. The Sammy printer I had was a POS. Their customer "service" always was a sad joke but, recently, it has gotten even worse.

LG also makes lousy appliances, etc. and their customer "service" is another sad joke.

ASUS still makes good products but their customer "service", especially on warranty claims, has recently plummeted.

All three of these companies used to be good to deal with but not anymore.

HP makes good products but DRM consumables, employs other shady practices regarding printer ink and toner cartridges, and their customer service sucks like a Hoover on steroids. I stopped using HP after I bought a monitor that was supposed to automagically correct orientation when it was rotated from landscape to portrait. Their tech help was helpless.

Acer monitors are popular but, of the three Acer products I've had, two—a mouse and a computer—were garbage and the other one—a keyboard— was meh.

I currently have seven ASUS VG248QE 24" monitors (TN panels). I originally was going to have six in use and a spare since they were an older model when I bought the last four but, after switching to Linux and discovered workspaces, decided three were plenty for my needs. Obviously, they are all long since out of warranty but, with four spares, I'm fixed for monitors for the rest of my life.

[ivar]

Frankly, I don't know. Seems most. if not all, of computer component companies have gone downhill.

Sad but true! The enshittification ensues

HP makes good products but DRM consumables, employs other shady practices regarding printer ink and toner cartridges, and their customer service sucks like a Hoover on steroids.

As for HP, they've been increasingly anti-consumer lately, their once rock solid printers now often require an internet connection to install / print / scan

[Lady Fitzgerald]

"enshittification"

Interesting word. I like it!

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...HP makes good products but DRM consumables, employs other shady practices regarding printer ink and toner cartridges, and their customer service sucks like a Hoover on steroids. I stopped using HP after I bought a monitor that was supposed to automagically correct orientation when it was rotated from landscape to portrait. Their tech help was helpless...

Here is an example of one of HP's shady practices regarding printer ink. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeOh7lQPXL0