And of course I’m installing Linux on it. Install went well, even the fingerprint sensor built in to the laptop works.
Mostly this will be a school and DND machine but always nice to have a functional laptop for whatever else I may need it for.
And of course I’m installing Linux on it. Install went well, even the fingerprint sensor built in to the laptop works.
Mostly this will be a school and DND machine but always nice to have a functional laptop for whatever else I may need it for.
Thinkpads are awesome. They aren’t as good as they used to be, but they still work great for linux.
Why mint?
I use mint as my “TV room” OS. It’s worked pretty well so far.
Mostly for compatibility and ease of use. I don’t wanna fiddle with things if I don’t have to. Wanted it to be stable. Ive also been thinking about switching to mint on my main machine so this is also kind of a test run. I tried mint years ago but it didn’t work well for me back then.
I know, not the place for distro evangelism, but maybe give bazzite a whirl or some other immutable fedora variant, sorry, Mint is just Ubuntu Lite, if you really like it, go Debian Sid or something.
At least with an immutable you can distrro-hop with distrobox. Just saying.
I’m not a fan of immutable distros tbh. I know they are the most “ease of use” you can get but at the same time, if I really want to change something, I can.
And IMO, I like Ubuntu. Wide compatibility and is stable. Thats what I like. I could take or leave Canonical though.
Fair cop, use what you like, it’s not a religion.
I wouldn’t go with ‘ease of use’ personally, it’s more can’t break the main OS. I tend to do dev work in distroboxes, different workflow, but you never end up rebooting to a broken system and you can install wild dependencies without guilt. Works for me. YMMV.
I love the discourse here, it’s so nice to see. Not only because I, too, am a Mint user for practical purposes (MATE flavour, even, in spite of running on pretty modern hardware).
By the way, I am obligated to commend you on your username, cap’n. It’s not much, but it’s enough, right?
Can you give an example of a Linux distro that isn’t stable, that you have to “fiddle” with?
TempleOS?
Gentoo is great. I can configure it exactly the way I want. I switched to it after redhat went enterprise and never looked back. Stage 1 install.
However, sometimes packages get out of sync an I have build problems that need to be diagnosed.
Sometimes some packages get deprecated & I have to redo my configuration.
Deprecating python 2.7 was especially fun.
Back in the day, manual config of x11 was needed and that was fun. Back in the redhat days, the x11 configuration was in multiple places which was confusing.
Sound still is erratic after the laptop goes to sleep.
I did a manual transition from X to Wayland and that took a bit of learning.
Stop it.
Get some help.
— Michael Jordan
What?
You know exactly what. Feigning dismay at the down votes emphasizes the fact. But in case you’re truly unable to read the room - don’t be that Linux guy that drives people away from the community by being a pompous dildo. It’s unbecoming, highlights your fedora, and is the reason you don’t have any friends, Kevin.
What on earth are you talking about? 😆 You have no idea who I am or how many friends I have lmao. I have more than I have time to keep up with, sadly. It’s hard with two small kids and a family.
Anyway, I really was just asking a question. What the fuck did I say that people take offense to? Please read the room aloud for me, if you could? Without being a rude prick?
Edit: I went through your comment history a bit, because name calling is usually a huge red flag for me, indicating that someone has a social problem and isn’t worth my time. Seems like you really like name calling, and you like to call people out loudly when they don’t understand something that you do. You pride yourself on your intellect, I imagine. And it makes you feel good when you put people down that don’t have an intellect that measures up to your own, especially if yours gets challenged, even a little bit, by someone else. Instant defensive mode.
I think I might cancel my request for you to tell me what was wrong with what I said. I’ll ask someone else that comes along. Thanks for dropping by, though.
(Also seems like you’re more of a Linux nerd than I am, so joke’s on you. 😅 Peace. ✌️)
Case in point.
Bruh, you have no case. Go away, troll.