I'm convinced the cinnamon desktop is the only linux desktop that the developers of it actually use. It's not missing anything and is straightforward and I've never had any issues with it.
I started my linux journey with Mint, then later I searched for the best distro/desktop for my needs and ended up with Mint Cinnamon, so I went full circle. Sum it up Cinnamon is the only desktop which is just works out of the box, change some settings, install some widgets and it's good to go. My 2nd choice would be Mate edition. I tried several distros, even SUSE, but I don't see the point to use a distro just to modify 100 things to my liking, I rather use a distro which is already fits for my needs 95%. The only distro what I didn't try is Fedora, I first tried to install like 15 years ago, no luck installing it, then tried 6 years ago, failed to install both on my laptop and my PC so I gave up on them. They couldn't even create a working live or install CD what 99% of other distros can.
Here's one thing I think most people don't know: In the calendar/clock applet, if you select custom format, you can use %n to move to the next line. So if you want a Windows/KDE like clock with date on the bottom, just simply add %n%d.%m.%y (or a similar variation, if your date format is different). %n = new line %d = day %m = month %y = year
It is like the prime cleanest experience I have had on Linux, close second is Kubuntu and right now I am on Debian which is much clunkier but I find myself missing the Mint experience!
Not sure if someone has already answered your question about scaling at 1080p but here's the solution: I found that if you want scaling at 125%, 150% or 175% in Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, you have to Open the Display Settings window, then go to the Settings tab and then enable the 'Enable Fractional Scaling Controls (experimental)' option. You will then have all scaling options available to you.
Mint user here for 10+ years. Great video! To answer your Monitor Scaling question, yes. If you have your display set to 4k, you get 4 options: 100%, 125%, 150% and of course 200%. I have this PC on a 65" 4k TV. I like to keep it at 1080p and 100%. At 4k resolution it seems 125% is good but a lot of things don't scale up and are very tiny. The monitor scaling is still experimental, however, so I believe it will continue to improve.
I've found that the scaling doesn't work that well, though its mostly X11's fault there. I end up on some devices just lowering the resolution manually (like my surface go) but there is an app to help scale the pannels and UI as well called "UI Scaler" that does ok
With only one 4K display connected I can upscale to 400% if i have a second display it wont go beyong 200%. I would like to be able tp upscale 2 displays one at 1080p to 200% and the 4K 65" to 400%
I must agree your first statement. Linux Mint is the best distro for everyone who's not interested in playing with distros. I have an old laptop where I test various distros to find a better one. I still haven't found one to beat Mint.
@guitarszen "There are numbers of distros that are just fine." Sure, depending on what you want. I just want an OS with minimum effort on my part. A rolling release does not fill that requirement.
@@AquaFyrre And it also _is_ one of the best for anyone coming from Windows. I for one found it easy to learn. Now later, I've found Mint easy to tailor to my liking.
I've settled with Mint on my laptop's primary partition. The second one is dedicaded for distros testing around. I found Mint more pleasing to use as it was my first Linux OS
from Brazil, I've loved your videos since 2010. Yes, I've been following you since 2010 when you were a teenager. I saw your evolution and I would like to see more of your videos.😉
You can turn on window grouping on Linux Mint XFCE by visiting: Settings Manager --> Panel ---> Items --> Window buttons --> Group windows by application This makes it more like Windows where multiple instances of the same program are grouped together.
I’m new to Linux Mint…. Transparent Panels and Dynamic Wallpaper - check; Nala - check; LocalSend - Oh hell yeah! Thank you thank you thank you. Now my iPad, Mac Mini, Windows Laptop and Linux Mint can share files easily. No more uploading and downloading from cloud accounts.
Apologies if someone else has pointed this out: to enable fractional scaling in Cinnamon, you have to go to the Settings tab on the Display Settings dialog and flip a toggle to make fractional scaling available on the Layout tab. 125% scaling works well for me on my 13" 1920x1080 60 Hz laptop display.
@@pratikshashinde4737 If you use KDE Plasma with Wayland, fractional scaling is blurry. On Cinnamon, the reason why it is not blurry is because Cinnamon's Fractional Scaling is basically 'super resolution'. It scales everything up and then shrinks them down.
@@TonyMaroney It has other problems on Nvidia card. I am waiting for driver 555 which will hopefully solve the flickering issue that some software has. Explicit sync is required badly for Nvidia on Wayland. I am stuck on X11 for now as I can't work with my software flickering all the time. It makes some of my programs useless. And you are correct, the blur problem is solved as of Qt 6.6 according to something I read. I think 6.6 solved the blur problem. I might be wrong. It might be some other Qt version that solved it.
At least as of Mint 22, fractional scaling is a setting you can toggle to get more options beyond 100 and 200. In Display Settings, just switch from the Layout tab to Settings and it should be right there
Pairdrop > Local Send. Was having way too many issues getting Local send to connect. Pairdrop never once had an issue connecting and seeing my iPhone, Andeoid, and Linux Mint desktop. Its so good that I decided to self host it.
One of the available extra themes in Cinnamon is called 'Faded Dream' (through Add/Remove). It gives me some transparency in the panel and also for the menu. I tend to prefer that to using an extension, but each to their own :) Always enjoy your work :)
I never knew that existed, thanks for that. I still prefer the idea of adding the extension version because you can actually change the theme by adding your own desktop wallpaper and still have the transparency.
