β² 499 βΌ Linux mint = best beginner distro (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Molten_Moron@lemmings.world 37 points 2 years ago (3 children) I recently started using Mint after years on Debian. I may be weird here, but it has quickly become my favorite distro. It's snappy and super user-friendly, plus it's been de-Ubuntu-d. Out of the box Flatpak support is just nice to have, and Cinnamon is a sweet de. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] digger@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've done my fair share of distro hopping. Mint is the distribution that I have to do the least amount of configuring starting from a clean install. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Fungah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago It's the most stable distro I've used so far. Manjaro just seems like it's a ticking time bomb just waiting for borked o'clock to come. I couldn't get Nvidia drivers working on fedorat all. Ubuntu was just slow as ass. I don't know why. But it was just fucked from junk street. I've given it a go a few times. Just slow wet ass. Kali is snappy and clean but not meant to be a daily driver. Not would I use it as one. Mint works. It's relatively snappy. I like the gui. It's customizabe. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago I use Mint, and I found that it's the best distro for introducing my family to Linux. Those who tried it never asked for their Windows back. permalink fedilink source parent [β] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Totally. Man I gotta try an updated mint and see if it will work for gaming. I miss the stability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Molten_Moron@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago So far I've got Steam running flawlessly. Haven't tried much else yet. permalink fedilink source parent [β] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) As an anecdote, the only games that I play that require more fixing than pasting something into the launch options or using another version of Proton are VR games. Half Life: Alyx somehow works perfectly fine. Otherwise the devs forget to tick the box in their anticheat to allow Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Good to know! For now, I ended up reinstalling Nobara until I can test if Mint on 5.19 kernel has fixed the issue with my RX 6600. Nobara is great for my gaming so far. But wouldn't mind a more mainstream distro that has fixed some of the less common bugs I seem to always find. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] digger@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've done my fair share of distro hopping. Mint is the distribution that I have to do the least amount of configuring starting from a clean install. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Fungah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago It's the most stable distro I've used so far. Manjaro just seems like it's a ticking time bomb just waiting for borked o'clock to come. I couldn't get Nvidia drivers working on fedorat all. Ubuntu was just slow as ass. I don't know why. But it was just fucked from junk street. I've given it a go a few times. Just slow wet ass. Kali is snappy and clean but not meant to be a daily driver. Not would I use it as one. Mint works. It's relatively snappy. I like the gui. It's customizabe. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Fungah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago It's the most stable distro I've used so far. Manjaro just seems like it's a ticking time bomb just waiting for borked o'clock to come. I couldn't get Nvidia drivers working on fedorat all. Ubuntu was just slow as ass. I don't know why. But it was just fucked from junk street. I've given it a go a few times. Just slow wet ass. Kali is snappy and clean but not meant to be a daily driver. Not would I use it as one. Mint works. It's relatively snappy. I like the gui. It's customizabe. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago I use Mint, and I found that it's the best distro for introducing my family to Linux. Those who tried it never asked for their Windows back. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Totally. Man I gotta try an updated mint and see if it will work for gaming. I miss the stability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Molten_Moron@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago So far I've got Steam running flawlessly. Haven't tried much else yet. permalink fedilink source parent [β] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) As an anecdote, the only games that I play that require more fixing than pasting something into the launch options or using another version of Proton are VR games. Half Life: Alyx somehow works perfectly fine. Otherwise the devs forget to tick the box in their anticheat to allow Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Good to know! For now, I ended up reinstalling Nobara until I can test if Mint on 5.19 kernel has fixed the issue with my RX 6600. Nobara is great for my gaming so far. But wouldn't mind a more mainstream distro that has fixed some of the less common bugs I seem to always find. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Molten_Moron@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago So far I've got Steam running flawlessly. Haven't tried much else yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) As an anecdote, the only games that I play that require more fixing than pasting something into the launch options or using another version of Proton are VR games. Half Life: Alyx somehow works perfectly fine. Otherwise the devs forget to tick the box in their anticheat to allow Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Good to know! For now, I ended up reinstalling Nobara until I can test if Mint on 5.19 kernel has fixed the issue with my RX 6600. Nobara is great for my gaming so far. But wouldn't mind a more mainstream distro that has fixed some of the less common bugs I seem to always find. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Good to know! For now, I ended up reinstalling Nobara until I can test if Mint on 5.19 kernel has fixed the issue with my RX 6600. Nobara is great for my gaming so far. But wouldn't mind a more mainstream distro that has fixed some of the less common bugs I seem to always find. permalink fedilink source parent