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Linux Mint isn't the product of a corporation being used to sell your data, unlike Microsoft, Apple, et. al., it is a free (as in freedom) software that is open source so people can see all of the code used, and identify whether or not the people behind Mint are keeping their word.
Linux Mint's privacy policy: https://www.linuxmint.com/privacy.php
Linux Mint takes the opt-in approach. If you *want* to share data with them, you can. If you don't, you're already fine in most cases. Using their website nets a little data because that's how the modern web works, but the OS itself is pretty secure, and vastly more private than Microsoft will willingly be.
Mint *is* based on Ubuntu, so if you have issues with Canonical, then you might be cautious and choose another distro, but Mint is sufficiently separated from Canonical that the community has rejected paths that Ubuntu has taken in the past, so there is a level of community protection watching your back. It comes down to how comfortable you are with that, honestly.There are better privacy guarding Linux distros out there, but I think Mint strikes a good balance when it comes to ease of use. It all comes down to your threat level (what are you hiding), and what apps you use that might be outside the window of trust (third party apps outside the software manager, for example).
So at the end of the day, if these things bother you, choose another distro, but in terms of privacy, just about any Linux distro is head and shoulders beyond anything Microsoft will ever do to protect your privacy.
It will try to anyway. Sometimes it breaks during the revert, and then you get the joy of reformatting your PC and reinstalling your old OS-- or Linux, if you're done putting up with this kind of bullshit. Linux Mint and Ubuntu are both nice.
Nah, this subreddit shits on Linux all the time.
All I have to do is point out that Linux is almost identical to Windows in terms of UI, and that 91% of Steam games install and run on Linux (most of which run perfectly, and that number will rapidly increase once dev work on EAC for linux is done), and the Windows fanboys often come running with downvotes.
Mint hasn't muddled things, its version of apt came first. It was first released in 2007 with Mint 3.1 Celena: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_celena.php
Debian's version started development in 2013: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commits/main/cmdline/apt.cc
Once Debian's version came along, Mint adjusted their version a bit so that most commands work the same and users aren't too confused, but they didn't want to switch over entirely, because Mint's version has some extra commands/features.
Yeah, it's weird to me how a huge focus point on this subreddit is "Anyone can build a PC, it's not hard at all!" and then they'll turn around and say that this is way too confusing and there's no humanly possible way to learn it.
It's really a much more complicated question than the way you have posed it, because technically the best roots reggae came out of Kingston Parish, where Lee "Scratch" Perry's studio was. However neither Lee Perry, nor most of his artists were actually from Kingston (though many still were and thus Kingston has become slightly higher represented than other Parishes). And also how much RAM are you running? You need to:
free -m
in the terminal to see how much RAM is in use. Try enabling ZSWap to increase performance. If that doesn't fix the problem, you might want to consider backing up your files and installing the lighter on RAM, Xfce (32-bit) version of Linux Mint if you aren't running it already, as opposed to the 64-bit versions and or Cinnamon or MATE flavors. If that doesn't fix the problem, then there is only one thing that will: fire up your Crosley cr6233a-re Dansette Bermuda portable turntable, and drop in U-Roy vs. I-Roy: Two Bad D.J. Then sit back and enjoy the smooth melodies.
Most of the things you said are not true anymore.
Mint 18 has completely revamped the auto-updater.
You are now prompted to choose an update behavior upon first use. They essentially ask you what you want from the start. The updater supports new kernel updates as well.
See the release notes for more details.
> Mint doesn't publish CVEs
It doesn't have to. All updates come directly from the ubuntu repos including the kernel updates.
> Linux Mint is a mess. Don't use Linux Mint, at least until they fix it.
It was never a mess. They already "fixed" it by asking you how the updater should behave.
Its been a long long time since I've had zero complaints about my OS, but I'm super happy with 20.1 + 5.11 kernel.
This looks like a solid set of refinements and cannot wait to check them out.
If this is the same issue I had with my gtx 970, this link might help.
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_rosa_cinnamon.php
As far as I remember (had this problem a long time ago), it doesn't work as the proper Nvidia driver isn't installed, using the nomodeset option allows it to boot so you can install the Nvidia graphics driver which should then boot properly.
Good luck, hope I've given the right advice!
It's not firefox. All the browsers will give you such warning. The problem is that the security certificate is issued to linuxmint.com with alias to www.linuxmint.com. cinnamon.linuxmint.com does not match the certificate.
It's safe to continue, or as suggested, use http instead of https.
I hope at least a few people here will put their money where their mouth is and donate to the project!
https://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
You can donate with PayPal (no account necessary to use a credit card for donation), various cryptocurrencies, or go the Patreon route!
>that and the forced updates and reboots makes Ubuntu sound better and better
Agreed. I have tried Ubuntu and the GUI seems to be fairly easy for the windows convert to adjust to. Others have suggested LinuxMint as an alternative, although I haven't personally tested that distro.
Yeah, in their opinion, the added security through kernel security updates does not generally weigh up against the chance of something breaking when doing the security update.
And honestly, I can kind of see where they are coming from. Even with Linux Mint being a thing, you almost never hear of actual problems coming from bad security. When people say that Mint is insecure, those are still luxury complaints.
And you have to consider their user-base. It's primarily new users. Those generally only will install things from the repos and do value the added stability even more than advanced users do.