@@wolfenstein6676 Under 'Themes', the 'Faded Dream' actually only impacts on the bottom 'Desktop' category. You can still change the Pointer, Applications and Icons to suit your chosen wallpaper. I used to use the 'Transparency Extension' myself, but it broke once during a major update, so I stuck to using 'Faded Dream'. But, each to their own :)
@@wolfenstein6676 For what it's worth, 'Faded Dream' has no impact on your wallpaper, you can use whatever wallpaper you like. I also don't use desktop icons, but with 'Faded Dream', the text below any desktop icons you do use also has transparency. And, naturally, you can choose whatever Mouse Pointer, Applications theme, or Icons theme that you want.
I've been running Linux Mint as my main driver for the past twelve years, recently played with Win. 11 and was totally frustrated by how backwards and difficult it was to do simple things.
Linux mint is the all-inclusive package! No other distro has the tools and out of the box so much to offer and is so well maintained! Everything runs stable and super smooth! I am very satisfied and happy! Thank you very much! =))))))))))))))))
I've been through a LOT of distros--- starting in ubuntu and then MINT and on through a whole bunch-- and back FuLL CIRCLE- to LMDE6 and I think I'll stay on this for a good while..
I just gave up on Cinnamon, and got KDE instead. Contrary to what some believe, KDE works perfectly on mint, but you must create a new user to use it with, and only ever use kde on the new account. Reason being is that all of the configuration files for a desktop environment are created once you log into it for the first time, so using more than one DE in the same user profile can make things buggy. But if you create a new user and only use KDE within that user, it just works!
There's some tweaks I do to the menu CSS file to make it thinner / sleaker. Then i put faded dream on. I also tweak the foobar wine launcher to give it more buffer.
Hello I'm new to Linux Mint. How do I get Oblivion and Skyrim to work native on Mint without using a launcher or the internet after installing and how can I get HDR to work on Mint
Nice selection of tweaks to adjust the DE experience. I changed the fonts and that was a please but subtle difference. Might give local send a go too. I can see how that would be useful. Have you considered an LMDE6 v mainstream Mint comparison video?
As a long-time windows user I occasionally used ubuntu or mint. EIther or two, none really set with me until recently, when I use Linux Mint i started to use it since september when they announced the copilot bullshit. Safe to say, I did not regret it since.
Nice, LocalSend is definitely something I will try. I've been using Linux Mint since last week and I love it, coming from Windows. The only thing that bothers me, but that is a Linux issue in general (at least after my research), is the font rendering, it's not nearly as clear as on Windows, not even close.
font rendering is definitely clear or even better than in windows. If your experience differs, look for what to tweak or change the system font, although usually it is not an issue with the fonts, but with scaling, or video driver issues, etc.
there is also qrcp that works through the terminal but you make 2 launchers/icons on the desktop for them..one for SEND and One for RECEIEVE and suddenlly you got Apple Airdrop like features and allow multiple files to be sent quicker than Local Send....I use Local Send Also
@@moetocafe I doubt that. Even in videos about Linux, if the quality is good, you can see their font not being as clear as windows, I switched last week, and still use windows for ~1h daily. For me, it's easy to spot the difference. EDIT: If the font gets bigger, it looks better, sadly don't want the font size 30 /:
@@shi-woonyi2605 you can doubt as much as you wish. I also have to use Windows for work, so I can see if there is a difference too, and there isn't, they look both crisp clear. What you see, is not what everybody else is seeing, remember. Check your screen resolution, if it is native to your monitor, check if any scaling is taking place, check if the fonts you use are clear enough and also check, if LCD screen optimization is enabled. I don't know where that option is in Mint, since I use a different distro, but you can search online if you can't find it.
Used Elementary OS for a couple days, and it didn't work out for me. Now I'm on Mint (Cinnamon), and so far, I'm liking everything. Everything feels cohesive, and well-planned.
Would you be up for a bit of a semi-deep dive into the differences between Normal Mint and LMDE? I am sort ov wavering between the two and don't know if LMDE comes with any major downsides.
The original reason for Ubuntu's existence was difficulty of installing Debian proper, and nonfree firmware, and third-party packages. I think those reasons vanished a long time ago, and Canonical's in-house stuff (snaps, etc.) is not worth messing with. LMDE with the stable-backports repo is rock solid. You might need to be a little comfortable with command-line apt to resolve the occasional odd package conflict, and package updates you read about in Linux news might not arrive for six months.
Hi, 3 min 45sec - I have a Samsung 49" 5120x1440 monitor and still only get 100 and 200% scaling - still like watching your videos - always well presented and easy to follow. 👍
Can't thank you enough for introducing Localsend mate! I've been looking for an alternative to Warpinator since its beta project for iOS seemed to evaporate earlier this year. Localsend works a treat so far. My only gripe is that it's a bloody drive space hogging flatpak! But I've subscribed to your channel anyway :)
I'm currently installing Linux Mint MATE on an old(ish) laptop of mine. This video has been a great help in what to expect and how to ease my access to it when it's done :) Thanks bunches!
Can someone tell me how to change the bloody panel icons to stack in a text list vertical like Windows XP, instead of this bloody horizontal screenshot preview big phat buttons? Nobody likes going up, then across, and this does not scale.
Thank you for this. I have been wondering how to do this. I installed Wobbly windows and it seems to have made my transparent taskbar extension to stop working.
