I can't speak to it as a desktop environment, but as server, the default customizations around packages are just... Strange. I need to move to Debian at some point.
Take it slow. Install a VM with Mint. Play around with it. Get familiar. Move your regular usage over to it gradually. Make the jump when you are ready. It's perfectly OK to have reservations about a big change like that. But you don't have to do it all in one go.
It's not using it that's the problem, I have Mint installed on my work PC and my laptop, and I like it. But for some reason installing it on my main PC, which I use pretty much every day, has me worried for reasons I don't get myself. It's like a soft phobia, an irrational fear.
Dual boot? Keep like 200GB for windows, and the rest mint. If you need windows for something, boot over. But otherwise, I legit feel more worried when windows has access to my data.
I'm currently using Win10 IOT LTSC on my main gaming rig, and Mint on my laptop to get used to the environment (started 2 years ago). It's a great way to both get used to the new ecosystem, and have a fallback cushion if some software or scenario doesn't work properly.
Honestly this is the best suggestion especially if you can mount your windows partition read only. You get the benefits of Linux while still having access to your files.
For most folks, the biggest hurdle is getting compatible apps. Once you find the apps you need, moving over is just a backup and restore away.
Is it "change" itself that makes you uncomfortable or the fact that change means putting in effort in areas you've developed habits to minimize effort?
I screwed up so bad. I bought a laptop to trial different Linux distros and also because my old one is 12yo now and has its own problems. However, the manufacturer ONLY provides Windows support drivers, so the keyboard won't work without a kernel level patch and I am not a kernel-patch level guy yet
Right? It's some firmware level issue, but I haven't looked deeper into it recently because I got frustrated with a couple failed patch attempts. I guess you have to include the laptop model explicitly or it doesn't know to look for it
Asus Q533M. I found a user patch on stack but it was for older models. Tried to update it myself and run a rebuild, but I might have missed a step since it errored out
If you're using an Arch Based distribution and have access to a USB keyboard so you can use standard HID drivers during setup you should be able to follow along on this wiki to use the software included in the ASUS Linux stack. It appears they have some nonsense going on. Tbh I didn't know about this until looking just now and I'm gonna be going through here and getting the tools I need since I've got an ROG mobo I think would benefit
I put Mint Cinnamon on an older laptop just this past weekend and had a lot of fun with it. Are there any migration tips for my main Windows machine? I was thinking of going with Bazzite since it's my gaming box. What about saved game data and whatnot? I was reading about Putty and SSH ing over to the laptop, but I'm not sure what a good strategy is for my desktop.
I actually just moved my gaming PC from Win11 to Mint Cinnamon 2 weeks ago. There was some driver fuckery (I have an Nvidia card) that made things a bit wonky but everything worked out after some adjustments.
Do you mostly game through steam? Do you install your games on a separate drive?
Steam makes the transition the easiest. All of my games "just worked" with Steam. There were a few modifications required to ensure stability with the games settings but it was mostly smooth sailing for me.
I just used thumb drives to pull all my games save files to and an external drive to back up all my installed games so I wouldn't have to re download them. Save game files are usually pretty small so all of the ones I had backed up on a single thumb drive and Steam and Linux creates a faux Windows folder system for each game and you just reinsert the save games in those folder structures at the correct spot.
Thanks all for the helpful replies! I do have a second ssd, I can probably dump everything there before I format my m2 ssd. I do primarily game thru steam, I've got icue software that isn't compatible but I believe I can use openrgb. Nvidia card also, is it just driver related?
Sorry for the late reply but the driver stuff was me trying out proprietary vs community Nvidia drivers and then just weird things that would happen on restarts after switching/updating drivers. I have an intermittent issue where the primary monitor (I have two) alternates being entirely light grey, red, blue, and green upon startup I haven't researched it yet because I just restart the computer and it is fine. And it has happened maybe 3 times over the last month (amongst dozens of restarts). There are a few things like that that only happened once so I wrote off the occurrence.
I have had the most luck with the proprietary Nvidia driver so far.
