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Please stop recommending mint. These days now modern alternatives are just better, especially when they might want to game even just a bit. But it’s not just shut taking, mint is kind of stuck in the past for a lot of things.
Perhaps it would be useful to list some alternatives?
Bazzite for gaming. If you don’t want immutable, a lot of people have been recommending CachyOS lately.
I love Cachy, but would never recommend it to a Linux newbie.
Start with Bazzite. If you need more control, switch to Fedora. Cachy is a good choice for those already comfortable with Linux and the commandline.
Interesting — how easy are they to install compared to Mint, and would there be a way for Mint friends (I have a NixOS config for my fleet, and run our shared services) to easily migrate?
Weirdly I’ve never been able to get the installation media for Mint to boot, but that’s fine because it led me through a few other distros that helped me learn what I was doing with Linux.
Now I’ve been happily using Garuda with KDE for more than 6 months with no issues.
I’m doing bazzite because I like atomic for this use case (primarily a gaming box, with some additional utility as a server/general use PC + dev box; I want stability)
But I’m stoked that the Linux migration movement is getting more traction across the board
I will, soon. I just want to get certain gaming projects out of the way.
Or, one of a few other Linux distributions for starters, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, or Pop!_OS
Linux Mint can be nice if you want a very “light“ windows experience, but you can also pick one of the thousands of other Linux distributions. One of those may suit you better.
Always remember: Linux is about choice
Always remember: Linux is about choice
That is one of the advantages of Linux. Let’s not let it be a liability.
When coming to Linux, it is about “taking that first step”. If you are coming from something else, any distro is a positive move and they are much more alike than they are different (compared to the OS you are coming from). So, start with something safe. I do not use Mint but it is an awesome choice.
Once you learn more about Linux and about what you like, you will learn that you have 1000 choices. Once you know the difference and know which once suits you, you can switch. At that point, you will find switching easy.
The idea that people “have to choose” at the beginning holds many people back.
Any of Mint, PopOS, Fedora, or Ubuntu would serve a new user just fine. I recommend Mint because the UX is familiar to Windows users, it is “batteries included”, and it is conservative (stable). But the others are great too.
Too many can cause decision paralysis. Letting people get their feet wet with a light windows experience isn’t a bad thing. And it can lead to finding something more suited to their needs down the road. No need to deluge people in choice right off the bat.
Most people can come to a moderate and chilled decision without being swayed by the extremes.
Let me tell you something about the current worldwide political problems we’ve been having…
I’ve recently discovered Zorin OS and it’s a pretty awesome alternative to Mint IMO.
Mint is a great starting point for a lot of people, but there are a lot of other and better choices out there
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Zorin is much better in every way
Stop recommending Mint, especially to beginners. Ubuntu, Fedora, and Bazzite are all better for first time users because they actually work, they have much larger support networks, and are overall much higher quality with a focus on basic reliability.
Mint is based on ubuntu, and doesnt have the corporate slop. Bazzitte relies on flatpaks which is janky at best. Try explaining why you cant drag and drop in applications because they’ve been sandboxed…
As for fedora… what does it offer better? Or is it just personal taste?
Mint is based on ubuntu, and doesnt have the corporate slop.
What’s corporate slop? Mint is just a mediocre rebrand with a different default DE, and way less maintainers/testers (which is why there are so many people asking why X doesn’t work, where “X” is a basic thing any other distro does effortlessly)
Bazzitte relies on flatpaks which is janky at best. Try explaining why you cant drag and drop in applications because they’ve been sandboxed…
Flatpaks support drag and drop just fine. I think you’re confused?
As for fedora… what does it offer better?
Than Mint? The same thing Ubuntu does: reliability. The average windows user isn’t going to sign up to a web forum to post a question asking how to fix something that doesn’t work, they’ll just go back to Windows.
The best way to avoid that is to not recommend a fragile OS like Mint. Fedora, Ubuntu, and Bazzite are all far better choices.
Nah, Mint was my first distro and it works great
Perfect for beginners
My recommendations:
Try Bazzite first. If you want more control, switch to Fedora.
Avoid Ubuntu at all costs.
Thirding fedora, seconding the Ubuntu hate. Specifying FedoraKDE, however.
Maybe I’m just picky, but I think Mint replacing the standard Firefox icon should lower its place on the list of distros for people coming from Windows. Out of their preinstalled applications, Firefox is the one a Windows user is probably the most likely to be familiar with, and out-of-the-box they’ve got it pinned to the taskbar with an icon that a Windows user won’t recognize. There’s so many other distros where a Windows user can log in and clearly spot Firefox.