I have a 2K Gigabyte Monitor and it's either 100 or 200 percent scaling. I had to lower the refresh rate on it. At 160 things were blurry with fuzzy font. 120 Hz does the job just fine. And 48 on the panel height did the trick. Thanks! I've been using Mint for years now. Mate, KDE, XFCE and Cinnamon. A week ago I decided to give LMDE a try. Once I got past some weirdness setting up my 3 monitor displays it's been great. Everything else seemed to work right out of the box. It even found my network shares with little effort. That is something I pull my hair out trying to do with other editions. It uses the Cinnamon desk top. This is now my new favorite Mint!
how do I get slippi running reliably, i cant do anything with it, cant find where dolphin is if I need to find it but idk if I need to, and other emulators the settings reset every time i open them
I am new to Linux, so pardon my ignorance. I am using Mint 21.2, fully updated. After installing the gTile extension, I tried to use it but got nowhere. At 5:21 in the video, you looked down at your keyboard and did something, and the gTile window came up. It's sort of like showing people how to bake a cake, and not telling them they have to add baking powder to the dry ingredients. I have no idea what you did. so I can't get the extension to work.
I also add in ZSH or Bash config: alias apt="nala" alias sudo="sudo " (with space after word 'sudo') then normal sudo apt update/upgrade etc. will show as nala output. Pretty useful.
YES--- I LOVE Nala... I hate looking at a screen with nothing but text-- and NALA makes that beautiful- easy for me to read without problems and with my ONE eye now-- I can differentiate from one section to another much easier!!!! GREAT job..
The only packages I had issues with in regards to NALA-- I tried through regular APT and the software manager and had the SAME issues on all 3- so it was NOT Nala that did it.
Improving LINUX experience is the correct title. Localsend and Nala stands out. And Inter font is the font that I install in every linux machine I have.
Totally agree about Linux Mint. I'm a long term Apple user, but with an eye on Linux. Recently, with the need of give a new life to my old MacBook Air (mid 2013), and after trying Lubuntu, I've discovered Linux Mint and I'm fall in love. Really nice, fast and powerful. I'm in learning phase and for now I've installed only Plank to tweak a bit the interface. Next steps are to install UpNote, Lazarus my preferred development tool, Darktable and Gimp for photo management. Very interesting Nala and LocalSend, thanks for this video.
Could you share hot to connect with the USD plugged in my router (like a NAS drive). In windows i run the ip address on the router and it opens the USB folders. Bookmark the link, tag it in networks. Thats all. I see the network option in mint but dont know how to input ipaddress.
3:50 4k is probably next step which allow to choose more scalings. I'm currently on old retina mac (2880x1800) and both ubuntu and mint left me with choice of 100, 200 % and nothing in between
I've recently lost ONE eye and not adjusted fully yet- so Ijust set the ICON sizes where I want them to see comfortably... THAT way the rest of the screen is NORMAL- and I'm not moving it around to see the rest of it.
Thank you for an interesting presentation. Cinnamon seems to have improved. I now use the MATE interface in preference to Cinnamon as I was also using Mint on an older server, and I opted for consistency... but that is now OMV. The other reason I used MATE was the file manager. I like the "Copy to other pane"/"Move to other pane" feature of it's Caja file manager. It is a feature that used to be on the default Cinnamon File Manager, but was dropped. However I am always open to new ideas, and as I am now using higher DPI monitors I will give Cinnamon another go on my old test machine. For my wallpapers, I mostly use photos I have taken myself. Each day is something of a walk through the best things I have photographed in the past.
Thanks for the tips. Local Send looks appealing. Does it act as a "middle-man" by providing cloud storage between devices on your home network? In other words, if I use the app, am I sending files out of my home network to a cloud storage provider, and then back into my home network on another device? Do you have any follow up thoughts on Local Send & cyber security, i.e. - encryption or other features in Local Send that protect data in transit? Does Local Send open any home network security vulnerabilities we should be aware of? I've been using Samba for home network file sharing, and it has been more complicated to set up than I would have guessed. A simple solution would be great if it's secure. Thanks, again!
To turn off the dmmn desktop background and set it to a solid color, go System Settings, click the Settings button, and under Picture Aspect chose No Picture instead of 1.2. It took me 2 hours to figure this out. Under Picture Aspect drop down menu. Yeah. In the wrong place. Instead of a radio check box or button.
Finally great content, I haven't seen a good linux video for years, good job! When I watch your video I don't feel like you speaking for a bunch of kids or noobs, really good style. My favorite distro is Mint 18.1 but it's getting old and half of my useful apps run with their custom scripts to don't break dependencies, so it's time to upgrade to Mint 20.1.
Impossible to use our Logitech webcams properly, due to very bad image quality, compared to Windows. Also, the mic only works in mono, forcing users to slide the left channel to the left. That is a big issue when it comes to videocalling.
Can you move the "start menu" top, left from bottom panel with few pixels like it is in Windows 11 where start menu is hovering like 10-20px from bottom and left corner?
Sorry, a mac user here with occasional windows usage for games. Other than spending thousands of hours messing around customising the look and feel of the OS and probably spending even more hours forking a repo and making own version of the UX, what else can you do on this thing when it comes to productivity. (Not being rude or anything, but a genuine question). Interested to know more about some real workflow related things such as could be everyday photo / video editing, content creation, hobby workflows such as cad / design, game development and so on... Everytime I wanted to give linux a shot at, was met with software incompatibilities, having to spend lot of time finding the right things and alternatives and so on.. Cheers!