That's interesting. Have anything that comes to mind as easily searchable that might start showing up? I would have to imagine a lot of corporate stuff that is certain they want to keep up on security.
I doubt companies will be flooding markets with anything. 7th gen devices came out almost a decade ago (yes it's almost been that long since 2016) and most companies only keep computers for 3-5 years max.
I have been putting up with the ads, spyware, and lack of control for years: this was the last straw for me. Couldn't upgrade to Win11 and now they're ending support for Win10?
Just wiped my SSD and booted Linux Mint. I'll miss certain games and Paint.net (slowly learning GIMP) but I can't put up with this shit anymore.
Originally I planned to switch in October when support for W10 runs out, but it seems my PC made the push for me.
At the start of July some issue with windows that caused my system to freeze and then get stuck on boot when restarted finally bricked my system for a 2nd time this year and I was forced to reinstall the OS again. So, instead of wasting another 4 months on dealing with all the crap windows has been throwing my way lately, I just jumped ship to mint.
3 weeks in and, so far so good. Really got around to all the personalization it allows over windows. Learning to run a pc mostly through the terminal has been a step out of the comfort zone, but an enjoyable one tbh
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Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Monday that he will urge the foreign ministers of the European Union to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement immediately, Azernews reports.
"If the Association Agreement is based on human rights, then it's the most normal thing that we suspend it immediately today and move forward. That is why I will ask for the suspension of the agreement and embargo on selling weapons to Israel, as well as sanctions to everyone who wants to be a spoiler to the two-state solution," Albares stressed at the sidelines of the European Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.
W.A. Production has released a new sound pack for its InstaChord 2 dynamic MIDI processing plugin designed to create and sequence chords. Liquid Drum & Bass 2 contains 40 brand new presets.
Dnešní Chlebíčky jsou hodně speciální. Jsou narozeninové, takže jsou s chlebíčky (dort je aspoň v grafice). Mají výjimečnou sestavu hostů, kteří až zas tak nejsou hosty. Dost tam hodnotíme, trochu bilancujeme a na závěr něco důležitého oznamujeme. Prostě mimořádný díl, který doporučuju vaší pozornosti, pokud už vás nebaví bitcoiny nebo Írán😉 Třeba na @irozhlas 👇
„Postoj k EU u nás se hodně odvíjí od toho, v jaké jsme zrovna fázi. Jsme čtyři měsíce před volbami a jediné, na čem stranám záleží, je to, jak ta témata vnímají možní voliči,“ říká reportérka.
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Rep. Democratica Congo: “Noi donne siamo morte, pur respirando”. pressenza.com/it/2025/06/rep-d… Non dimenticateli! Pressenza pubblica questa testimonianza di una suora missionaria di Bukavu, nella Rep. Democratica del Congo. La regione è ancora in preda a un caos devastante e la gente fa sempre più fatica a sopravvivere. L’ho incontrata il 9… Rédaction Rep. Dem. Congo
Now you are prepared, you are confident, and you’ve made the decision to present as a woman — but where should you start? I’ll share some tips and knowledge that I learned during my social transition. I tried to make them budget-friendly and avoid permanent solutions like surgeries or cosmetic procedures. medium.com/prismnpen/transitio…
Tesla launches robotaxi service in Austin Self-driving technology on which Elon Musk has staked future of his company debuts in Texas. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/06/t…
My thoughts go out to the innocent people of Austin who serve as guinea pigs... How long until a pedestrian or cyclist gets hurt by unproven technology?
Great little video by John Oliver about AI. One thing he did not get, however, is that also the comments are likely AI generated...
Now you can have a discussion about the usefulness of AI for all kinds of stuff, but to me is is disgusting that Meta is deciding to feed their users this stuff. When it comes to social media, I would think that most people are interested in what their friends have to say or what people they follow have to say. AI generated content is not that.
