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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I really need to stop putting it off and install Linux on my PC and laptops

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Linux Mint would like a word. Best choice tech wise I ever made. Shit just works and it's dead simple, polished, easy to learn and read programs. Fuck Windows. I will never go back. Make the jump!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That's good to know. Mint was going to be my distro of choice

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I'm between living locations and can't carry my desktop around.

So I grabbed an old laptop and put Linux mint on it. It's been near perfect. Extremely smooth experience.

It detected my printer and auto installed. I installed steam and played Terraria without issue. Small performance problem but I don't have a GPU. Even works good with my docking station.

My only complaint is the audio device doesn't switch automatically when I dock/undock.

I'd recommend making a USB and boot into it for a test drive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How many laptops do you own lol?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Families exist. I'm the "IT guy" for 3 people using laptops

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, exactly.

(Kinda unrelated side note: Nobody around me is getting that all these apps are STUPID and MAKES YOU THE PRODUCT. Just why are they critisizing without even trying them?)