Finally, as of Mint 18, they actually have a prompt that they show users when those run the update manager for the first time: https://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/screenshots/sarah/mintupdate-policy.png
I'd say Mint with Cinnamon, but only because it feels like what the Windows UI should have been. (A lot like a cross between XP and 7, but more flexibility if you want it, and no Windows malware.)
Its funny though, I think it gets hate from some Linux users because it's too Windows-ish. But if you don't care about dicking with OS settings and just want to use the software in a GUI that feels very familiar...
Google isn't even the default search engine in Firefox on Linux Mint, it's Yahoo. I suggest DuckDuckGo if OP is concerned about "trust." https://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php
Ubuntu. Easiest and largest distro. Has a lot of documentation and supported by almost every one.
If you want a Windows like interface use Linux Mint instead. It is based on Ubuntu, but the interface looks like Windows 7 and a lot of software that works with Ubuntu will run on it as well.
https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=254
To install the C/C++ compiler open the terminal and type 'sudo apt install build-essential'
To make Qt applications open the terminal and type 'sudo apt install qtcreator'
To install java tools: 'sudo apt install eclipse netbeans'
You can use synaptic as a graphical gui to install the above packages if the Ubuntu Software Center gives you issues.
To install nodejs and npm for web dev see: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions
edit: who is downvoting you?
>I’m a Photoshop user
That's a problem for linux:(
>I need a simple GUI-based and elegant system that does what it is told without dependencies or a need to know how to compile something.
Your best bet will probably just be Debian, but Linux Mint Debian Edition might be a good place to start. As far as I have been able to tell, the only thing that is much more difficult between Debian and Ubuntu installs is some common low-end Broadcom wireless cards are difficult to configure, even on the ISO's that include non-free firmware. Usually installing the package broadcom-wl fixes it, but it will require you to establish a network connection some other way or bring the package and it's dependencies over on a storage device.
- Nope, sounds like a great idea. I'd try and turn over a new leaf with the terminal though. The Linux terminal is much nicer to use than Window's joke of a command prompt and can be really useful, but you should only very rarely need it nowadays unless something's broken.
- Chrome works (though I'd suggest Chromium instead as it's less of a security threat). Freedom won't run natively, but the Chrome extension will do fine (Chromium is fully compatible with Chrome extensions). Anki will run natively (I use it myself), MS Office won't run natively, but you say you're ok with equivalents, so I'd look into LibreOffice (comes stock with most distros) or WPS Office. The stuff you need will work, so the transition should be relatively smooth.
- Mint Cinnamon from the Linux Mint Website. Mint is a brilliant "just works"-type distro with a really well-built environment that works really well for beginners all the way through to advanced users. Cinnamon is a friendly DE that is incredibly easy to use and is pretty solid and is adequately customisable too.
Ubuntu or mint are good because they're very user friendly and can be configured to look and act similarly to windows (so it's an easy change). If you are not very familiar, you should start with one of those. If you want to delve deeper later you can do it with either of those distros or move to a different one.
Basically, get ubuntu or mint, and change later if you feel like it.
If you want more info, people are usually receptive to questions in /r/linux, but a lot of times people will devolve things into arguments over nuances in different distros.
The major downside of linux in general is that many video games and some professional software requires some extra configuration to get working properly. That said, though, if it's a big name game or tool, chances are that there is a known way to get it working in linux.
First, the specs aren't really great if you are going to the following with it:
1. Using a non-lightweight distro
- Doing intensive work on it (3d rendering, gaming, compiling lots of code, etc.)
My suggestion would be to stick with ChromeOS and use the inbuilt Linux Container feature. Otherwise, this Chromebook with the specs that it has will not be very compatible or will be very slow when handling certain Linux distros.
If you really want to install a flavor of Linux, I would suggest one of the following (probably compatible) [NOTE: these are lightweight ones]:
- Linux Mint | Click Here
- Ubuntu Mate | Click Here
- Lubuntu | Click Here
etc.
It would be best to not install additional software as 64gb of internal storage is very limiting.
Either stick with ChromeOS with Linux Container or buy a better one.
Not if you set up for them at the install time. See here:
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tara_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
It’s just a cron job running as root, so you need root to set it up but then it’s always running as root in the background.
Between those choices for a new user that hasn't used Linux before, I'd have to go with Debian. It is probably the closest thing to ubuntu on among those choices.
From closest to ubuntu to furthest, I'd probably say:
Debian>Arch>NixOS>Alpine>QubesOS
I'm sure others may differ on the order a little bit, but there will be some generalities.
I would say that it helps to know what it is that you're trying to achieve and what your threat model is. If you're just wanting to use the computer in a more private way while having the OS get out of the way, I'd use Debian. If you're wanting to learn Linux very well inside and out, I'd go with Arch, but an "introductory distro" doesn't mean that its bad. In order to be so easily recommended to people, they have to be doing something right.
Edit: Give Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) a shot. I think you'd really like it.
> LM is just a software offering, ...
"just" ???
Linux Mint does have "hardware partners". There is the "The MintBox" (with partner CompuLab https://www.linuxmint.com/store_mintbox.php ) and there is a laptop and desktop with partner ThinkPenguin .
Also, through at least 2017, System76 devices were produced/designed by ODM's and rebranded. I think the Thelio was the first computer they designed in-house. All of their laptops are still rebranded laptops designed/produced by an ODM.
