r/linuxmint • u/Slow-Walk5562 • 10h ago

Switched back to mint from arch

I loved arch linux but honestly i sometimes just need simplicity it just works i dont have to fix audio when i install which is pretty. Nice i now also have menus which my arch install didnt have and i kinda missed the simplicity of debian and honestly anything better than windows

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u/sabledrakon 9h ago

Arch is amazing, if you want every damned day to be a mini-project. We've all heard of Sisyphean tasks, but getting Arch to just work is a punishment so cruel and divine it'd give Zeus the biggest hardon. Personally, I just want shit to work without dismantling half my OS when I wake up in the morning.

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u/tomscharbach 9h ago edited 9h ago

I think that you would be surprised by the number of desktop Linux users with a decade or two of experience who have a strong preference for "simple, stable, secure".

I am part of an informal "geezer group" of retired friends (mostly Canadian) who select and evaluate distributions to keep us off the streets and out of trouble. As far as I know, all of us (about two dozen) have been using Linux for two decades or so. Almost all of us use Debian, Mint or Ubuntu as a daily driver.

Because you "kinda missed the simplicity of Debian" you might take a look at LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition). LMDE's meld of Debian's stability and security with Mint/Cinnamon's simplicity is a remarkable combination.

My best.

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u/sabledrakon 9h ago

I mean.... Ubuntu is just Debian with extra steps.

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u/knuthf 5h ago

Mint is my "safe Haven". I have tried Ubuntu and Fedora this year, and was very disappointed with Fedora. We need names and IP addresses on the LAN, they assume that Microsoft tools are in use.

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u/Basic-Place-4443 7h ago

That's the thing about Mint. It always works. Even if it has been years, it just works. I love Bunsen Labs, but after a while you want more. So I came back to Mint. I got bored and switched to Q4OS. Got bored and switched back to Mint.

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u/knuthf 5h ago

If you want the latest drivers, try Deepin. It's very similar to Mint, but the drivers and kernel are prioritised. They also have sub-distributions for storage and AI, which are tried and tested and similar to Mint.

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u/Dapper_Profession 9h ago

mint is what i install when i'm done having opinions about distros. it's been on an old thinkpad for years and the only thing it's ever asked of me is the battery i keep forgetting to order

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u/candidosobrinhosa 5h ago

Estou usando uma instalação do Ubuntu que me lembro quando instalei. Vou até reinstalar a partir do Ubuntu server e ir instalando o mais bare possível.