doing everything with commands in the Terminal
Well that was the misunderstanding I had around 8 years ago give or take. I've been using Mint Cinnamon for the past 10+ years straight as well as Mate, Ubuntu Mate, Xubuntu, and other distros + desktop combos off and on along side ( but separate physical drive per OS world Linux being one...Windows being another and NEVER booted with both connected to keep them separate
), and Mint Cinnamon for me has proven to be THE most gentle consistent transition from Windows to Linux I have yet to find.
And I'm sorry for sounding like a suckup but facts are facts....Clem and the team have done nothing but VERY well improve this OS experience like fine wine.
Some people have this digital meter in their minds whether or not they realize it. It took me a while to realize I had it also...a view of how far off I was in my Linux knowledge ..VERSUS distance/progress of any Linux distro moving towards me closer and closer to the point of " ok..I can finally do this "
On the far left end...there is that rating of ( I need things to ..just work..hassle free...no manual junk involved (..Let's call that 0
On the far right end there is a rating of ( You'll need to know not only terminal commands but how to " make" build things and write in between scripts to finally accomplish that as well as edit the fstab file to accommodate the action's behavior *** I'm probably exaggerating here..but the Linux experts will chuckle at my point here overall I think...))
We'll call that 10
0 -- - -- --^-- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10
Over the course of the past 4 years or less..I've moved from 0 to 3.5( thanks to the efforts of Clem and the rest of the Linux Mint team(s) involved in Mint and Cinnamon desktop as well as the devs behind Proton, DXVK , Lutris, and Wine.org's devs' efforts....) towards the 10th end....reaching out to the point I can reach the hand now. I officially made a FULL arm wrestling strong man " thank you" hand grab with Mint Cinnamon as of version 20 July 28 2020 and was able to ditch Windows 100% that day. I will never forget it. It has become a memory in my life worthy of immortality... The day I FINALLY..freed my PC......AND..My self from Microsoft.
It is such a strange..yet long-over due feeling and I couldn't be happier. No more bs product keys, no more someone ELSE controlling MY PC, the OS dev doesn't spy on me or sell my data. It is HOW it SHOULD be.
Bnof007.... Please know..that you won't learn Linux overnight ( remember you didn't learn Windows overnight either) and possibly not even in the first month. And that's ok. You'll eventually hit a temporary dead-end, get frustrated, and that too is ok as well as taking a break if needs be. There is no harm nor shame in that. The POINT..of the mission is to take whatever steps ...as many as needed...even if they are ALL baby steps in towards that goal. As long as you keep moving forward....that difficult to beat opponent in the mirror will soon enough tire out and your opening to know him on his @$$ and win the fight will reveal itself before you realize it.
and who cares if your progress is faster or slower than anyone else's. Crawl...use your damn teeth if you have to, but don't give up.
If you haven't achieved it yet...you'll eventually achieve that handshake just as I and many others have, and it will be soooo worth it. You'll be more empowered, less needing to use the excuse of blaming the OS or an OS dev...and much more able to fix your PC's issues on your own more and more.
THAT ....is part of what true digital freedom means at the OS level.
One command I recommend you practice if you do not practice any others is inxi -Fxxxrz (step 5 in How to get Help link above the white message/body window) It saves everyone much time and speculation whenever you need to narrow down the cause of a problem.
If you need any help be it simple settings or ways to become faster at doing anything, just ask
Just remember that is ok the feed the penguins...I just don't recommend you feed the trolls