Check yo see if you could download Linux Mint Cinnamon (what I recommend for beginner from windows) from their site: https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Then just burn it to a usb, boot into live cd and install it. You won't regret it!
Some video cards can cause the system to hang on boot like that. You want to change the boot option "quiet splash" to "nomoeset". Here's how in the release notes under "solving freezes" just a little down. https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_cinnamon.php
I was thinking you could just run sudo update-grub from a live cd/usb and hope it finds your windows partition, but there's a little more to it. https://askubuntu.com/questions/145241/how-do-i-run-update-grub-from-a-livecd
Hopefully nomodeset gets you booted, then sudo update-grub should do it.
For fucks sake, this is outdated information. It isn't true.
When you install Mint it provides you with this update policy selection menu. Only the first option, which is NOT the default, blocks automatic kernel updates. The latter two options, including the default, provides them.
Switch to Linux mint, fully encrypt hard drive. Turn on firewall and don't let exceptions through. Good luck hacking my shit, you will use up an entire percentage point of your finances breaking into my shit. Using windows is like asking to be hacked. I enjoy linux so much I don't want to even launch windows because its such a pain in the ass. I can do everything in linux I could in windows minus a few games.
Install custom ROM on your phone to remove most/all of the back doors they use.
Ubuntu comes with the Unity desktop by default. You can also download other "flavors" of Ubuntu with different desktop environments. I really like Ubuntu Mate which is clean, fast, and pretty Windows-like.
There's also Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop, which is designed to be easy to use.
If you're new, Linux Mint or Ubuntu are the best choices. Look at screenshots to see which you prefer:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Installing is very simple; much simpler than installing windows. You can even dual boot with windows if you want, choosing an OS at startup.
You can choose to burn the ISO to a DVD to install, or you can use a tool to write the iso to a thumb drive.
EDIT: Fixed url.
The Mint version of Firefox is basically "Ungoogled Firefox" where it removes the option to search Google from the address bar (but it can be added back). Otherwise it's identical to regular Firefox. If it had any major changes, it would be illegal for it to keep the Firefox name.
I honestly don't understand the point you're trying to make.
Are you trying to make fun of people who say Linux is difficult by over-exaggerating the same points they make?
Are you lying to make Linux look bad, and trying to pass it off as a joke?
Do you honestly think that Linux is confusing?Are you trying to say that THIS is confusing?
Run Chromium, go to "Settings ... Search Engine ... Search Engine used in the address bar ... choose Google from the drop-down list.
If Google doesn't appear in the drop-down list, select "Manage search engines" and add or move it into the default list.
> I've successfully added it in Firefox while following these instructions: "https://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php", but for some reason it doesn't work with chromium.
Chromium isn't Firefox. The instructions aren't portable.
Install TripMode (get it from TripMode.ch) - it's not free but cheap. Using TripMode you can easily control what programs are allowed to connect to the internet. This can be a huge blessing with Windows 10 that will keep trying to upload all your personal data to Microsoft and / or try to download huge updates. You can simply block all this and run windows update when you want to.
Don't install Chrome as it will just slow down your system - it's a personal data, memory and processor hog. Instead use Firefox or PaleMoon with uBlock Origin extension for blocking ads along with Privacy Badger and DecentralEyes extension.
Yes, install Linux. I recommend LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) instead of Ubuntu which also slows down systems now a days.
Going to give instruction based on Mint/Ubuntu.
Disable secure boot, fast boot, tpm device encryption, and thunderbolt encryption in the bios/uefi, where applicable.
Then boot with 'nomodeset' in grub. Mint/Ubuntu call it compatibilty mode on the live iso.
Then install. Once installed, boot to compatibilty mode, or hold shift at boot, grub, advanced, kernel, add 'nomodeset' next to 'quiet splash', boot into OS.
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tara_cinnamon.php
The goal is to temporarily boot with that parameter until the kernel/mesa are updated. You should not be booting with nomodeset after the update. The config is held in 'sudo xed /etc/default/grub'.
Next, most important is the kernel and mesa.
I can see from the errors that whiskey is being ID'd as Kaby, because the kernel/linux-firmware are too old.
Upgrade the kernel to mainline stable.
https://github.com/teejee2008/ukuu/blob/master/README.md
Then mesa.
https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/pkppa
Then 'sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt clean && sudo updatedb && sudo ldconfig
Then reboot. You're done.
Go right ahead. Personally on my main machine I run Linux Mint because I have a lot of people over who enjoy Steam games and other proprietary software. I run Cinnamon as the graphical desktop environment and I find the performance to be just fine. on my very personal laptop computer I run GuixSD, a GNU/Linux-Libre distribution by GNU. On that machine I run Xfce which is extremely fast and hardly does anything to the CPU (which is good seeing how it's considered a low-end computer by today's standards)
Can confirm, had exactly the same issue installing Mint on my new laptop. There are some videos showing the process /u/Tzunamii outlines in the Mint 18 release notes.
> The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use. (https://www.linuxmint.com/about.php)
Being stuck on an old version is neither modern, nor elegant, nor comfortable, nor easy to use.
Sure, it will receive security updates for some time. (I wouldn’t consider 2 years “long term”, but whatever, that’s subjective) But you will still be stuck with more and more outdated software.
There's a reason why every post online praises Linux: it's objectively better.