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Generative models are cute little toys with which you can play around, and sometimes they produce something nice that can be refined with a little manual tweaking. The real problem are all those idiots trying to produce click traps so they can make some money through advertising or data mining. Magazine editors thinking they can save money by using generated images instead of illustrations made by human illustrators are just annoying, and the illustrators are angry and scared, of course, but the real problem is that all the digital tools that have been made to classify, sort, and search digital content, become more and more useless because they can't tell relevant data from AI hallucinations. AI hallucinations can be nice, you can use those to create images that would have been hard to make otherwise, but the "better" image generators become, they more useless they get for making something really far out. Videos of people randomly morphing into one another, losing limbs, objects melting into people's bodies or growing out of them, man, those can be really trippy! Also, strange surreal scenes with rainbow coloured people with melting faces, I really like those. It's getting harder and harder to get anything decent like that out of current AI models. If you prefer cute mass-produced kitsch, you can have some of that rendered for you, but it gets boring very quickly. The real problem is that AI can generate spam that bypasses any spam filter, and it takes only a small number of spam operations to flood the entire Internet. The problem is not the existence of this technology but the world in which it exists. A world in which all kinds of idiots are desperately trying to make as much money as possible by any means. A world where giant corporations are trying to sell us all kinds of shit. A world where fascist bastards and religious nutters are trying to flood the media with their propaganda.
> Subito in vetta alla classifica di Netflix Italia, Olympo sta spopolando in tutto il mondo ricalcando gli ingredienti che hanno reso Elite fenomeno globale.
The video showcases a series of posts on a social media platform, focusing on a dark-themed interface. The first post, dated June 23, 2025, at 2:41 AM, discusses the filming of "Phantom of the Opera," mentioning a scene where Jack Burton asks, "Why am I walking up all these stairs? Where are we going?" The post, credited to "All The Right Movies" with the handle "[@]alltherightmovies," includes three images: a cathedral interior, a dimly lit scene, and a dramatic moment. The post has 3 likes and includes a graphic media warning.
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Bei irgendeiner Veranstaltung habe ich mal einen großen Stapel benutzter Zielscheiben vor dem Mülleimer gerettet, ohne zu wissen wozu. Ich fand die irgendwie einfach interessant. Heute hatte ich eine Idee. (die ist nicht schön, passt aber gerade zur Gesamtsituation) #MastoArt #kleinekunstklasse
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it's known to be less than ideal in 5.2, that's why wolthera (one of the Krita devs) is tirelessly working on redoing it: krita-artists.org/t/text-tool-…
that thread is huge, but you can try out what it might look like in the 5.3 nightly builds. not sure if there's a better example of what it looks like now out there 🙂
Hey everyone, The text layout rewrite branch finally got merged! You should be able to test it in the next nightly build. Keep in mind that the text tool by itself has not changed just yet. Similarly, if you find bugs, please report them to bugs.
GNL americano contro la crisi del gas russo, a chi conviene e a che prezzo?
La #politica energetica europea ad una svolta: stop alle importazioni dalla #Russia e via libera al #GNL dall'#America. Ma a che prezzo? Cosa si nasconde dietro quella sigla?
Per ovviare al blocco dell’importazione del gas russo voluto dall’Unione Europea come sanzione alla Russia per aver invaso l’Ucraina, Bruxelles e Washington hanno annunciato da poco un accordo che prevede che gli Stati Uniti forniranno all’Europa il …
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“The difference between you and your government [and between me and mine] is much bigger than the difference between you and me.” todon.nl/@MathijsvdSande/11467…
Snot Flickerman
in reply to Maroon • • •Ubuntu in the corner, crying.
Linux users: "Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself!"
NocturnalMorning
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in reply to Cris16228 • • •Ease of gaming if you don't have your entire library of games on Steam tbh. If you do, then it's a no-brainer. If not, then ehh.
Also sometimes Nvidia cards do not play nice in Linux.
Diplomjodler
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in reply to ssillyssadass • • •lil bruh just move to mint already u gon be fine 💔
but osrs mint is widely regarded as best for transitioning to different OS. All the shit you did on win has alts on mint/ubuntu
owenfromcanada
in reply to ssillyssadass • • •CosmicTurtle0
in reply to owenfromcanada • • •Honestly this is the best suggestion especially if you can mount your windows partition read only. You get the benefits of Linux while still having access to your files.
