Windows-like Linux distribution claims over a million downloads in the past month for its latest build.
  • axh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I downloaded Mint last week and started the installation but got cold feet when it came to drive formatting. I still want to keep my win10 operational in case I won’t be able to run something on Linux.

    I never actually used Linux before… I installed it 3 times before and always quickly went back to windows due to some compatibility or driver issues, but…

    <Rant mode=“venting”> I am NOT switching to win11… It’s enough that I am forced to use it at work. That system is so fuckin stupid… They took a lot of minor elements and just made each of them worse… I get that the sales department told you to shove OneDrive and Copilot everywhere, it’s stupid and annoying but I get it, it’s just plain old greed, but why can’t the Calendar show the whole month and don’t work on the second monitor?!? (Are you planning to add it as a paid subscription later?!?) </Rant>

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      If you have issues with mint, try something based on Debian or Fedora rather than Ubuntu like Mint is.

      For Fedora I recommend Bazzite if you do gaming and nothing too technical. Flatpaks make it easy to find and install software without messing things up. Otherwise Fedora Kiinoite.

      For Debian I recommend Debian itself really. Also runs very well on much older machinery.