- less bugs
- no viruses
- faster
- better security
- faster updates
- you can use your computer during updates
- you can update your system and programs with a single command
- yes, there are GUI interfaces for that
- no mandatory reboot before, during or after updates
- no ads
- no bullshit
- privacy-oriented
- free
- do not get slow over time
- you can change everything you want
- Gnome makes it harder.
The areas in which GNU Linux is not better are the ones that depend on the action of third-parties, such as proprietary drivers and software/games availability. So you should not switch to Linux if:
- you must use programs that are not available on Linux
- Wine is neither easy nor stable
- you must play games that are not available to Linux
- you have hardware that performs poorly on Linux
- you're satisfied with Windows and don't have enough reasons to learn something new
Otherwise, Linux is the most reasonable choice. For Windows users, I recommend Linux Mint ~~KDE~~ Cinnamon.
from the xfce.org website:
"Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly."
The "fast and low on system resources" blurb says it's at least adequate for older systems.
From the Linux Mint page:
"New features in Linux Mint 18 Xfce. Linux Mint 18 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2021."
Google is a Linux newbie's BFF ;-)
Linux Mint MATE. It's based on Ubuntu, but MATE is a nice, pretty, stable DE like gnome 2.x was, and Linux Mint handles proprietary wifi drivers better than Ubuntu.
Your going to love Linux. Just the discovery of Linux and all it's software glory.
Linux Mint Cinnamon would be a good start. https://www.linuxmint.com/
GUI Music Player; Clementine
CLI Music Player; MOC
Basically the Linux bit is still at the core of it, but all the other bundled stuff is different. It'll all work the same under the hood but they'll look different and have things like different default browsers and different desktop bars and menus.
So one might look like this https://scr.sad.supinfo.com/articles/resources/203592/1487/0.png
And another might look like https://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/screenshots/lisa/lisa_dark.png
Grab a copy of Linux Mint Cinnamon and burn it to a cd or USB drive and start there. It has a nice and shiny installer like Windows that will hand hold you through installing it right beside windows, so you can have both.
I've been using Mint 18 Cinnamon for a while now, granted on a 128GB 3.0 USB drive, and I've messed up the install a bit.
Edit: But I really enjoy it, and getting drivers has actually been pretty easy through the package manager. Only issue was the weird proprietary speakers my T540 used.
The best way to go around is to try multiple version and see which you like more. start with Linux mint (https://www.linuxmint.com/), this one is very good for people that comes from Windows, you can also Ububtu.
First download the XFCE ~~32~~64-bit Mint ISO here: https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Then Download a USB installer, I use this one (if you ever choose a distro not supported by this, use Rufus USB installer, but this supports nearly all major Linux Distros including Mint): http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1834
3.Run the USB installer, it will ask you to select the iso you downloaded in step 1, and select the usb you wish to install it in. Note the next Steps 4-6 involve the changing the Boot Priority, and I suck at explaining this stuff, if you don't understand look here: http://www.boot-disk.com/boot_priority.htm
Once the USB installer finishes you are almost all set, turn off your computer. Plug in your USB and Start it, and enter the BIOS by pressing ESC,F1, F2,F8, or F10 (depends on the computer.)
In the bios, go to the BOOT Tab.
Make your USB boot priority #1.
Restart your computer, it will now boot off your USB. Give it time, usually takes a minute or two on old computers. Once it boots, follow the steps on the screen to install. Make sure you select WIPE THIS DRIVE to wipe Windows 8.
After Linux Mint installs, it should ask you to restart, when you do restart, go back into the BIOS, and put your USB at the bottom of the BOOT list, so your computer doesn't boot off your USB again.
In Linux Mint 19.0 Cinnamon I had "UI freezes" where I'd still see occasional disk activity, so the underlying OS still was running. Stopped using Synaptics touchpad driver, and the freezes went away. See https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon.php for some info about touchpad drivers.
The default landing page when you install Mint and open Mozilla Firefox is the Start page. It used to provide updates on new releases and future plans, as well as the search bar and links to other resources.
It is now just a webpage with nothing but a search bar and it no longer gives you the information about updates. The link for that is a 404 not found. Everything else is literally just links to Google search.
If you click on the big Linux Mint icon in the middle of the page above the search bar it leads to the page you provided, but it isn't clear that this is what you are supposed to do. I didn't even notice it did anything until I saw my cursor change when I passed over it. And it doesn't lead to the updates page that used to be provided by default.
Personally the only reason I kept it as my default home page is because of the monthly update.
This is the default page that users see after installing Mint and opening their browser:
> Are you saying there is some malware that always puts Yahoo in as the default Search engine?
Yes.
>Surely that would suggest that Yahoo put the malware there.
Unlikely, but possible, I guess.
>I am using Linux-Mint and the risk of unknown or unexpected malware is ZIP!
Uh, then it might be Linux Mint doing it. See https://www.linuxmint.com/partners.php
That's too much, you need to pick a starting point. I would suggest learning/asking about apps that replace your windows/mac apps. Then learn how to update. Then learn a little bit about the command line to do updates from there and basic directory navigation. https://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/Cinnamon/english_18.0.pdf
In Linux Mint 19.0 Cinnamon I had "UI freezes" where I'd still see occasional disk activity, so the underlying OS still was running. Stopped using Synaptics touchpad driver, and the freezes went away. See https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon.php for some info about touchpad drivers.
I've had no serious issues with Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE, Kubuntu, Fedora KDE.