I end up using Horizontal OSD extension for a cleaner volume and brightness pop up. I do also use gTile. As far as other applets I use CPU temp indicator though its not needed, lock keys indicator, weather and also screenshot+record desktop to have a snipping tool in my taskbar rather than pinning the app.
I didn't see much in terms of actual improvement - what you described is how you like your Cinnamon. I thought I might learn something like, say, making a battery last longer - because at this point, Mint XFCE *loses* to Windows 10.
Not a tweak but a question. After updating to the latest stable version and getting all additional updates like firefox or kernel, my former working Logitech mouse + keyboard are freezing the complete desk. So I can do only a hard reboot. Anyone a workaround?
man i wish i could find a video where linux mint would run you tube even half decently!! I really dont like using windows but until linux sorts its distros out i am stuck with windows
Those are great tweaks just came back to Mint, tried other distros such as Zorin OS 17 and Ubuntu 23.10 and finally conclued I'll stick with Mint. Working with 21.3 beta and liking it, especially the cinnamon desktop.
I've got a 2k 3:2 display on my laptop. Only 100% and 200% scaling is available. Fractional scaling can be enabled in settings, however it's only experimental. This enables increments of 25%. When I tried 125% though, it didn't look the best, and it seemed to blur things out a little but too much.
I'm in an on and off relationship with Linux Mint Cinnamon and Manjaro KDE. Mint has some features I miss in Manjaro, like the out of the box calendar that also has a schedule for events or appointments. On the other hand I'm in love with the bleeding edge software repository of Manjaro. Somehow I managed to install a few windows programs in wine under Linux Mint Cinnamon who doesn't run on Manjaro no matter what I do. I'm sitting between all chairs I guess. To my surprised I discovered that Manjaro also comes with the cinnamon desktop environment. I will have a look into it, maybe it has the right combination of features, the best of both worlds so to speak.
Why full instead of slight? I tried Full on KDE Neon, but to blurred for my liking. I use Trebuchet font size 11. It's so much sharper than for instance Noto Sans which is the default font on Neon.
... how do I easily remove all of the Asian & mid-East fonts? ... how do I config Mint Cinnamon & apps for a hi-res (3840x2160) Nvidia display? Very tiny text and dialogs from boot thru routine use.
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I'm convinced the cinnamon desktop is the only linux desktop that the developers of it actually use. It's not missing anything and is straightforward and I've never had any issues with it.
create a distro thats stable and supported and then come back and we can talk about this undeeded salty comment@guitarszen
I agree. I'm pretty sure Gnome devs all use macOS
Is mate still more stable than cinnamon?
I’ve been in Linux land for almost 15 years and that’s why I still use mint.
I started my linux journey with Mint, then later I searched for the best distro/desktop for my needs and ended up with Mint Cinnamon, so I went full circle. Sum it up Cinnamon is the only desktop which is just works out of the box, change some settings, install some widgets and it's good to go. My 2nd choice would be Mate edition.
I tried several distros, even SUSE, but I don't see the point to use a distro just to modify 100 things to my liking, I rather use a distro which is already fits for my needs 95%. The only distro what I didn't try is Fedora, I first tried to install like 15 years ago, no luck installing it, then tried 6 years ago, failed to install both on my laptop and my PC so I gave up on them. They couldn't even create a working live or install CD what 99% of other distros can.
Here's one thing I think most people don't know:
In the calendar/clock applet, if you select custom format, you can use %n to move to the next line. So if you want a Windows/KDE like clock with date on the bottom, just simply add %n%d.%m.%y (or a similar variation, if your date format is different).
%n = new line
%d = day
%m = month
%y = year
I actually have a calendar.json exported for exactly that since I like that style of clock
Indeed. I love this format
%I:%M %A %n %b %e, %Y
You ABSOLUTE LEGEND!!! Thank you so much! This has been driving me nuts!
@@DaneSaysStuff you're welcome
also you can use %-m and %-d if you don't want the leading zero (1/1 instead of 01/01)
I've made Linux Mint my main OS for the past 3 months. I love the simplicity and also the feature richness of this OS.
It is like the prime cleanest experience I have had on Linux, close second is Kubuntu and right now I am on Debian which is much clunkier but I find myself missing the Mint experience!
@@hopelessdecoy how is Debian clunkier?
@@hopelessdecoy I find Debian 12 with the KDE desktop to be a good experience.
@@hopelessdecoytry LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition.) Straight Debian with Linux Mint customizations including Cinnamon Desktop.
@guitarszen you can achieve that through Flatpak or by adding specific repository for the software you need.
Not sure if someone has already answered your question about scaling at 1080p but here's the solution: I found that if you want scaling at 125%, 150% or 175% in Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, you have to Open the Display Settings window, then go to the Settings tab and then enable the 'Enable Fractional Scaling Controls (experimental)' option. You will then have all scaling options available to you.
yes that works but in movies and you tube it makes them jerky
Mint user here for 10+ years. Great video! To answer your Monitor Scaling question, yes. If you have your display set to 4k, you get 4 options: 100%, 125%, 150% and of course 200%. I have this PC on a 65" 4k TV. I like to keep it at 1080p and 100%. At 4k resolution it seems 125% is good but a lot of things don't scale up and are very tiny. The monitor scaling is still experimental, however, so I believe it will continue to improve.
