• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    At some point, I need to get around to installing Mint on my desktop. Maybe this weekend, but probably not.

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      10 days ago

      It was extremely easy when I did it. Had everything running in 20 min. The real drag was me wanting to use a more efficient file system, so I spent a day converting my drives to ext4.

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      10 days ago

      The main problem for most people when installing Linux is partitioning. Normies usually only use Windows that has been pre-installed, and never install Windows from scratch.

      I think you should try Linux on a VM first to get used to it.

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        10 days ago

        I’ve got a Windows 11 laptop as well, so it’s not a big issue if I brick the machine.

        I’m just gonna jump in head first. When I get around to it.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zip
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      10 days ago

      It’s pretty straight forward if you don’t do anything else, get a fresh new drive just for it. I’ve been using Mint for a few weeks now and honestly other than some glitch i keep experience here and there(steam store page is noticeably slower and laggier for some reason, and sound glitch that require restart to get rid of) and some initial setup fiddling to suit me, i really doesn’t notice any different than what i’ve been doing in win10.

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      10 days ago

      Yeah, my pc has been sitting around for over two months. I think I’m gonna go with Cachy on my machine, just need to find some time 😫