ajayiyer, to linux
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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

  1. Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
  2. Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
  3. Try a beginner friendly distro like . It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

voxel, (edited ) to privacy

Hey 👋 dear Linux Community,

I'm still kinda new to Linux (started using this year 😅) I already made it to my main OS, even if I still missing some things which I used on Windows, anyway. What I wanted to ask you guys, what recommendations do you have for Linux Mint (Cinnamon)? In terms of security, optimization, (a way to make the UI looking modern ;-;) and privacy? I would be very interested in what you do guys to optimize your Linux setup :) I'm pretty technical, so there is nothing which could overwhelm me (probaly).

Thx! 🤍

@linux

nixCraft, to linux
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who is your favourite? KDE or GNOME? or something else?

Psyann, to linuxmint French

Petite bouteille à la mer, j'essaie d'installer sur un petit PC portable ASUS avec un SDD interne de 32Go, le problème c'est que je n'arrive pas à booter sur la clé USB. Pour accéder ua BIOS je dois redémarrer le PC via windows et lorsque je configure le BIOS je demande en 1 de booter sur la clé et en 2 de booter sur windows, le pb c'est qu'il me lance systématiquement windows. J'ai essayé de retélécharger mon iso mais le résultat est identique. Je commence à me décourager.

birv2, to thinkpad
@birv2@pkm.social avatar

Looking forward to setting up my used with next week. Looking for recos for easy syncing, mainly for my and stuff. What have you used that you could recommend? I do have GDrive working well on my Windows machines, so could go that route,, though not familiar with how to do that on linux. Thanks!

RareBird_15, to ArtificialIntelligence
@RareBird_15@tweesecake.social avatar

Hi all. I've got an older running , and I'm thinking about putting on it since I've always wanted to try it out and think this computer might run better with Linux. I read a topic on audiogames.net about Linux , and I saw a few recommendations for to try out. To any Linux users, is a good one for a beginner, or should I try or ? Also, what's the best way to install Linux and replace ? Thanks.
@mastoblind @accessibility @main

thelinuxEXP, to linux
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In this week's and news video, we have a plan to add support for HDR and Variable Refresh Rate on Linux, chips from AMD that surpass Apple Silicon, and more dominant position abuse from Microsoft, plus updates on 21.2, some new apps, progress on Plasma 6, and more!

And also, I'm trying to replace the "walls of scrolling text" with more focused snippets so it's a bit more entertaining to watch! Let me know what you think!

https://youtu.be/9mLee3LxwkQ

MagicLike, (edited ) to linux
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I think I got my so far, that he is willing to install with me on one of his Machines. I would choose between Neon and for him. Or am I completely wrong? What do you think?

P.S.: He is not like the stereotype grandfather who has no idea about tech and conputers, so it must not be the most simple way, but also not the most complicated.
I guess a based distro will be fine...
Oh and no *buntu !

itsfoss, to linux
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The evergreen Linux Mint turns 17 today! 🥳🐧

What are the things you like about Mint? Comment below 😃

ncoca, to linux
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Using on my laptop, and so far, can run every single program I had on windows, either directly or via browser, except for one. , the superapp you can't really escape if you live in (or , or ).

flipsideza, to linuxmint
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So has been my daily driver for the last 4 years (one install & no distro hopping) but now I am very tempted to go directly to since the LTS support has ended.

Any solid reasons why this might not end well?

carloshr, (edited ) to DuckDuckGo Spanish
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Migrando de Windows a Linux Mint

Ya lo decidí. Abandono Windows y me convertiré en usuario full Linux 🤓 . Esto ya lo he intentado antes y he fallado en el camino, pero creo que ahora como nunca es fácil hacer esa migración ya que la mayoría de las herramientas de uso habitual y, particularmente, las que yo ocupo tienen alternativa por lo que he estado leyendo los últimos días ( es mi amigo).