I've found that the scaling doesn't work that well, though its mostly X11's fault there. I end up on some devices just lowering the resolution manually (like my surface go) but there is an app to help scale the pannels and UI as well called "UI Scaler" that does ok
With only one 4K display connected I can upscale to 400% if i have a second display it wont go beyong 200%. I would like to be able tp upscale 2 displays one at 1080p to 200% and the 4K 65" to 400%
I have just found that by scaling my 4k 150% and my 1080 75%, the window dragging space and the size difference on windows are fairly close
I must agree your first statement. Linux Mint is the best distro for everyone who's not interested in playing with distros. I have an old laptop where I test various distros to find a better one. I still haven't found one to beat Mint.
@guitarszen "There are numbers of distros that are just fine." Sure, depending on what you want. I just want an OS with minimum effort on my part. A rolling release does not fill that requirement.
@@AquaFyrre And it also _is_ one of the best for anyone coming from Windows. I for one found it easy to learn. Now later, I've found Mint easy to tailor to my liking.
I've settled with Mint on my laptop's primary partition. The second one is dedicaded for distros testing around. I found Mint more pleasing to use as it was my first Linux OS
Try LMDE. It's impressed the hell out of me.
@@mjdegrey4843I might. RIght now I'm using the Ubuntu-based Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon. Switching to the LMDE would not make a big difference.
from Brazil, I've loved your videos since 2010. Yes, I've been following you since 2010 when you were a teenager. I saw your evolution and I would like to see more of your videos.😉
You can turn on window grouping on Linux Mint XFCE by visiting:
Settings Manager --> Panel ---> Items --> Window buttons --> Group windows by application
This makes it more like Windows where multiple instances of the same program are grouped together.
I’m new to Linux Mint…. Transparent Panels and Dynamic Wallpaper - check; Nala - check; LocalSend - Oh hell yeah! Thank you thank you thank you. Now my iPad, Mac Mini, Windows Laptop and Linux Mint can share files easily. No more uploading and downloading from cloud accounts.
Apologies if someone else has pointed this out: to enable fractional scaling in Cinnamon, you have to go to the Settings tab on the Display Settings dialog and flip a toggle to make fractional scaling available on the Layout tab. 125% scaling works well for me on my 13" 1920x1080 60 Hz laptop display.
Is it blury?
@@pratikshashinde4737 No, not blurry at all.
@@pratikshashinde4737 If you use KDE Plasma with Wayland, fractional scaling is blurry. On Cinnamon, the reason why it is not blurry is because Cinnamon's Fractional Scaling is basically 'super resolution'. It scales everything up and then shrinks them down.
@@theplaymakerno1 plasma 6 has solved the blurry problem
@@TonyMaroney It has other problems on Nvidia card. I am waiting for driver 555 which will hopefully solve the flickering issue that some software has. Explicit sync is required badly for Nvidia on Wayland. I am stuck on X11 for now as I can't work with my software flickering all the time. It makes some of my programs useless.
And you are correct, the blur problem is solved as of Qt 6.6 according to something I read. I think 6.6 solved the blur problem. I might be wrong. It might be some other Qt version that solved it.
Under Display -> Settings you can enable fractional scaling. In the video you clicked there but I don't think you saw it. Love the video! Keep it up.
At least as of Mint 22, fractional scaling is a setting you can toggle to get more options beyond 100 and 200. In Display Settings, just switch from the Layout tab to Settings and it should be right there
Excellent tips and well explained. I've used almost all flavours of linux but keep coming back to mint.
Pairdrop > Local Send.
Was having way too many issues getting Local send to connect. Pairdrop never once had an issue connecting and seeing my iPhone, Andeoid, and Linux Mint desktop. Its so good that I decided to self host it.
pairdrop works on the cloud! ............ totally insecure. I have NEVER had a single problem with LocalSend
One of the available extra themes in Cinnamon is called 'Faded Dream' (through Add/Remove). It gives me some transparency in the panel and also for the menu. I tend to prefer that to using an extension, but each to their own :) Always enjoy your work :)
I never knew that existed, thanks for that. I still prefer the idea of adding the extension version because you can actually change the theme by adding your own desktop wallpaper and still have the transparency.
@@wolfenstein6676 Under 'Themes', the 'Faded Dream' actually only impacts on the bottom 'Desktop' category. You can still change the Pointer, Applications and Icons to suit your chosen wallpaper. I used to use the 'Transparency Extension' myself, but it broke once during a major update, so I stuck to using 'Faded Dream'. But, each to their own :)
I love faded dream too
@@wolfenstein6676 For what it's worth, 'Faded Dream' has no impact on your wallpaper, you can use whatever wallpaper you like. I also don't use desktop icons, but with 'Faded Dream', the text below any desktop icons you do use also has transparency. And, naturally, you can choose whatever Mouse Pointer, Applications theme, or Icons theme that you want.
I've been running Linux Mint as my main driver for the past twelve years, recently played with Win. 11 and was totally frustrated by how backwards and difficult it was to do simple things.
One thing not mentioned is changing to a dark theme for the browser. That makes watching the screen much more comfortable, at least for me.
Linux mint is the all-inclusive package! No other distro has the tools and out of the box so much to offer and is so well maintained! Everything runs stable and super smooth! I am very satisfied and happy! Thank you very much! =))))))))))))))))
I've been through a LOT of distros--- starting in ubuntu and then MINT and on through a whole bunch-- and back FuLL CIRCLE- to LMDE6 and I think I'll stay on this for a good while..
