Here Linux Mint is Existing Again, so I am Back Using It Again.
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Not only have the earlier problems that drove me away from Linux Mint been solved, but Mint has become what I have always dreamed it would one day become, a distribution for basic Windows computer users.

EDIT: This article is not by me, just a site whose feed I subscribe to.

Cheapskate’s Guide to Computers - Here Linux Mint is Existing Again, so I am Back Using It Again

When new versions of Mint came out, I upgraded as one would expect, but when Mint 17.3 began behaving badly on all my computers back in 2015 or 2016, I stopped using it. Instead, I went back to Mint 17.1 and stayed there for as long as I could. Finally, in late 2019 or early 2020 when version 17.1 was no longer supported sufficiently for me to install new applications, I had to give up on Mint completely and move to Parrot OS.

Two months ago, I decided to test the most recent version of Mint. That was Mint 22.1, and I chose the MATE desktop environment, which uses the Metacity windows manager. To my shock, the problems have finally been fixed after nearly a decade! I don’t know who the Mint team had to fire to make Mint work again, but whoever it was, thank god they did! So, since here Mint is existing again, I am back using it again.

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Any ideas of when they actually fixed the issues? Not trying to be rude. Just curious if you kept an eye on those issues you were having?

    • klu9OPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I should have made it clear, that article isn’t by me, just a site whose feed I follow.

      Personally I was using Mint around 2007-2009. Switched to Peppermint because IIRC I wanted something lighter to allow running Windows in a VM for that one piece of Windows software I needed for work.

      Then over a decade in Windows 7 & 8, quit when 8 reached end-of-life (January 2023?) and there was no way in hell I was going to “upgrade” to the anti-user 10 or 11.

      Spent time in Zorin Lite & Lubuntu before returning to Mint (Xfce 21.3) summer of 2024. (Tired of video and external monitor issues in LXQt.) Now on Mint 22.1 Xfce.

      • andrewta@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        oh whoops. i should have figured that out by myself.

        side note:

        I put in linux mint about 6 or so months ago on an external usb drive. Boots slow as molasses in winter. but that is only because it’s on the external drive. no doubt about that.

        I’m going to have a solid state drive installed into my computer then install (or rather reinstall) linux mint on that drive. I’m currently on windows 10. When windows 10 hits end of life in sept Linux will already be there and I won’t be upgrading to windows 11. I already have done the testing to make sure all my software works in linux. Plus the hardware works. Just doing it a step at a time so I don’t screw myself.

        • klu9OPEnglish
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          1 day ago

          Last year, replacing an HDD killed by constant Windows 11 churning with an SSD onto which I put Mint was my first ever hardware modification.

          It was surprisingly easy, and Mint was super speedy, where Win 11 was super slow (like, 15-30 seconds between clicking on something and getting a reaction).

          Good luck with your transition!