You go to this page https://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php and click 'Google' icon. Then right click firefox adress bar and there you'll see 'Add Google' option. After that you go to firefox settings and there you are now able to set Google as your default search engine.
MX Linux works fine, not sure which version you downloaded? But to answer your question, I personally enjoyed Linux Mint the most out of the box. All you need is brightness fix in this thread. And also, use the synaptics driver as described in the touchpad settings here. One final note, audio is only going to work with bluetooth. It's a major pain and I spent an ungodly amount of time researching this.
In Linux Mint 19.0 Cinnamon I had "UI freezes" where I'd still see occasional disk activity, so the underlying OS still was running. Stopped using Synaptics touchpad driver, and the freezes went away. See https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon.php for some info about touchpad drivers.
Also, about key-sequences: https://www.billdietrich.me/UsingLinux.html?expandall=1#MagicKeySequences
I suggest you start with Linux Mint 20, and I recommend the Cinnamon edition. Download the ISO. Here are the download links
https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Next, read the Installation instructions. It will tell you how to create the bootable media and how to boot to a Live Session. https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
The first time you boot to Linux Mint will be a Live Session - nothing is installed, but it is a functional Linux system. Open the Main Menu and launch the System Info tool. It is located in the Preferences Group. Click Upload system info and wait for the webpage to load. Be patient.
Post the link here - this will provide us with ample information about your system.
In Linux Mint 19.0 Cinnamon I had "UI freezes" where I'd still see occasional disk activity, so the underlying OS still was running. Stopped using Synaptics touchpad driver, and the freezes went away. See https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon.php for some info about touchpad drivers.
The biggest thing with Mint is the mindset. Clem et. al. very much believe in a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mindset and are committed to bringing their users a consistent, traditional WIMP experience. They are big contributors to Mate and have created their own desktop called Cinnamon, which I think was initially meant to be a GTK3 replacement for Mate. However, Mate never went away and is now GTK3 as well...
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Mint is based on Ubuntu LTS releases. This means that even though they have releases roughly every six months or so, they are only updating the underlying Ubuntu base every two years (e.g., all Linux Mint 19 releases will be based on Ubuntu 18.04 and Linux Mint 20 releases will be based on Ubuntu 20.04). The Linux Mint point releases are focused on refining/updating/fixing the software that Mint builds on top of Ubuntu (e.g., DE, updater, theme, Xapps).
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Other differences include default apps (e.g., Xapps) and Mint supports Flatpak, rather than snaps out of the box. Check out the What's New blog post from the Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon release to get a better idea of what you can expect w/ Mint: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tara_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
While I do agree that Linux Mint shouldn't modify Firefox by any means, here's how to add other search engines to Linux Mint Firefox:
- Go to this page.
- Scroll down to the bottom until you see the large row of icons.
- Click on the Google icon (or whatever floats your boat)
Disks are available through a partnership with https://www.osdisc.com/products/linux/linuxmint?affiliate=linuxmint. I doubt the developers actually get much if anything from sales as the disks, cost $5.95 with shipping. If your intention is to support the developers it would probably be better to make a donation https://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php.
Best Google could come up with is this: https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/20 or https://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/Cinnamon/english_18.0.pdf
...but you might want to post your question on the linux mint forum (https://forums.linuxmint.com/). Possible someone there might know of an obscure video hidden from Google.
I'll throw in my voice for Linux Mint. It has the Cinnamon interface by default, which is very similar to what we had with Windows 7.
I do know how to change it, but in Mint it is still the default.
I hope it has changed, but I am running the most resent LTS version and neither it nor the Mint site indicate a change. It was just something I noticed whenever I set it up. My Google result for Netbeans, VS etc would always have been fine, but if I left that on Yahoo it generally pulled up some ads and some totally unrelated things.
As for why I use Mint? I find it easier than any other distro, while at the same time being resource friendly enough, to install on older laptops. My main laptop is OS X, my gaming / gen use desktop is Win 10, and my work desktop is Slackware.
Still TY for the reply. I have been wrong or out of date plenty of times and I always thank those who help me stay up to date.
There is a link to what's new, you know?
For example!
>Popular software applications such as Spotify, WhatsApp, Skype, Google Earth, Steam or Minecraft are now featured and very easy to install.
A B S O L U T E L Y P R O P R I E T A R Y
>What are the significant (non-cosmetic) differences?
(I think I read this wrong. I started writing differences from Linux to Windows...)
When you look for help a lot of the instructions will be command line rather than mouse clicks.
There are bunches of little switches in terminology: the administrator = root; folders = directories; page file = swap space (not identical though); ...
The directory structure is different. There are no drive letters. All disks are mounted on to the unified directory tree.
All of the software in the Linux 'store' is free.
> If I installed Linux to my SSD and kept Windows 10, would they play nice with each other? I can alternate between the OSes without either of them raging because different filesystems or whatnot?
I had a dual boot system for a long time, Win7/Mint. There is likely a file system type that you could install Linux to that windows can read. If not then at least you can put all your content files on a NTFS partition that can be read by both.
> Also, How many gigs would I need to free up on my puny SSD to install Mint? I'm even considering grabbing a second SSD dedicated to Linux if I like it and find one cheap enough.
From the mint user guide
>Note that Linux Mint requires a partition of at least 9GB and that the default size for a swap partition is 1 to 1.5 times the amount of RAM available on the computer.
Hold down the power button for 10 seconds or so and it will shut down.
