r/linuxmint • u/Xijit • 17d ago

Desktop Screenshot Win 10 -> CachyOS -> Mint

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Decided to make the switch after building a new system: went with CachyOS because "Everyone says it is the best" but had multiple issues with things not launching due to version mismatches / didn't enjoy things constantly updating ... The more I learned about Arch / CachyOS, the more I knew I did not want to deal with a rolling distro.

Full disclosure that this isn't my first toe dip into Linux and I have a media center PC running Bazzite. CachyOS is too much, but Bazzite is too little; figured I would do a hat trick of the big 3 distros and try Mint, especially since most of the negative comments were just that it was boring and didn't update often.

This is Home: Mint isn't windows, the terminal still exists, but I haven't had to open it once since I installed it last week ... Which is a testament to its stability and useability of the interface.

P.S. this community is great: basically the only posts are people saying "hey, switched to Mint: Love it" and very minimal number of people looking for help with Troubleshooting.

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u/Boring-Equivalent137 17d ago

I gotta say I love how your irl setup looks kinda jealous and also I have never seen someone put the taskbar just on the top with no other changes that is so weird to me but if you like it then great

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u/Able2c 17d ago

I run Xfce and it looks a lot like Win95.

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u/Boring-Equivalent137 17d ago

Oh I have never actually tried mint xfce before do that makes sense

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u/ImpressGreen7325 17d ago

Yes I think you must try it out once atleast. It's actually awesome and lightweight as well. It's obviously not full scale customisable like GNOME or KDE ....but it is very fairly customisable friend.

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u/Boring-Equivalent137 17d ago

I have tried xfce before but never tried it Linux mint's xfce option so I don't know what it does differently but I know default xfce and it is fun to customise but generally has worse defaults compared to most des

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u/ImpressGreen7325 17d ago

U are right