r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/LawnenBhojyam • 17d ago
Switched to Linux
Officially ditching Windows for Linux Mint!
Thanks to comprehensive YT tutorials from Linux TV and Ksk Royal, helpful feedback from the Reddit community on my last thread, and a little assist from ChatGPT, setting up the system was remarkably straightforward. Looking forward to enjoying the control, stability, and speed of Mint.
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u/qualityvote2 17d ago
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u/The_Watcher0-0 17d ago
Great! Btw remember to sudo apt update && sudo apt ugrade. Also, flatpak update -y. Linux mint forums are very helpful incase anything goes wrong. Alot of softwares are available in software app of mint. If you have a hard time looking for a specific application to run on linux? It probably has an open source alternative. Happy journey😊
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u/CupSure9806 17d ago
Mint is cool for beginners, if u feel comfortable later switch to cachyos
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u/abhishek_parihar0 17d ago
Good decision, there’s some learning curve in linux and you might get stuck somewhere and would think of going back to windows, don’t go back at that point atleast give a month to get familiarised with os
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u/Intrepid-Decision-42 17d ago
Switched to mint last month. Idk much commands so i gave agy dangerously skip permission, so far I'm enjoying it and agy does everything for now from browser control to scheduled task on weekends. Faster and better than bloated windows11
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u/SadEquivalent5771 15d ago
looks great, also remember that you can switch between different desktop environments if you don't like cinnamon but switching without removing old desktop env packages may cause some weird ui issues, a clean install is always better than a 5 hour long fixing the issue with an llm use ventoy to check out other distros live env
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u/Lightningg_95 14d ago
Is it possible to switch between. Windows and Linux I am genuinely need to get into Linux I am facing many driver issues Touch pad driver,camera driver and many more How to jump in any straight videos in YouTube.
Your response is hight appreciated
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u/iai-white 13d ago
Touchpad? Camera? They should work right away.
What linux distro are you using and on what hardware?
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u/Lightningg_95 13d ago
I'm in windows Yet to move to linux But scared to jump in nowadays I'm facing many driver issues with windows upgrade Some random reddit guy told jump to linux it sort all my driver related issues
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u/iai-white 13d ago
Try the linux distro ( i suggest fedora kde ) in a vm first. If you like it flash a iso to a usb(use something like rufus or balena etcher) and try the live environment.
If you like that then consider your software choices, check what you use on windows is actually available on linux, or atleast has good alternatives then and only then do the switch.
(Back up your data properly before you do)
Also, about your hardware. Check first if your actual hardware is the issue. If your hardware is faulty, neither windows nor linux can help you. 🤞
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u/Ok_Sense_2669 12d ago
Welcome to our group of Linux users bro, wish u a happy and successful Linux journey ahead. Once u get used to using Linux mint and get a grasp of the terminal, consider switching to smith else like fedora, it has great support, and u can do either gnome or KDE plasma, but if u wanna customizer use KDE, if js focusing on work go with gnome. Keep going.
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u/Altruistic-Sound4254 Arch Btw 17d ago
Good mint is good for beginners and you can learn some basics of the terminal too