The font I use is OpenDyslexic being Dyslexic this helps a lot and is easy to setup in Mint. Not like other OSs looking at you windows.
Set a bottom bar with a centre zone and drag "grouped window list" into it set it to transparent and hide behaviour to your liking for a native dock.
I just gave up on Cinnamon, and got KDE instead. Contrary to what some believe, KDE works perfectly on mint, but you must create a new user to use it with, and only ever use kde on the new account. Reason being is that all of the configuration files for a desktop environment are created once you log into it for the first time, so using more than one DE in the same user profile can make things buggy. But if you create a new user and only use KDE within that user, it just works!
In a way it makes sense 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
There's some tweaks I do to the menu CSS file to make it thinner / sleaker. Then i put faded dream on. I also tweak the foobar wine launcher to give it more buffer.
Hello I'm new to Linux Mint. How do I get Oblivion and Skyrim to work native on Mint without using a launcher or the internet after installing and how can I get HDR to work on Mint
Nice selection of tweaks to adjust the DE experience. I changed the fonts and that was a please but subtle difference. Might give local send a go too. I can see how that would be useful. Have you considered an LMDE6 v mainstream Mint comparison video?
As a long-time windows user I occasionally used ubuntu or mint. EIther or two, none really set with me until recently, when I use Linux Mint i started to use it since september when they announced the copilot bullshit. Safe to say, I did not regret it since.
Thanks for that one. LocalSend is a game changer for the family, since we have a mixed ecosystem of Windows, Linux and i-Devices :-)
3:51 you can enable the fractional scaling controls in the display settings
Nice, LocalSend is definitely something I will try.
I've been using Linux Mint since last week and I love it, coming from Windows.
The only thing that bothers me, but that is a Linux issue in general (at least after my research), is the font rendering, it's not nearly as clear as on Windows, not even close.
font rendering is definitely clear or even better than in windows. If your experience differs, look for what to tweak or change the system font, although usually it is not an issue with the fonts, but with scaling, or video driver issues, etc.
there is also qrcp that works through the terminal but you make 2 launchers/icons on the desktop for them..one for SEND and One for RECEIEVE and suddenlly you got Apple Airdrop like features and allow multiple files to be sent quicker than Local Send....I use Local Send Also
@@moetocafe I doubt that. Even in videos about Linux, if the quality is good, you can see their font not being as clear as windows, I switched last week, and still use windows for ~1h daily. For me, it's easy to spot the difference.
EDIT: If the font gets bigger, it looks better, sadly don't want the font size 30 /:
@@shi-woonyi2605 you can doubt as much as you wish. I also have to use Windows for work, so I can see if there is a difference too, and there isn't, they look both crisp clear. What you see, is not what everybody else is seeing, remember.
Check your screen resolution, if it is native to your monitor, check if any scaling is taking place, check if the fonts you use are clear enough and also check, if LCD screen optimization is enabled. I don't know where that option is in Mint, since I use a different distro, but you can search online if you can't find it.
Used Elementary OS for a couple days, and it didn't work out for me. Now I'm on Mint (Cinnamon), and so far, I'm liking everything. Everything feels cohesive, and well-planned.
For scaling go to display, It will default to layout, Select settings, enable fractional scaling.
This is a list of actually useful tweaks! Thank you for sharing - I've installed the dynamic wallpapers and have localsend ready to go, now
great video!
i think mint only needs the support of Wayland to be the most complete distro out there
They are working on that. There is a trial version I believe.
Nice, concise, easy to understand. Great work. Subscribed. 🤜🤛
Would you be up for a bit of a semi-deep dive into the differences between Normal Mint and LMDE? I am sort ov wavering between the two and don't know if LMDE comes with any major downsides.
run LMDE in a VM and decide for yourself
The original reason for Ubuntu's existence was difficulty of installing Debian proper, and nonfree firmware, and third-party packages. I think those reasons vanished a long time ago, and Canonical's in-house stuff (snaps, etc.) is not worth messing with.
LMDE with the stable-backports repo is rock solid. You might need to be a little comfortable with command-line apt to resolve the occasional odd package conflict, and package updates you read about in Linux news might not arrive for six months.
Hi, 3 min 45sec - I have a Samsung 49" 5120x1440 monitor and still only get 100 and 200% scaling - still like watching your videos - always well presented and easy to follow. 👍
Can't thank you enough for introducing Localsend mate! I've been looking for an alternative to Warpinator since its beta project for iOS seemed to evaporate earlier this year. Localsend works a treat so far. My only gripe is that it's a bloody drive space hogging flatpak! But I've subscribed to your channel anyway :)
Thank you, so very helpful. I follow you as a new user of Mint so your channel is superb for me. Thank you very much.
I'm currently installing Linux Mint MATE on an old(ish) laptop of mine. This video has been a great help in what to expect and how to ease my access to it when it's done :)
Thanks bunches!
You can go the Display, Settings and you will find a button to enable fractional scaling.
The dude literally almost mouse-overed the option in this video, when wondering how it can be enabled. :'D Funny stuff.
it kinda makes everything blurry tho
I used Mint for about a year then swapped over to Kali which I find boots much faster .. Mint has really got me into Linux and totally rocks !! :)
Can someone tell me how to change the bloody panel icons to stack in a text list vertical like Windows XP, instead of this bloody horizontal screenshot preview big phat buttons? Nobody likes going up, then across, and this does not scale.