Turn off secure boot - and turn on legacy devices in your bios (you may only have one of these options) (You probably already did this)-see the bottom of the post for more UEFI/BIOS settings.
CrunchBang is a great way to learn linux but for a first time user I would strongly suggest a more filled out version of Linux (I use Mint)
Then I use this for burning ISOs to my USBs
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
I always had issues with Unet-- this always worked for me.
Run it as a live CD first to make sure it has all the drivers you need (-network, sound etc) then once you're sure it's good install from the icon on the desktop (of the live CD)
I found this list of settings for your UEFI/BIOS-copypasta
Security -> Secure boot -> Disable secure boot
Startup -> Boot (press enter) -> Set priority order
Startup -> UEFI/legacy -> UEFI only (necessary for preventing errors like "efibootmgr: EFI variables are not supported on this system" when using grub-install)
Startup -> Boot order lock -> Enable (necessary for avoiding Windows to change it and prevent you from entering the BIOS again if dual-boot is used)
Security -> Virtualization -> Intel Virtualization Technology (necessary for avoiding errors listed by dmesg)
Security -> Anti-theft -> Computrace -> Permanently disabled
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Windows is hell on permissions stuff. I would suggest making a bootable (usb) of a linux distro. Then boot the PC w/ your old hd attached and you should be able to see and move your files with no issues.
It is not hard-I use Linux Mint (pretty close to windows environment) Here are instructions and a video
Download the .iso from here
https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Then use something tpo burn the iso to a usb ( I use USB 123)
Here is that link
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
You can do this with both new and old attached then simply copy and paste your passwrd file to the new hd.
Linux will just see you drives as data w/ no pesky permission issues and it's free.
OOPs forgot vid link
No entiendo porque windows es tan desastroso con las actualizaciones. En linux tengo un gestor de actualizaciones que me avisa cuando hay, para que paquetes de software y puedo elegir cuales quiero efectuar. También están señaladas por prioridad. Pero puedo actualizar cuando yo quiera, y jamás deja de ser un programa en segundo plano. Las actualizaciones de windows secuestran todo el sistema operativo wtf.
Ubuntu is a distribution (version) of Linux. It's pretty much the most popular however I'd recommend Linux Mint It's based on Ubuntu but in my opinion is MUCH more user friendly.
He wrote 2 methods of trying linux. I will describe the first one which is easier!
Download Linux, let's say MInt: https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=226
Download Rufus and use the ISO you downloaded to write it on the USB stick
Restart your computer and spam F12 so you can select USB to boot.
That's it! You can now try linux on a live USB!
Stick with Linux Mint.
Or use what I been using MX
MX is base on Debian Stable. It's already setup nicely. Install and the way you go. Just like in Mint.
Problem with donating to a school is that it drives the IT guys crazy. There's licensing issues, loading software, drivers, etc.
Also, you need to wipe the disk so that you are protected from the buyer poking around in your stuff. Easiest thing is to get Linux (such as https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php ) and reformat the drive when installing. Then bring it to a thrift shop, with note taped to it that Linux is installed.
On the Program mune under settings look for welcome screen. https://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/screenshots/qiana/thumb_mintwelcome.png
that will tell you what DE (desktop environment you are using - it might not be cinnamon) and provid other useful links.
Remove all unnecessary programs (e.g. Adobe, Quicktime) from Startup and HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
In ControlPanel | Administrative | Services, disable Windows Search
Check Task Manager for programs hogging the CPU, HDD, and memory.
If this and the other suggestions don't speed things up, install LinuxMint XFCE.
Please install Linux Mint / Mate 64Bit.
And then, open a console window from Mint menu. Once you do, type
$ sudo su [enter password] $ add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin-unlimited/bu-ppa [confirm adding repository using ENTER] $ apt-get update $ apt-get install bitcoind bitcoin-qt
Well... I just did it 5 seconds ago. On a LiveCD... I did not even install Linux Mint.
It took about 2 minutes total to find these commands and to execute them.
Bitcoin unlimited is working, you start it by typing
$ nohup bitcoin-qt &
In the console. Or clicking an icon from the menu.
Sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Will update your system.
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
This article should help you with the kernel.
Keep in mind. Any time a os or kernel is in the first release stage there are bugs. You have a older version of mint so it should be nice and stable. The truth is, always keep your install media. You might need it to fix your system if anything bad happeneds. You can reinstall and often fix without loosing anything. Or. In the Linux spirit. You might try to fix it by looking up commands. Reddit subs for your distro should be good for questions. If it where me. I would update everything. Go into update settings add stable repositories. Add any proprietary drivers. Should be smooth. But read about the kernel version and your distro before your upgrade. Sometimes they do have bugs. Have fun. And remember its easy to fix. So worry not.
Edit: skipped reading the little word "Mint". I guess it's still a great overview, so I'll leave it here. To answer the actual question: the MATE edition feels the most like windows, but Cinnamon is great too, that just depends on your preference. Basically, all are almost equally noob-friendly, with XFCE being the most lightweight and configurable one, at the cost of some eye candy.
Elementary is pretty great - a lot of software readily available, a very consistent base system and a nice design. I think it feels a bit like macOS.
I'm using Ubuntu Gnome which has a slightly more customizable user interface (some people hate it, some people love it) and has a bit more well-known software preinstalled (like Firefox instead of some no-name web browser).
