2026-10-09 11:48 UTC
Replies (20)
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@Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 2026-10-09 11:51
I’m curious. Since you are new to Linux, how did you stumble upon Lemmy and this community? :)
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@vikingtons@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 12:20
congrats on the move 🥰
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@mHtt@lemmy.ca 2026-10-09 12:26
consult distrowatch.com if your interested in what different distros might have to offer.
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@lobut@lemmy.ca 2026-10-09 12:48
I had an old laptop that I didn’t swap over yet just because I had a few things set up and didn’t feel like moving it. It then harassed me to move to Windows 11. Also, when I tried to remote desktop, it was like, you gotta pay me for professional edition. I’ve paid for Windows so many damned times, so I was like screw it and put Mint on it and donated to it as well.
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@DrSleepless@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 13:03
One of us! One of us!
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@adarza@lemmy.ca 2026-10-09 13:23
I still have to make Antidote talk to Libre Office Antidote Connector for LibreOffice – Integrate Antidote writing assistance software with LibreOffice. extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/…/99349
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@Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 2026-10-09 14:14
Congrats, that’s almost exactly how I felt when I switched a year or two ago. I did a bit of distro hopping after a few weeks, and quickly resettled on Bazzite, but it was a universal experience of stuff just working better without any bullshit I didn’t add myself.
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@usethefakinterminal@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 15:02
Welcome to the bright side :D
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@TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 15:43
Awesome. I remember that same feeling. For me that experience was slightly tainted by being really picky about customizations but then I found out quickly that literally any customization is possible. As a friend put it: most OSes are like buying a house. Using Linux is like being your own architect. You can use someone else’s blueprints and be fine. But anything you wanna change about that blueprint is probably doable. In any case, you’re in charge of your house, not some asshole CEO.
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@GloomyDorje@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 15:56
When i switched to Mint i had a bit of a learning curve, not all things worked completly out of the box. I’d like to encourage you to not give up on it, problems are solveable. The Linux Mint Forum was a great help for me (still is)
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@Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 16:43
Awwwwww yeah! TOGETHER MONKEY STRONG!!
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@eldavi@lemmy.ml 2026-10-09 17:47
It took my old laptop dying on me. same here and it’s lead to me having a job for the last 24 years – i would have been a factory worker like my brother, cousins and father if it weren’t for my computer dying on me.
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@umbrella@lemmy.ml 2026-10-09 18:46
enjoy. it can be frustrating until you get the hang of it, but once.you do there’s no going back.
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@MaxLemminist@lemmy.ml 2026-10-09 19:30
just did it yesterday. Got the purple kernel panic screen and figured i KILLED MY DESKTOP. Second time all went well. Very happy
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@EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-09 20:01
Lots of people are anti AI here, but Claude will tell you how to fix anything Linux. If you ever get an error, just copy and paste it.
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@Guiorgy@lemmy.ml 2026-10-09 21:45
Mine didn’t die, but it’s Ryzen gen 1 which is not supported by Windows 11 so Cachy it is.
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@Dvixen@lemmy.world 2026-10-10 06:38
Welcome and other happy words. Another reason to switch: lower blood pressure.
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@BreakingBigfoot@lemmus.org 2026-10-13 23:14
Welcome to the family, mint was a good choice. 👍
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@iusemybrain@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-17 15:09
Welcome to Linux! Heres your starting package Whenever you get recommended a text editor, VIM, emacs, or nano will at least be mentioned once, and yes we are in a brutal war so there will be backlash. That said, We can all agree on one thing, fuck IDEs. Init users will recommend anything other than systemd, and that is another war in itself. Distro-hoppers will try and justify themselves changing distros when in reality they fucked a package installation and just want to redo everything. They may also do it to try out a new desktop environment not realizing you can just install the desktop environment in a terminal without going to a new distro.
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@horus_son_of_isis@lemmy.world 2026-10-28 21:41
Go ahead and get your neighbor to set up printing.