Thank you for this. I have been wondering how to do this. I installed Wobbly windows and it seems to have made my transparent taskbar extension to stop working.
I have a 2K Gigabyte Monitor and it's either 100 or 200 percent scaling. I had to lower the refresh rate on it. At 160 things were blurry with fuzzy font. 120 Hz does the job just fine. And 48 on the panel height did the trick. Thanks! I've been using Mint for years now. Mate, KDE, XFCE and Cinnamon. A week ago I decided to give LMDE a try. Once I got past some weirdness setting up my 3 monitor displays it's been great. Everything else seemed to work right out of the box. It even found my network shares with little effort. That is something I pull my hair out trying to do with other editions. It uses the Cinnamon desk top. This is now my new favorite Mint!
Is lmde more stable than mate?
how do I get slippi running reliably, i cant do anything with it, cant find where dolphin is if I need to find it but idk if I need to, and other emulators the settings reset every time i open them
I rediscovered your channel after what seems like 10 years. Good job!
How do i change the color of icon/panel text? If i use a bright background, it becomes impossible to see with only white text.
I am new to Linux, so pardon my ignorance. I am using Mint 21.2, fully updated. After installing the gTile extension, I tried to use it but got nowhere. At 5:21 in the video, you looked down at your keyboard and did something, and the gTile window came up. It's sort of like showing people how to bake a cake, and not telling them they have to add baking powder to the dry ingredients. I have no idea what you did. so I can't get the extension to work.
I also add in ZSH or Bash config:
alias apt="nala"
alias sudo="sudo " (with space after word 'sudo') then normal sudo apt update/upgrade etc. will show as nala output. Pretty useful.
Thank you for the local send recommendation. I've been transferring files one at a time via bluetooth from my Android phone to my Linux Mint desktop.
YES--- I LOVE Nala... I hate looking at a screen with nothing but text-- and NALA makes that beautiful- easy for me to read without problems and with my ONE eye now-- I can differentiate from one section to another much easier!!!! GREAT job..
The only packages I had issues with in regards to NALA-- I tried through regular APT and the software manager and had the SAME issues on all 3- so it was NOT Nala that did it.
Immensely useful video. I learned so much. Thank you! I'd love to see more videos along this topic.
Improving LINUX experience is the correct title. Localsend and Nala stands out. And Inter font is the font that I install in every linux machine I have.
Totally agree about Linux Mint. I'm a long term Apple user, but with an eye on Linux. Recently, with the need of give a new life to my old MacBook Air (mid 2013), and after trying Lubuntu, I've discovered Linux Mint and I'm fall in love. Really nice, fast and powerful. I'm in learning phase and for now I've installed only Plank to tweak a bit the interface. Next steps are to install UpNote, Lazarus my preferred development tool, Darktable and Gimp for photo management. Very interesting Nala and LocalSend, thanks for this video.
Could you share hot to connect with the USD plugged in my router (like a NAS drive). In windows i run the ip address on the router and it opens the USB folders. Bookmark the link, tag it in networks. Thats all. I see the network option in mint but dont know how to input ipaddress.
3:50 4k is probably next step which allow to choose more scalings. I'm currently on old retina mac (2880x1800) and both ubuntu and mint left me with choice of 100, 200 % and nothing in between
I might be wrong but I believe that to get fractional scaling you actually need to use Wayland
hey there! hope u r doing well? im tempted to install open suse kde . whats ur opinion about this distro ? thx
I've recently lost ONE eye and not adjusted fully yet- so Ijust set the ICON sizes where I want them to see comfortably... THAT way the rest of the screen is NORMAL- and I'm not moving it around to see the rest of it.
I tried warpinator for a few months and it was mostly unreliable. I gave up in the end. Pity, it's a great idea.
I wish there were a clipboard manager extension for Cinnamon. I've used Diodon and it worked fine, but a more native solution would be better imo
I have a Lightscribe dvd labeling dvd burner but I can't find lightscribe software or drivers for linux mint. Can anyone help me with this?
Having had issues with Warpinator, I have to thank you for the Local Send idea. Definitely trying that out!
do u have any solution for steering wheel and joysticks in linux and gaming, i mainly play Farming Simulator and Euro Truck Sim 2
Thank you for this. I'm configuring my brand new Mint right now while listening and taking notes. I had no idea about the 4x4 tiling. Neat!
Is there any way to get window rounded corners in linux mint?
Great stuff. Nala looks great. I love the nicknames that Local Send comes up with. 😄
Why is nala autoremoving nvidia firmware while installing inkscape?
Thank you for an interesting presentation. Cinnamon seems to have improved.
I now use the MATE interface in preference to Cinnamon as I was also using Mint on an older server, and I opted for consistency... but that is now OMV.
The other reason I used MATE was the file manager. I like the "Copy to other pane"/"Move to other pane" feature of it's Caja file manager. It is a feature that used to be on the default Cinnamon File Manager, but was dropped.
However I am always open to new ideas, and as I am now using higher DPI monitors I will give Cinnamon another go on my old test machine.
For my wallpapers, I mostly use photos I have taken myself. Each day is something of a walk through the best things I have photographed in the past.
Can our Microsoft and Google email accounts be accessed from Linux?
