Switching my computer to Linux Mint...wish me luck! I've never done this before.
Goodbye Windows. I won't miss you constantly installing programs I don't use.
Okay, I give up. After several weeks with Linux Mint, I made the switch to Debian Stable today.
Why now in the end?
Although I managed to overcome all the initial difficulties of switching to Mint, I just have my problems with this distribution... not that it's bad, not at all, but it just doesn't suit me.
In the end, Mint is a great distribution for newcomers and those switching from Windows. But I've been working with computers for over 42 years, learned SSP and Unix in the 1980s and have been using Linux - also privately - since the mid-1990s, worked in IT as an admin etc.. So I just don't feel at home using Mint, except for the beginning there is no challenge. And yes, admittedly, the image as a “newbie distro” doesn't meet my expectations either. You can judge me for this arrogant attitude for all I care.
And I just don't like Cinnamon. I just don't like him, period. No matter how much I pimp and polish it. I missed the raw power, the edginess of Gnome. Sure, I could have installed it on Mint, but I follow the philosophy of only using what is natively provided and intended in a distribution.
With Debian, everything now runs perfectly out of the box, just as I want it to. Without a problem. Awesome.
I play a lot of TrackMania. It is a good activity I can do for 20 minutes at a time while being interrupted by my child. Lately he has been taking over my computer to play it. Recently I setup an older machine of mine with Linux Mint for him to watch videos on and today I installed TrackMania on it for him.
I've cursed him to be a nerd and a gamer, but he is having fun.
Vale, ahora que parece funcionar, me he tomado un rato para poner unos apuntes a limpio sobre cómo revisar conexiones de wifi en #linux por lo que me pasó con el extensor de wifi.
Muchas gracias a @dotoscat, @Rataunderground y a @sadrarin por la paciencia
Lo podéis consultar aquí https://hackmd.io/@dprieto/linux-mint-conexión
Started migrating from windows to linux.
After listening to the excellent podcast of @alisynthesis , I thought that I would try to move everything from Windows.
2 blocking points for the moment are:
- I still need Visual Studio for an old asp.net standard application
- my soundcard (Steinberg ur22) is recognized but in Bitwig, I have a crackling sound maybe from a performance problem.
But otherwise, I was really impressed by how fast it was to move from Windows.
#linuxmint
Linux Mint 22.2 Beta è in arrivo, mentre l’attenzione si sposta su LMDE 7 basata su Debian 12, per un futuro più indipendente da Ubuntu. #LinuxMint Linux #UnoLinux
https://www.linuxeasy.org/linux-mint-imminente-il-rilascio-della-versione-22-2-beta-e-lmde-7/
Linux Mint 22.2 Beta und LMDE 7 news!
Headline: Linux Mint 22.2 beta to bring fingerprint login, better themes, and Wayland fixes
Users on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (and any Linux distribution based on it, like Linux Mint 22) will shortly receive Linux kernel 6.15 and Mesa 25.0.7 via a software update.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-24-04-3-hwe-new-mesa-kernel-update