Linux Mint (especially the MATE edition) has a more old-school design approach, but you might like it if you want it to be as similar as possible to Windows ≤ 7, at least regarding the default placement of stuff on the screen (task bar, start menu, ...).
My recommendation: burn a CD/DVD for each one of them, and try them out. Pick the one you like the most. They're all both popular and based on Debian/Ubuntu, so most guides and stuff you find on the internet will work with all of them.
Es posible usar algunas distros de Linux para cosas tipicas (browsing, videos, peliculas, musica, oficina, etc); las mas tipica y user-friendly es Ubuntu:
y Mint Linux, que esta basada en Ubuntu:
https://www.linuxmint.com/about.php
La estabilidad del sistema operativo que uses depende mucho del uso y software que corras sobre el. Que entendes como "estable"?
Para Gaming, Linux no es recomendable en general. Es posible? Si. Pero no rinde en esfuerzo/beneficio.
Ahora, las cosas bajo Linux no funcionan como en Windows, y en ocasiones es necesario toquetear por consola o hacer troubleshooting de problemas. Si no te das maña para hacer eso bajo Windows, dudo bastante que puedas/tengas ganas de hacerlo bajo Linux. De cualquier forma, en lineas generales para usos tipicos esto no suele ser necesario.
Como te recomendaron otros usuarios, lo mejor que podes hacer es instalar Ubuntu/Mint en una segunda particion, y empezar a probarlo para familiarizarte. Y usar Windows para lo que sea exclusivamente no compatible (juegos, por ej).
I would personally recommend Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition, as it is the most user-friendly for Windows users.
Ubuntu is also fine, but it features a radically different interface compared to Windows.
Please give linux a try :)
Have a look at https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php super easy to get started. All you do is download the image (most likely 64bit) and just get a image writing tool (https://rufus.akeo.ie/ is great and simple).
Then boot from the USB and you can play around without changing your current system! :)
Yep!
/u/Bfranx, if you have a USB key and a laptop get Mint and give it a try. I'd also suggest not giving up on the GPU just yet, the first owner may have fudged that one in the settings too.
Linux Mint any flavor. https://www.linuxmint.com/ The main reason I switch to Linux, is to get away from Windows.
I dab in many programming languages. Right now I'm concentrating on Python.
>And could you tell me in what exactly ways Linux will help me in learning programming?
Is this a trick question? You can learn a programming language using any operating system with the proper tools. With Linux you'll have no distractions from Windows.
I'm just started to use emacs. So I'll try out my python coding from there. https://realpython.com/blog/python/emacs-the-best-python-editor/
Sure. But if they are using a proprietary format; you probably can't legally do it without paying a license fee if you live in a country that sees software as patantable/copyrightable. VLC is technically illegal in the US because they are based in France which does not give a shit about software patents. It's the same reason why Linux Mint has two downloads on their site. One of them comes with all the media codecs and one does not.
So somebody needs to absorb the cost. Windows dropped support awhile ago for some formats because Microsoft did not want to pay for it. Instead you have to buy some media addon pack or something.
So the options are to force every mod maker who wants their mod on PS4 to pay a license fee (which would never work), or have Bethesda/Sony handle the processing.
I however do not know what format they are using.
Okay, first issue is that all the usb ports are full. They could be USB2.0 if it was one of the later versions of this machine, but I doubt it.
PCI USB 2.0 card It should work, Those are PCI slots along with ISA slots.
Best I can tell, this machine was manufactured between 1998 and 2000. So it's not that old despite the ISA slots.
Samsung does appear to have XP drivers for that printer we're saved!
With a little more ram, you might be able to get LXDE 32-bit Mint on it. So if the user can use LibreOffice and uses Firefox, they might be able to squeeze another couple years out of it before swapping it for a Pi.
What kind of theme did you use? Maybe it was solely a Cinnamon Shell theme, or maybe just icons? Not every theme has to provide window borders/controls.
Remember to change window borders/controls in the preferences menu.
Here's a dark theme that provides windows borders and controls. Check out if it works - it does on my computer.
Try different desktop environments and themes, it is really matter of personal choice and customization, I would recommend taking a look at MATE desktop environment, it is one of the most lightweight full feature desktop environment, and if you still want to distrohop take a look at Linux Mint MATE Edition or Solus MATE
I have the same wifi driver it works using the 5.11 kernel in linux mint edge.
So I would recommend downloading linux mint edge to get the wifi to work using the kernel & then installing the driver or just continue running off of the linux kernel.
But eh seriously the rtl8821ce wifi driver works on linux kernel 5.10+, Have tried even up to kernel 5.14.
So I highly recommend trying linux mint edge can be downloaded on the linux mint page. It ships with 5.11 linux kernel & my rtl8821ce works right out of the box.
Though any linux distro with linux kernel 5.10 & up the wifi works right out of the box.
Here's a link to linux mint edge it should seriously work. I mean it did for my rtl8821ce.
Sounds like your hard drive has been failing and finally got to a point where it's seriously affecting performance. However as you can no longer get into Windows, you can't run the usual diagnostic software I would recommend in this situation.
You do have another option though - boot into Linux to run its equivalent.
Using another Windows computer, download Linux Mint from https://www.linuxmint.com . I recommend the "MATE" edition. Next, download Rufus from https://www.rufus.ie and use it to create a live USB using the ISO file you downloaded from the Mint website.