For most folks, the biggest hurdle is getting compatible apps. Once you find the apps you need, moving over is just a backup and restore away.
go $fsck yourself
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in reply to Maroon • • •Diplomjodler
in reply to wizblizz • • •Step one: back up your data.
Step two: back up your data again.
iAmTheTot
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in reply to Diplomjodler • • •Step four: back up your data again
callouscomic
in reply to MsFlammkuchen • • •hobowillie
in reply to wizblizz • • •I actually just moved my gaming PC from Win11 to Mint Cinnamon 2 weeks ago. There was some driver fuckery (I have an Nvidia card) that made things a bit wonky but everything worked out after some adjustments.
Do you mostly game through steam? Do you install your games on a separate drive?
Steam makes the transition the easiest. All of my games "just worked" with Steam. There were a few modifications required to ensure stability with the games settings but it was mostly smooth sailing for me.
I just used thumb drives to pull all my games save files to and an external drive to back up all my installed games so I wouldn't have to re download them. Save game files are usually pretty small so all of the ones I had backed up on a single thumb drive and Steam and Linux creates a faux Windows folder system for each game and you just reinsert the save games in those folder structures at the correct spot.
wizblizz
in reply to hobowillie • • •I do primarily game thru steam, I've got icue software that isn't compatible but I believe I can use openrgb. Nvidia card also, is it just driver related?
hobowillie
in reply to wizblizz • • •Sorry for the late reply but the driver stuff was me trying out proprietary vs community Nvidia drivers and then just weird things that would happen on restarts after switching/updating drivers. I have an intermittent issue where the primary monitor (I have two) alternates being entirely light grey, red, blue, and green upon startup I haven't researched it yet because I just restart the computer and it is fine. And it has happened maybe 3 times over the last month (amongst dozens of restarts). There are a few things like that that only happened once so I wrote off the occurrence.
I have had the most luck with the proprietary Nvidia driver so far.
wizblizz
in reply to hobowillie • • •Jumuta
in reply to wizblizz • • •i'd recommend getting a new SSD and installing Linux on that, then you can read your windows drive from Linux and copy over the files you need
Game files can be copied over the same way (obvs to different directories)
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
in reply to Jumuta • • •If you only have one M.2 slot then M.2 to USB adapters are stupid cheap and infinitely useful as a fast AF flash drive.
If your drive is sata then those are also cheap and the same applies, just not quite as fast.
Ensign_Crab
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in reply to chortle_tortle • • •CPU: intel 7th gen or earlier.
I doubt companies will be flooding markets with anything. 7th gen devices came out almost a decade ago (yes it's almost been that long since 2016) and most companies only keep computers for 3-5 years max.
Dialectical Idealist
in reply to Maroon • • •I have been putting up with the ads, spyware, and lack of control for years: this was the last straw for me. Couldn't upgrade to Win11 and now they're ending support for Win10?
Just wiped my SSD and booted Linux Mint. I'll miss certain games and Paint.net (slowly learning GIMP) but I can't put up with this shit anymore.
Gen_Euffe
in reply to Maroon • • •Originally I planned to switch in October when support for W10 runs out, but it seems my PC made the push for me.
At the start of July some issue with windows that caused my system to freeze and then get stuck on boot when restarted finally bricked my system for a 2nd time this year and I was forced to reinstall the OS again. So, instead of wasting another 4 months on dealing with all the crap windows has been throwing my way lately, I just jumped ship to mint.
3 weeks in and, so far so good. Really got around to all the personalization it allows over windows. Learning to run a pc mostly through the terminal has been a step out of the comfort zone, but an enjoyable one tbh
owenfromcanada
in reply to Maroon • • •CosmoSaucer
in reply to Maroon • • •I'm seeing a lot of advocacy for Mint on Lemmy but not as much for Fedora it seems?
I've only ever run one Linux distro and that was Fedora KDE Plasma, havent tried Mint yet. Are they not mostly the same or am I missing something?
UsoSaito
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