Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop From The Landfill

On Thu, 6/26/2025 7:28 AM, Alan K. wrote:

On 6/25/25 8:46 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

Another daily-diary article, this time trying out a few Linux distros
that might offer a less painful transition for Windows users
<https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/before-windows-10-goes-eol-im-testing-three-alternative-linux-distros-to-save-my-6-year-old-laptop-from-the-landfill>.
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A lot of the time, it seems to me, the hardest step for a Windows user
is copying a bootable Linux image (either live OS or installer) onto a
USB stick. What would be a quick, easy job on Linux itself requires a
fair bit of faffing about with third-party tools on Windows.

I'm partial to Linux Mint.  I've tried a few, MX Linux KDE seems to have worked fine, and I have it as one of my 3 boot options.   However Mint still gives me a more Windows feel, not that I love Windows but I'm used to it since getting off of DOS.
 
Linux Mint Cinnamon version.
 

I prefer Mint to Ubuntu. Ubuntu has lost its way,
in terms of being a customer-friendly distro.

It's not even a matter of the appearance, of it being
"something a Windows user could use". They're both
visually good enough for the job, but the Ubuntu one,
the staff just do things to please themselves... which
should sound familiar.

Imagine for example, making people download a 6GB DVD,
then after the OS is "installed", you download 3GB of
the files over again.

Only a crack addict would do it this way. It would be
<cough> more acceptable, to download a 3GB DVD,
then download 3GB more files. Not quite as embarrassing.
Imagine a twit on Hughes satellite, with a low-cap
and a sad look on their face. Not good.

The Ubuntu digestion problem, is caused by SNAPS. They
made the DE, into a SNAP. Then, if you install a single
package that needs DE libraries, hundreds of megabytes of
libraries that are inside the DE SNAP, are re-downloaded
to support your poor little utility. Crack addicts.

   Paul