cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18008132
The Linux Mint team has just released Linux Mint 22, a new major version of the free Linux distribution. With Windows 10’s end of support coming up quickly next year, at least some users may consider making the switch to Linux.
While there are other options, paying Microsoft for extended support or upgrading to Windows 11, these options are not available for all users or desirable.
Linux Mint 22 is a long-term service release. Means, it is supported until 2029. Unlike Microsoft, which made drastic changes to the system requirements of Windows 11 to lock out millions of devices from upgrading to the new version, Linux Mint will continue to work on older hardware, even after 2029.
Here are the core changes in Linux Mint 22:
- Based on the new Ubuntu 24.04 package base.
- Kernel version is 6.8.
- Software Manager loads faster and has improved multi-threading.
- Unverified Flatpaks are disabled by default.
- Preinstalled Matrix Web App for using chat networks.
- Improved language support removes any language not selected by the user after installation to save disk space.
- Several under-the-hood changes that update libraries or software.
I think is is not a good option if it doesnt have every setting in a GUI. KDE Plasma also cant achieve that, but its better
Haven’t tried, I’ll take your word for it.
I like that Mint even has GUI for adding and managing apt sources and signing keys. Something that probably doesn’t get used much because whenever you need to do it, there’s only instructions for doing it by commandline.
I’d say then YaST is your friend but SUSE has overwhelming issues by not labeling settings as being common tweaks or advances options. Well… Maybe it’s better these days. I don’t think about SUSE that often. It just always stays on my horizon as being pretty much good enough for anything I’m interested in doing without it being perfect
Get me Adobe CC on it and I’ll switch in an instant
Well I guess I’m also a bit lazy because I could already have dual booted it…
https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
GIMP | https://www.gimp.org
Inkscape | https://inkscape.org
Krita | https://krita.org
Scribus | https://www.scribus.net
Blender | https://www.blender.org
Et cetera
Linux mint might be many things but it’s definitely not ‘attractive’
I mean… I like it. Eye candy is in the eyes of the beholder. Just out of curiosity what’s your pick for most attractive distro?
Any that uses a modern de? Mint still looks and behaves like it’s from windows xp days. And for a distro touted to be easy to use as a windows user, it has design quirks (unclickable address bar in file manager, not installing proprietary nvidia drivers etc) that create unnecessary friction.
Just out of curiosity, what do you consider a modern DE? Like not trying to start beef, I’m actually factually curious and I think am currently being confronted with that I’m an old man now. For transparency here’s basically my categorizations:
Ancient
- CDE
- ROX
- Enlightenment
- GNUstep
Real Old, Not Technically Abandonware, But Let’s Be Real Here
- Sugar
Long in the Tooth, But Still Developed
- XFCE
- LXDE
- MATE (My beloved)
Almost Modern, But Basically Abandonware
- Unity
- Pantheon
Modern
- KDE
- Cinnamon
Hypermodern
These follow development patterns that lead me to consider them bullshit
- GNOME (Stop breaking APIs, you jackasses!)
Why?
(Probably to be condemned in the future to "Almost Modern, Basically Abandomware, but I may be wrong, what do I know?)
- Deepin
I disagree that it’s not attractive.
https://i.postimg.cc/NtDfpJX5/Screenshot-from-2023-11-18-09-03-56.png
Too bad I hate FlatPak
Install it then upgrade it. I’ll wait. Then tell me more about how it’s an excellent and stable win11 replacement. Personally still on 10. If I were to move to nix I’d probably move to zorin. I’m a sucker for pretty UI and OS that just work.
I fix shit all day at my job, I don’t want to come home and have to fix more shit (I’m looking directly at you, freebsd).
