Linux Mint

Out of curiosity I’ve just installed Cinnamon on an old HP Pavillion G4 laptop. Took the Windows 10 SSD out and put in a blank SSD. Did an OEM install from a bootable thumb drive. On restart, couldn’t find the WiFi adapter so had to connect to the router by cable and find a driver. Besides that, it was fairly straightforward.

So far it seems fine. Just need to spend some time with it now and see whether it grows on me or not.
 
I've just replaced Windows 11 with Ubuntu 24 on a Dell.

Faster, smoother and much more fun! ;)
 
I think we probably all enjoy tinkering and installing a new OS. Half the fun of it is getting it just so. I'm currently running Kubuntu on my spare computer. Ubuntu is Gnome and Kubuntu, KDE Plasma. I never thought I would be one of those that knew the difference. :D
 
Plain Nev said:
I think we probably all enjoy tinkering and installing a new OS. Half the fun of it is getting it just so. I'm currently running Kubuntu on my spare computer. Ubuntu is Gnome and Kubuntu, KDE Plasma. I never thought I would be one of those that knew the difference. :D
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I had a very brief tinker with Ubuntu years ago as it came installed on a little Acer Aspire ONE computer. Came across this in a cupboard a few weeks ago, charged it up and hey presto! still works though it does need a new battery. Also, my older brother mentioned he was considering a Linux install on one of his machines, so had to have another go.

My main computer these days is an M2 MacBook Air, which the best laptop I've used to date (and I've had more than quite a few over the last 35+ years). Was using a iMac27 until I retired it a few months ago. Missus has an Asus Windows 11 laptop which is fine.

The laptop I'm using for this Linux install is my wife's old Windows machine. It came with Windows 8 which I upgraded to Windows 10 a few years ago. To speed things up, I swapped out the HDD, fitted a Crucial MX500 1GB SSD a while ago and it's been OK.

Now of course, Win 10 is no longer officially supported and the machine is apparently missing the TPM 2.0 (?) function so going to Windows 11 isn't a simple option (not sure I want it anyway). So, prime candidate for trying a Linux install, which is what I'm typing this post on.

I'm using the Brave internet browser at present. Have downloaded DarkTable (tried it before when I got my MacBook, prefer LrC but of course not available for Linux) will probably get GIMP (again have used it before but would prefer PS if only it were available). Was already using Libre Office in Windows and MacOS, so now also have it for Linux.

Onward...
 
I honestly wouldn't go back to Windows at this point. I think you'd have to be mad! I'm running Mint on this one, and it's simple and unobtrusive. I remember when Windows used to be like that. :D
 
Talking simple and unobtrusive, quite while ago, an operating system, VMS, PR1MOS, UNIVAC EXEC and the the rest, provided an exceptionally stable platform for for all applications; a robust interface for input, storage, printing, programming languages and communications, an editor to create functional command files, access to low level functionality and the ability to create text files. That's what an operating system should do. The original operating system concept has been corrupted into a hybrid where applications and operating system are confusingly intertwined with incomprehensible and disastrously overlapping functionality and bloat.
 
PeterSpencer said:
....into a hybrid where applications and operating system are confusingly intertwined with incomprehensible and disastrously overlapping functionality and bloat.
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Indeed.

We were told that graphic user interfaces were going to increase productivity... :headbang:
 
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