Some experiences switching to Linux Mint

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Friday, August 15th, 2025, 2:26 PM4 months ago

So as of late, I've been switching my computer to Linux Mint. So far, it's been a very trying experience, with data corruption, lost passwords (which were thankfully recovered), nearly messing up my PC, finding out various programs that I use that should work just simply don't... No amount of extensive research on the topic could have prepared me for the chaos of the past couple weeks lol.


I must confess, it's almost kind of... not worth the effort, but I figured as Windows 10 comes to a close, I wanted to get out and try something new, and there's plenty to enjoy about the experience I think. Just a little bummed about everything else, and I'm almost terrified of trying to load up my music software and all my plugins for it...Capizza sad

But otherwise, I feel like the lighter size of the OS is pretty nice, and things are a lot easier to work with these days than it was 15 some odd years ago when I tried Ubuntu lol. I'm keeping a diary of all problems I encounter (of which are count is copious) and how to fix them, for future reference.

Do any of you use linux? How is it for you?

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