I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by mixmastamyk on Saturday January 10, 2026 @03:18PM (#46569515)

I've been recommending Mint/Cinnamon over Ubuntu for years now. Its wifi widget does not do this, nor does it use snap.

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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by hexbin010 on Saturday January 10, 2026 @03:58PM (#46569863)

Mint is really polished

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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by mft_ on Saturday January 10, 2026 @05:21PM (#46570501)

I jumped on the Linux bandwagon with my main work laptop last week, when my perfectly fine (I thought) Windows 11 installation nuked itself without warning (possibly related to merely opening Teams).

I somewhat randomly chose Mint, and a few oddities aside; it’s been a pretty good experience.

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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by zekrioca on Sunday January 11, 2026 @12:09AM (#46572860)

I was really surprised with how well polished Mint is. Everything worked out of the box very snappy.

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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by shimman on Sunday January 11, 2026 @12:42AM (#46573004)

Mint is my preferred OS for my homelab. Nice to have a decent GUI to plug into when using a KVM switch.

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