Thanks for letting me know about Nala.
to your question at 3:50. I am running a Lenovo P72 with 3840x2160 and get 4 options clusterd in 100% steps.
I have been using LM as my Office PC OS from LM2. Now on LM 21.2
Thanks for the tips. Local Send looks appealing. Does it act as a "middle-man" by providing cloud storage between devices on your home network? In other words, if I use the app, am I sending files out of my home network to a cloud storage provider, and then back into my home network on another device? Do you have any follow up thoughts on Local Send & cyber security, i.e. - encryption or other features in Local Send that protect data in transit? Does Local Send open any home network security vulnerabilities we should be aware of? I've been using Samba for home network file sharing, and it has been more complicated to set up than I would have guessed. A simple solution would be great if it's secure. Thanks, again!
I use Cinnamon on my Arch Linux distro. It's my favorite DE.
To turn off the dmmn desktop background and set it to a solid color, go System Settings, click the Settings button, and under Picture Aspect chose No Picture instead of 1.2. It took me 2 hours to figure this out. Under Picture Aspect drop down menu. Yeah. In the wrong place. Instead of a radio check box or button.
nala seems to install multiple fonts and packages... over 3 gigs.kde connect works to send files on the network very smooth
not sure I picked the right distro using Fedora work station on a 2012 macbook pro. New to linux!
Finally great content, I haven't seen a good linux video for years, good job! When I watch your video I don't feel like you speaking for a bunch of kids or noobs, really good style.
My favorite distro is Mint 18.1 but it's getting old and half of my useful apps run with their custom scripts to don't break dependencies, so it's time to upgrade to Mint 20.1.
Impossible to use our Logitech webcams properly, due to very bad image quality, compared to Windows. Also, the mic only works in mono, forcing users to slide the left channel to the left. That is a big issue when it comes to videocalling.
@@AquaFyrre Which drivers?
Can you move the "start menu" top, left from bottom panel with few pixels like it is in Windows 11 where start menu is hovering like 10-20px from bottom and left corner?
I didn't have much luck with Warpinator on my Motorola Android 12 phone. Couldn't transfer any files with it. I hope Local Send works well.
great video! nice to see more videos about Linux mint.
Sorry, a mac user here with occasional windows usage for games. Other than spending thousands of hours messing around customising the look and feel of the OS and probably spending even more hours forking a repo and making own version of the UX, what else can you do on this thing when it comes to productivity. (Not being rude or anything, but a genuine question). Interested to know more about some real workflow related things such as could be everyday photo / video editing, content creation, hobby workflows such as cad / design, game development and so on...
Everytime I wanted to give linux a shot at, was met with software incompatibilities, having to spend lot of time finding the right things and alternatives and so on..
Cheers!
I end up using Horizontal OSD extension for a cleaner volume and brightness pop up. I do also use gTile.
As far as other applets I use CPU temp indicator though its not needed, lock keys indicator, weather and also screenshot+record desktop to have a snipping tool in my taskbar rather than pinning the app.
I don't think many people are aware of Inter Display. It looks so much nicer. It comes with the Inter installation package.
I didn't see much in terms of actual improvement - what you described is how you like your Cinnamon. I thought I might learn something like, say, making a battery last longer - because at this point, Mint XFCE *loses* to Windows 10.
Your title is not Cionnamon-exclusive. There are 3 official desktops for Mint. Any tweaks for Mate? Xfce?
Not a tweak but a question. After updating to the latest stable version and getting all additional updates like firefox or kernel, my former working Logitech mouse + keyboard are freezing the complete desk. So I can do only a hard reboot. Anyone a workaround?
man i wish i could find a video where linux mint would run you tube even half decently!! I really dont like using windows but until linux sorts its distros out i am stuck with windows
Those are great tweaks just came back to Mint, tried other distros such as Zorin OS 17 and Ubuntu 23.10 and finally conclued I'll stick with Mint. Working with 21.3 beta and liking it, especially the cinnamon desktop.
I've got a 2k 3:2 display on my laptop. Only 100% and 200% scaling is available.
Fractional scaling can be enabled in settings, however it's only experimental. This enables increments of 25%. When I tried 125% though, it didn't look the best, and it seemed to blur things out a little but too much.
transparent panel doesnt work after restart
Please, what program used for show image webcam?? guvcview??
I'm in an on and off relationship with Linux Mint Cinnamon and Manjaro KDE.
Mint has some features I miss in Manjaro, like the out of the box calendar that also has a schedule for events or appointments.
On the other hand I'm in love with the bleeding edge software repository of Manjaro.
Somehow I managed to install a few windows programs in wine under Linux Mint Cinnamon who doesn't run on Manjaro no matter what I do.
I'm sitting between all chairs I guess.
To my surprised I discovered that Manjaro also comes with the cinnamon desktop environment.
I will have a look into it, maybe it has the right combination of features, the best of both worlds so to speak.
@@AquaFyrre "it makes you bleed..."
That's actual funny 🤣
Why full instead of slight? I tried Full on KDE Neon, but to blurred for my liking. I use Trebuchet font size 11. It's so much sharper than for instance Noto Sans which is the default font on Neon.
I found your channel n is so useful, thank you man!
Where did you find that wallpaper?
... how do I easily remove all of the Asian & mid-East fonts?
... how do I config Mint Cinnamon & apps for a hi-res (3840x2160) Nvidia display? Very tiny text and dialogs from boot thru routine use.