Sleepless in Seattle

[markwigzell]

Hey guys, I thought I'd just intro myself a little.

I'm an Android dev now, who has programmed with Unix and Linux like forever. That should make me an expert right? Well, I still have newbie questions, and newbie problems. One cannot know everything for sure. It seems there is always a new wrinkle in the architecture of Linux that I don't know anything about. (Like right now, grub2: ugh!) The days of lilo are gone.
But isn't Linux wonderful when its all working? So nice to have all this open source code running so nicely. Well, there is a small problem (pardon the pun) with using 4k screens: the window minimize/maximize icons are tiny! I guess that'll work out someday.
I love my Banshee! All my CD's are ripped to my computer, where I share them out over a network drive to my Sonos sound system ...
I love Steam games! I'm a fan of Factorio, and I'm looking out for the day when I can boot up Steam VR.
Happy configuring!
--Mark

[deepakdeshp]

Hello,
Welcome to the forum.

[jimallyn]

Welcome aboard, Mark!

But isn't Linux wonderful when its all working?

It most certainly is! I am so happy I learned about Linux back in 2002!

[Pierre]

Hi Mark,

welcome to our forum

Do take the Time to Read the LinuxMint Users Guide that came with the installation.

[phd21]

Hi markwigzell,

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux Mint and its excellent forum!

[lsemmens]

Hi Mark, it's refreshing to have an OS that does what YOU tell it to do, isn't it?

[WharfRat]

Hello markwigzell

Welcome to Linux Mint and the Linux Mint forum

[BG405]

Welcome! Wish I'd started on Linux sooner but probably know more about fixing it than I do (or did) about Windows. I used to  butcher  diagnose & repair some of the worst Windows borkage, probably couldn't do it now but did fix one of my Mint systems on which loads of system components had been erroneously removed, leaving no GUI etc., quite easily.

[kc1di]

Hello Mark,
Welcome to Linux Mint Forums,
Enjoy