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  • Matrix is great, but yeah, you’re gunna struggle to find really active communities depending on what you are focused on.

    I can get a few of my close friends on Matrix, but the real issue is most of the FOSS and tech communities I’m a part of are on Discord.

    It’s rapidly enshitifying though, so might not be long before I leave it for good.









  • For me, Mint offers everything good about Ubuntu without any of the bad.

    That being said, I don’t hate it, but I also don’t recommend it ever to people. The pitfalls that can come up from Snaps, plus the default layout of Gnome, are reasons why a brand new Linux user might struggle with it unless they are already somewhat of a techie.

    For ex-windows users like my parents who aren’t tech savvy, I just install Mint, set up their shortcuts and desktop icons, and away they go, happy little penguins.




  • Been 100% Linux for over 3 years. All my servers, my fancy gaming PC, my personal laptop, my side business laptop, my work laptop, my Steam Deck, all Linux.

    No dual boot, I have a single Windows VM on my work laptop to test Windows apps because my workplace is a Windows shop.

    I don’t miss Windows even a little bit. I am so much more free and enjoy computing way more now.


  • I doubt this is a real post, but on the off chance it is, sorry you’re having issues, but Linux probably isn’t for you.

    You’re obviously very enraged and not really interested in actually getting help for any issues you’re having. You started your post screaming at Linux for not making sense to you, you haven’t described what hardware you are trying to use.

    You only described your issues with Debian and Manjaro, neither of which are beginner-friendly distros and aren’t often suggested to brand new Linux users.

    If you want to describe your issues in more detail, one at a time, with info about your hardware, your distro and version, and what the exact errors you are getting are, you might get some folks chiming in to help. But coming on here, posting a rage-filled wall of text ranting about how angry Linux has made you, that’s not productive for anybody.

    If that seems like too much work, then sad to say, Windows will be your home for the time being.


  • That’s a pretty weak machine. Linux Mint is my #1 recommendation for new Linux users, especially former Windows users. It’s what I moved my parents to on their very old computer and it works great.

    Try the default Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop first, but if it seems really slow, go with the XFCE version.

    You really need to use an SSD in that laptop if possible, it will speed things up to a usable level. Also, if the RAM is upgradable, you should put 8GB minimum in it. DDR3 laptop sticks are dirt cheap, you can get them online for $20-$30 for 8GB sticks.

    Same with SSDs, get a 1000GB brand new SSD for $50-$60, it will make everything much more responsive.




  • Snaps are a standard for apps that Ubuntu’s parent company, Canonical, has been trying to push for years.

    The issue that most people have with them, is that Canonical controls the servers, which are closed source. Meaning that only they can distribute Snap software, which many Linux users feel violates the spirit & intention of the wider free and open source community.

    Appimages and Flatpaks are fully open source standards, anybody can package their software in those ways and distribute them however they want.

    .deb files are software packaged for the Debian distribution, and frequently also work with other distros that are based on Debian, like Linux Mint.




  • I love Mint, it has become my workhorse distro. I use LMDE on my personal business laptop. I switched my parents from Windows 10 to Mint earlier this year, and it’s been great on their very old and low power desktop.

    Cinnamon is not the prettiest or slickest DE, but damn if it ain’t the most stable DE I’ve used.

    I’m a KDE fanboi myself, but when I spin up a machine that I need to just work in a super dependable way and is no muss, no fuss, I usually choose Mint with Cinnamon.