Welcome Ladies - post here :)

[amira]

Thank you very much.
I know it will take time.
It's much better than Windows.

[Aisha]

Hello my name is Aisha, i just started using linux mint on an older laptop, like it when mint is not using a lot of memory and runs faster then a os of Redmond just started here in the forum. ce ya

[Moem]

Hello Aisha, welcome to the forum and to Mint!

[cmandville]

Hi Hun.. I'm Linda.. Just want to tell you I love this Linux Mint more than I love my little brother...

Most people do,,,, like things more than any of their brothers. Well i am new to Linux generally but a lot of people may recognise my name from other world famous forums. Im based in Sussex in the UK.

[erikjan]

Dear Franny,

yes, Linux Mint is an excellent choice. It is far superior to Windows, much easier to maintain/update and and secure, no fear of spyware (like Windows itself) or other malware. You will love it.

Welcome to the world of Linux Mint!

Enjoy!

Erik Jan

[Lady CinnaMint]

Hello, I'm an American .... a lady expat permanently living in far Northern Europe... I spend the majority of my days writing ... & I'm increasingly unable to continue onward with MS Windows as the albatross around my neck. I've been researching & studying up on Linux for about 2 months....today is my "Leap of Freedom" to Linux (although...my USB stick didn't boot). But I will be forging ahead, shifting my lifestyle as necessary as I move forward with this new chapter of my life. My only "regret" thus far is that I didn't shift to Linux earlier...a new paradigm for sure.

I left social media behind many years ago now, having spent enough time there to be experience the upsides but long enough to learn what was going on behind the scenes at Big Tech.

I have a lot of goals here in terms of privacy improvements & technological UPSHIFTS in my life (particularly as the "world out there" becomes ever stranger). Linux is just the beginning of sailing upon unknown horizons.

My two cents... from the pretty Far North .... Thank you for the invitation to write a few words and opening a little place for me to feel welcomed ; - ))

[tbplayer]

Hi Hun.. I'm Linda.. Just want to tell you I love this Linux Mint more than I love my little brother...

[Moem]

I've been researching & studying up on Linux for about 2 months....today is my "Leap of Freedom" to Linux (although...my USB stick didn't boot). But I will be forging ahead

Hello,
That's the spirit! Keep on keepin' on, and ask questions as needed, and you'll get there. You're not alone in this!

[Barbaraa]

Hello Ladies

My name is Barbara and i try Linux Mint out, just started here in the forum. I hope I can handle it. What i can say until now, better than Windows 10! FOR SURE

[TaneShtorm]

Hello! Thanks for a separate topic for ladies! Pleasantly surprised

[hickdawg]

Hi! Funny, I was just wondering how many other women were on Linux and now I have my answer! LOTS! Sooo cool!
I have been dual-booting for a while and after I built my latest new computer I apparently added a driver I shouldn't have in Windows and BOOM! Major blue screen of death.
I was very sad.
But I had my Linux USB and was able to boot to Mint, np. Windows on the other hand, has been giving me fits for a month now. If I didn't need it for a particular program, I would not bother. But this opportunity has given me a new appreciation of how awesome Linux truly is (and I do like my privacy.) So I am diving in and enjoying the learning process.

[boombip]

Hi. I have been researching Linux for a little while. I have been using Mint in a VM for almost a week and I am ready to take the plunge and install it and completely get rid of Windows. Initially I was going to dual boot, but then I realized that there really is nothing I am going to miss about Windows. I just need to buy a USB stick and I'll be ready to go.
It's great to see so many other women into Linux!

[SmokeRings]

Hi everyone! I am a gal from America and have been enjoying my time using Mint.

[kc1di]

Hello SmokeRings,
Welcome to the forums, enjoy!

[karlchen]

<mod>
onehotmess2020's post can be found in a dedicated thread here: Linux Mint boots from splash screen to black screen.
Problem reports & help requests deserve their dedicated threads in the appropriate sub-forum. In a chat thread they will get lost simply.
</mod>

[Arch_Enemy]

An aside:

Microsoft announces a new version of Windows, Windows 11.

Windows 11 supports Android apps.

Microsoft is losing market share to devices running IOS and Android.

It also offers an advanced user interface (people got sick of 'flat'?)

Far as I am concerned, Windows is losing market share thanks to Linux Mint.

I've swapped a lot of my friends out...

Maybe Mint should consider support for Android apps?

[Arch_Enemy]

Hello, I'm an American .... a lady expat permanently living in far Northern Europe... I spend the majority of my days writing ... & I'm increasingly unable to continue onward with MS Windows as the albatross around my neck. I've been researching & studying up on Linux for about 2 months....today is my "Leap of Freedom" to Linux (although...my USB stick didn't boot). But I will be forging ahead, shifting my lifestyle as necessary as I move forward with this new chapter of my life. My only "regret" thus far is that I didn't shift to Linux earlier...a new paradigm for sure.

I left social media behind many years ago now, having spent enough time there to be experience the upsides but long enough to learn what was going on behind the scenes at Big Tech.

I have a lot of goals here in terms of privacy improvements & technological UPSHIFTS in my life (particularly as the "world out there" becomes ever stranger). Linux is just the beginning of sailing upon unknown horizons.

My two cents... from the pretty Far North .... Thank you for the invitation to write a few words and opening a little place for me to feel welcomed ; - ))

I wish I could join you...

America isn't what it was.

Stay in Europe...

[MurphCID]

An aside:

Microsoft announces a new version of Windows, Windows 11.

Windows 11 supports Android apps.

Microsoft is losing market share to devices running IOS and Android.

It also offers an advanced user interface (people got sick of 'flat'?)

Far as I am concerned, Windows is losing market share thanks to Linux Mint.

I've swapped a lot of my friends out...

Maybe Mint should consider support for Android apps?

And it REQUIRES a Microsoft account to even install…. The evil continues.
- - which now means that you can't Install it in an Off-line Mode . .

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...Maybe Mint should consider support for Android apps?

That seems nice on the surface, especially when Linux phones start to really take off (or, maybe, even help them to takeoff) but Android is Google and that alone would make me nervous as a squirrel in a dog park with no trees.

[marieno_01]

Hello

I am Marie-Noële. I live in Switzerland and I have a laptop under Linux Mint since a few days. This is mostly a "lab" and "rescue" machine (if my main laptop ever fails), but it also means that it is important and that it must work reliably when I need it. I am happy to join a large community around this distribution.