Los mantendré infomados

@tecnologia

bilbo_le_hobbit, to linux French
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Hello les fedigens ! Je m'adresse tout particulièrement aux . Je dois changer mon hdd de partitions de données, j'en profite pour faire une réinstallation totale. Fidèle à depuis 2007, je voudrais changer, j'aime pas snap et cie. Pour ne pas être trop dépaysé, je pensais à , ou , kekchose de solide, pas prise de tête, à jour, sous . Pour un laptop gamer de 10 ans d'âge. Usage : Steam, astrophoto, internet...
Votre avis, autre à conseiller ?

nixCraft, to random
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Bad and freeloader behaviour
AnthropicAI. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ceco4f/claude_ai_name_and_shame/ Please boost to shame them.

kalvn, to opensource French
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J'ai un de 2011 que je voulais vendre à une brocante. J'essaye de réinstaller MacOS 10.13 en guise de factory reset. Manque de bol, l'installation nécessite internet (pour valider qu'il s'agit d'une installation "légitime" j'imagine) mais le serveur Apple en charge de valider n'existe visiblement plus. J'ai tout essayé, pas moyen.

Je décide alors d'installer , histoire de voir si j'arrive à le ressusciter. J'ai souvent lu ce genre d'histoires.

👇

birv2, to linuxmint
@birv2@pkm.social avatar

Today's head-scratcher in #linuxmint and #emacs. Hope someone can help me understand this. I've got both W10 and LM installed on my machine. While in LM, using dired in emacs, I can navigate through all of my linux directories. However, the file manager in LM shows a Windows directory, and I can see and access a lot of my W10 files (though not my Documents folder). Why is that? And how can I access all my Windows documents in LM? TIA!

9to5linux, to linuxmint
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Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-21-2-victoria-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

bananabob, to linuxmint
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You know what would be a nice addition to in ? A different set of applications in the task bar.

casey, to Steamdeck
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I've encountered a strange issue where #BaldursGate3 is suddenly constantly crashing on my main rig, but working perfectly fine on my #SteamDeck. I'm not using any mods, my rig is more than enough to handle the game on high settings at 1440p, and I'm not having any issues with any other games. I've reinstalled the game several times. I've verified the integrity of the files via steam, I've even reinstalled my OS. Noting works. It still crashes constantly on my main PC. There;s no discernible pattern to the crashes either--in combat, out of combat, standing around in the world, clicking on something, doing an action, character creation...it just crashes after 5-10 minutes every time without fail. My temps are all fine as well, and no other game is giving me these issues....any idea what's up? I'm running the game on a Ryzen 5 2600 with a 6650 XT, 32 GB of ram, and nvme driven and i'm using #LinuxMint 21.3... #GamingOnLinux #RPGs #BG3 #GamingOnLinux #RPGs #BG3

leniwcowaty, to linuxmint
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Just switched to @linuxmint on my laptop. Let's see if it's good for an and . I sure hope so!

Linux_Is_Best, to linux
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Linux Mint 6 Beta "LMDE"

The Linux Mint team maintains two key branches of its distribution. Mint's main edition is based on Ubuntu while a second branch, Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), is based on Debian 'Stable'. The Linux Mint team has published a new development snapshot of LMDE.

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4562

thelinuxEXP, to linuxmint
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Since 21.3 was released last week, I felt it would be cool to see how their headline feature works: the experimental session!

So I tried it on a laptop with Hybrid graphics, using the Intel iGPU, and the dedicated Nvidia GPU, and honestly, it’s really solid!

So, here’s how this session works, and all the other smaller changes to Mint as well:

https://youtu.be/9vjVT-Pp4R8

nixCraft, to linux
@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar

Deprecated Linux ifconfig command and their replacement option cheatsheet. See my page https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-ip-command-examples-usage-syntax/ for more examples and usage.

birv2, to linuxmint
@birv2@pkm.social avatar

Looking for some solid recos for how to use #gparted on #linuxmint on a dual boot machine (Win and LM). I want to expand the linux space but really don't want to screw up the drive(s). Can anyone steer me towards some clear instructions -- video or whatever. I've googled but don't want to just try anything. TIA.

louis, to linuxmint
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I jumped ship and hopped over to the Linux Mint crowd. I used Pop_OS for ~3 months and it was an overall good experience on my ThinkPad X1 Gen 8.

But I always liked the Cinnamon desktop as I have used Mint for over a year before. And I didn't want to be part of the Rust-based re-invented desktop experience (COSMIC) driven by a company. Ultimately I believe that Linux is and should continue to be a community effort. Also, there were some minor annoyances (like the Pop_OS store eating up 1.2 GB of RAM all the time even when it is not running, an issue System76 is aware of for quite a while). And also, Snap.

If feels good to be back to a trusted distro whose maintainers generally make the right decisions (i.e. removing Snap).

Let's see how long it will last ;-)

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