Start your computer from the USB drive. Once Mint has booted, from the Mint menu, open Disk Utility, then click SMART Data (it's usually in a menu in the program). Expand the window so you can see the entire SMART data list, then take a screenshot (or take a pic on your phone!) and upload here.
Well basically the memory usage for Linux Mint Cinammon is meant to be between 80MB to 1GB but there are cases where memory consumption continues to grow, even when the operating system is sitting idle. It goes as high as 2GB, 4GB or even 6GB of RAM.
In the post I linked it was stated that they didn't know what was causing this, but that the problem will be solved with Cinnamon 5.0. As you can see here they didn't exactly provided a solution to the problem, instead they did a workaround. See it as fixing the consequences and not the root. Basically what it does is restart the cinnamon desktop when it reaches a limit in memory usage. That limit has a default value but you can change it manually. > Cinnamon will just be unresponsive for about a second while it restarts itself internally. It will keep a log of such events so that you can see if this happens often and help the development team troubleshoot the issue.
If you see this as an issue or not, that's on you, but I wouldn't recommend it tbh, specially when you have excellent alternatives as Kubuntu that takes even less memory on idle than cinnamon, looks more modern and has more features. There's also PopOS as you mention and don't forget old vanilla Ubuntu. It's literally the most used distro out there (workstation or server) and the reason for that is that it's a phenomenal OS.
Ok, few tests to run, BSOD can be an unending number of things, so you will need to narrow it down.
download Linux Mint iso file
download Rufus
use rufus to create a bootable usb stick. once done use this usb to boot to your computer, don't worry, it will load entirely on you memory so your files and operating system will be ok. Learn how to use Linux Mint, use it for the average time the but would happen, watch videos, do some web gaming. If nothing happens we'll see what's next, if pc crashes with mint, means your operating system is ok.
If mint won't show any errors, you will gonna need to check few things, and only way to check them is replacing.
-PSU
-graphics card
-hard drive data cables
last one can cause this error when for example you have OS on one drive and let's say games on other drive, and communication between drive itself and operating system is suddenly interrupted during it's work.
Lenovo think pads are built like tanks and their idea pads are well built. Get one with an SSD and over 8gb of memory, more if using windows. But AMD for better integrated graphics.
If you want Linux I suggest this: https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=287
It has a windows feel to it and has most of what you need. Just burn the iso to a USB.
In Linux Mint 19.0 Cinnamon I had "UI freezes" where I'd still see occasional disk activity, so the underlying OS still was running. Stopped using Synaptics touchpad driver, and the freezes went away. See https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon.php for some info about touchpad drivers.
In Linux Mint 19.0 Cinnamon I had "UI freezes" where I'd still see occasional disk activity, so the underlying OS still was running. Stopped using Synaptics touchpad driver, and the freezes went away. See https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon.php for some info about touchpad drivers. No idea if this is the cause of your problems, but something to consider.
Are you downloading from the Mint web page? How are you downloading...through a browser? Which one? Which mirror? Are you using the right sha256sum selection?
The"ERRNO 5" thing sounds strange...never seen it. Sounds like you are using some source other than www.linuxmint.com.
I've been using Mint for years (xfce) and never had a problem with a bad download but the list of sha256sums makes it easy to pick the wrong one. I always use "wget" but it's a Linux command line utility. It never fails to download accurately.
the version number is the date of release.. 2020 - Tenth month is 20.10
20.04 - is 6 months older - and thus has packages that were current (well not quite current) in 2020 - during the 4th month.
Ubuntu is rarely 'cutting edge' - Even a new release - can have older packages than what are out on the day of release. Due to how the releases are developed, the versions 'freeze' a month or two before release. To allow for testing.
Some Distros only target the Ubuntu LTS releases, they may update packages that are not updated in the standard Ubuntu LTS releases.
So I could make a distro based on 20.04 - then upgrade whatever packages i want, and put them in my own repository.
For Mint - there is this info..
https://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php
Mint 20.01 is based on 'Focal' which is Ubuntu 20.04
So installing 20.10 Ubuntu - will have newer packages.
from that chart - it looks like mint only targets the LTS ubuntu releases.
Some Distros like Pop_OS - come out with a new release following the NonLTS schedule.
So my Pop_OS 20.10 install - should have almost identical packages to ubuntu 20.10
Hope this cleared things up a bit.
There are more magic keys than those: https://www.billdietrich.me/UsingLinux.html?expandall=1#MagicKeySequences
But sometimes none of them will work.
In Linux Mint 19.0 Cinnamon I had "UI freezes" where I'd still see occasional disk activity, so the underlying OS still was running. Stopped using Synaptics touchpad driver, and the freezes went away. See https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon.php for some info about touchpad drivers.
My current machine has freezes, but I'm sure it's a RAM problem, it fails memory test. It's old and overheats. I've ordered a new laptop.
Have you tried using a live USB or CD, if you only want to back up some old files, this method should work.
Simply put a copy of linux onto a USB or blank DVD using rufus or cdburnerxp and boot from that. From here you should be able to access all of your files on the C: drive. All you need to do is copy all your important files to an external drive and you should be done
You can always give it a "test drive"; you can download an image from here, put that on a USB stick and boot from it. It'll boot you into a "Live" installation that runs straight off the usb stick; there you can just poke around a bit and see how it works. It won't modify your current machine in any way. Well, unless you click the "Install" icon on the desktop. :)