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Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” released

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Re: Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” released

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Post by jburky »

stallmanite wrote: post #3

Would encourage anybody on Ubuntu to give Linux Mint a try. It’s displaced Lubuntu as my go to distribution due to it being very polished overall while still being about as lightweight and fast as Lubuntu or Xubuntu.

Have you tried Pop!_OS? I’m currently running it on my Thinkpad X1 Extreme gen 2 and it’s been delightful.

Edit: misspelled gen

Edit2: smooth Firefox scrolling provided by MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 ... turn off smooth scrolling in Firefox settings

Re: Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” released

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Post by Epskampie »

stallmanite wrote: post #3

Would encourage anybody on Ubuntu to give Linux Mint a try. It’s displaced Lubuntu as my go to distribution due to it being very polished overall while still being about as lightweight and fast as Lubuntu or Xubuntu.

Sorry, but would like to advice the other way. I started out on ubuntu, but tried mint the last year. Now I’m going back to ubuntu with some gnome extensions, here’s why. Desktop linux in general has many quirks and bugs, and mint, being less mainstream, even more so. I’ve experienced many subtle errors with drag & drop, multiscreen support, windows remaining in the taskbar after being closed, etc. In my experience ubuntu has less of these, and with ‘dash to panel’ and ‘arc menu’ installed you’ve basicly got 90% of the mint experience anyway.

No disrespect to any of the hardworking mint people intended, their work clearly fills a need.

Re: Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” released

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Post by wetpaws »

Epskampie wrote: post #5
stallmanite wrote: post #3

Would encourage anybody on Ubuntu to give Linux Mint a try. It’s displaced Lubuntu as my go to distribution due to it being very polished overall while still being about as lightweight and fast as Lubuntu or Xubuntu.

Sorry, but would like to advice the other way. I started out on ubuntu, but tried mint the last year. Now I’m going back to ubuntu with some gnome extensions, here’s why. Desktop linux in general has many quirks and bugs, and mint, being less mainstream, even more so. I’ve experienced many subtle errors with drag & drop, multiscreen support, windows remaining in the taskbar after being closed, etc. In my experience u…

On a contrary, been using LM19 cinnamon for a year and I found it rock solid.

Re: Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” released

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Post by 8bitsrule »

Epskampie wrote: post #5
stallmanite wrote: post #3

Would encourage anybody on Ubuntu to give Linux Mint a try. It’s displaced Lubuntu as my go to distribution due to it being very polished overall while still being about as lightweight and fast as Lubuntu or Xubuntu.

Sorry, but would like to advice the other way. I started out on ubuntu, but tried mint the last year. Now I’m going back to ubuntu with some gnome extensions, here’s why. Desktop linux in general has many quirks and bugs, and mint, being less mainstream, even more so. I’ve experienced many subtle errors with drag & drop, multiscreen support, windows remaining in the taskbar after being closed, etc. In my experience u…

Not my experience with Mint Xfce, which I've used, along with Xubuntu, since V.12. Mint's focus on stability for the user has long been a primary consideration. EG the 'Timeshift' backup utility has been very helpful.

While I haven't used it, the Cinnamon desktop has been very attractive to Linux newcomers - recently a rapidly-growing group.

Re: Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” released

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Post by raffraffraff »

jburky wrote: post #4
stallmanite wrote: post #3

Would encourage anybody on Ubuntu to give Linux Mint a try. It’s displaced Lubuntu as my go to distribution due to it being very polished overall while still being about as lightweight and fast as Lubuntu or Xubuntu.

Have you tried Pop!_OS? I’m currently running it on my Thinkpad X1 Extreme gen 2 and it’s been delightful. Edit: misspelled gen Edit2: smooth Firefox scrolling provided by MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 ... turn off smooth scrolling in Firefox settings

Off topicbut... My work laptop is a ThinkPad P1 gen 2 and nvidia graphics is a nightmare. Battery life is abysmal with it enabled, and you can't use an external monitor with it disabled. My last system upgrade just completely broke, and it hangs on startup unless I boot to recovery mode to blacklist the Nvidia module. I seriously hate this laptop. My (personal) 2015 MacBook still runs Linux like a champ.
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