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MurphCID wrote: ⤴Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:22 am
I agree. Mint out of the box is heads and shoulders above almost any other distribution out there. You don't have to download extensions to get basic functionality, and it does things that NO OTHER Linux distribution do in terms of ease of life (i.e. right click to uninstall, and giving you the option to turn off the trackpad when a mouse is installed).
I agree,
I looked at all of the other Distros when I was looking to evade MicroSloth's BS
Mint has the best Community Forum support of them all, and it is extremely easy to use.
Codec's? what is so hard about checking the box to include the codecs?
MurphCID wrote: ⤴Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:22 am
I agree. Mint out of the box is heads and shoulders above almost any other distribution out there. You don't have to download extensions to get basic functionality, and it does things that NO OTHER Linux distribution do in terms of ease of life (i.e. right click to uninstall, and giving you the option to turn off the trackpad when a mouse is installed).
I agree,
I looked at all of the other Distros when I was looking to evade MicroSloth's BS
Mint has the best Community Forum support of them all, and it is extremely easy to use.
Codec's? what is so hard about checking the box to include the codecs?
I run Debian, Ubuntu, LinuxMint and others..
To really appreciate the progression you need run them all.
All good, but Mint has a certain polished--finished appeal.
Plus the comaradarie @forums.linuxmint.com puts Mint over the top
Everything in life was difficult before it became easy.
Hm, I don't really know ... Ubuntu in different variants is easy to install, Mint of course too - but the bird is clearly shot by the current Manjaro KDE: after the installation I actually only had to enter my passwords for the network, the email account and the Mint forums.
Everything, really everything was there and working: Drivers for the nVidia graphics and for the WiFi module, correct laptop keyboard settings anyway with all additional functions and the thing booted up already in ISO preview mode before installation in the correct Hi-DPI scaling of 200% ...
I was pretty shocked.
Besides, it has now survived two huge updates and a new kernel - at some point the rolling release should take its toll - shouldn't it?
absque fenestris wrote: ⤴Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:22 pm
Besides, it has now survived two huge updates and a new kernel - at some point the rolling release should take its toll - shouldn't it?
I love how Mint has plenty of software installed, and while I will never use most of it, it is comforting to know it is there in case I do need it. Also knowing I can right click and uninstall is great as well.
MurphCID wrote: ⤴Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:30 am
I love how Mint has plenty of software installed, and while I will never use most of it, it is comforting to know it is there in case I do need it. Also knowing I can right click and uninstall is great as well.
I think most people feel that way especially folks new to linux. I, however, am in the opposite camp . . . to rephrase your comment I would say . . . "I hate how Mint has plenty of software installed, that I will never, it is annoying to know it is there because I probably will never need it. But knowing I can right click and uninstall is to some extent a redeeming virtue. But I get it - it's just personal preference one is not better than the other. I just wish there was a minimum version of Mint but I suppose it's just not feasible although I kinda sorta have jury rigged my own LM Cinnamon minimum by stripping everything out possible and still keeping it able to boot - then building it back up with just the software I want.
Portreve wrote: ⤴Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:28 am
Unity was Ubuntu's answer to Gnome 3. I'm told it did have some interesting ideas which, over time, became better fleshed out. However, in the sense that it was their own reconstruction of what the Gnome Project had done, the UI metaphor involved was simply a solution in search of a problem.
IIRC, I found unity less weird to use around 12(?) years ago than going from cinnamon to ubuntu-flavored gnome
Because it's so easy, so boringly reliable and because it won't disrupt your user experience going from an older version to a newer one. Yup, I'm lazy.
Well, and of course because of the great mintupdate (Update Manager). Best tool for that job that I've seen in any distro.
Pjotr wrote: ⤴Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:37 pm
Because it's so easy, so boringly reliable and because it won't disrupt your user experience going from an older version to a newer one. Yup, I'm lazy.
Well, and of course because of the great mintupdate (Update Manager). Best tool for that job that I've seen in any distro.
WebHeer wrote: ⤴Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:39 am
With KDE-Plasma as desktop it would be even nicer.
But KDE Plasma is an overkill for most people. It has options for Every-F-Thing and this makes this desktop very confusing. For me Cinnamon/Mate/Xfce are in sweet spot between customization and nuclear plant control panel.
WebHeer wrote: ⤴Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:39 am
With KDE-Plasma as desktop it would be even nicer.
But KDE Plasma is an overkill for most people. It has options for Every-F-Thing and this makes this desktop very confusing. For me Cinnamon/Mate/Xfce are in sweet spot between customization and nuclear plant control panel.
About KDE, overkill and such: I find Xfce by far more tedious to set up. And despite a lot of effort and messing around with the settings, I still don't like it.
I started with Linux using Ubuntu, so I tend to stick to Ubuntu based distros.
I ultimately settled on Mint due to Cinnamon. Out of all of the desktop environments I've tried (pretty much all of them) and Cinnamon is the one that clicked for me.
Since Cinnamon was made for Mint, it just seemed right to use it. I've tried different distros with Cinnamon and they all just felt off.
I tried Linux for 12-15 years and it just wouldn't work for me. I could get to a desktop, but networking or something would drive me away. Here is one I tried: Ubunto LTS Ver 12.04 32 bit dated 8/4/2012 on this CD drive I just found. So then about 3 years ago I knew I was going to Linux one way or another. So I downloaded and install Ubuntu. It worked pretty good, but then I could not install QGIS. I posted to the Ubuntu forum and did not get satisfaction. So for the first time in my life I distro hopped - one time - to Linux Mint. QGIS installed straight away - right from Software Manager. And on other applications almost everything worked with no fiddling. I never distro hopped again, and I damn sure never went back to windows.
absque fenestris wrote: ⤴Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:56 pm
About KDE, overkill and such: I find Xfce by far more tedious to set up. And despite a lot of effort and messing around with the settings, I still don't like it.
I am not as much of an XFCE fan as I am a Cinnamon fanboy. But could you explain a little more, just so I can learn a bit more on other peoples experience with XFCE. I also have not really used KDE since the old Mandrake 7 Linux days. Can you change the color of the icons like in Cinnamon, or add themes like in Cinnamon? Also does it have right click to uninstall, and when mouse detected turn off trackpad like Cinnamon?
About 5 years ago, I tried out Ubuntu and didn't like it from the beginning. I then shopped around with other Linux distributions and finally landed on Mint.
JesseRBassett wrote: ⤴Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:21 pm
I use Mint over Ubuntu primarily because of Canniocal's Insistence on Snapd packages. At least with Mint it is optional.
it's my own reason. I switched to Mint on my laptop because I didn't want to snapd!
PS. in my desktop I use the legendary LMDE4 instead!
