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Finally got my mini Mint sorted. (thelemmy.club)
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Tried for half the weekend to get elementary to work, it just refused to install for reasons unknown.

Gone with Mint for now.

I like the hardware (an old Intel MacBook Air) and didn’t want it to go to waste.

I’ll see how I get on with this desktop. Went feet first straight to bare metal because I couldn’t be bothered with dual boot. It was too much faff. Would value any insight from others who’ve found a lovely distro/DE combo with these tiny machines.

Making my first moves away from proprietary software. Thanks largely to being inspired by you delightful folk.

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[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Welcome to the club!

Quick question, tho: in what way is it 'mini'?

[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

It’s such a small laptop. 11”, 16:9. Seems perfect for travel, thin, light, and relatively user serviceable if the battery dies.

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