Move From Arch Linux to Linux Mint Kind Of?
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- In this one I am going to Linux Mint sort of, Linux Mint is a great OS and I really like it, but is it better than Arch Linux, that is the real question.
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Being "user friendly" is a feature, not a bug... content Mint user for over a decade. 🙂👍
You use whatever you need to get the job done.
I completely agree whatever fits what you want to do, thanks so much for watching!
Same, I also test drove several Linux distros last week!
First I moved from Windows 11 to EndeavourOS on my main desktop. Then I tried installing it on my Macbook Pro 2017, but I couldn't get the WiFi to work. I installed the drivers (and alternate drivers), made sure the WiFi card was detected and turned on, but the Network Connections manager just didn't detect it. So then I tried Fedora 40, Zorin OS, and Pop!_OS, but all of them had similar issues and their own quirks. Then I tried to Linux Mint, and everything just works.
I moved to Linux Mint on my main desktop, too. The Xfce desktop environment feels like home, and I love the built-in visual customization and keyboard shortcut manager. It feels fast.
I wonder why Mint just works
PopOS, Mint and Zorin, these just works out of the box. Love them!
The "Which distro is best" argument is actually good for the Linux community. I really don't think Linux would have progressed so fast without this competition.
I completely agree with you, it has progressed so far in the last 5 years and I am very proud to be a part of the Linux community
Side note, did you try Kubuntu? It's also a fork of Ubuntu like Mint.
Hello Kubuntu is one that I have not tried yet but I will put that on my list to try, thanks so much for the recommendation and for watching my video!
Yes, Mint is the best distro for most people nowadays.
I think so to, there are other good ones as well, but for ease of use I think Mint is the best for me.
I'm not at the level where I could honestly notice the difference. Mints been good to me so far.
At least you are trying just keep going and learning something everyday and you will get there! Thanks so much for watching
My own path was Zorin 16 -> Manjaro -> Arch -> EndeavourOS.
But I think that what people mistake for "the perfect distro for them" is when they are on their 3rd or 4th distro, they have learned so much about Linux, that they could make any distro work for them. So it's more a case of "learning" than finding the best distro. :-) (imho)
You are exactly right I cannot tell you how many distros I have been through to get to Mint, maybe 30 or so. I do like EndeavourOS it is clean for sure I had issues with the Bluetooth but maybe I will go back and re-examine maybe I did something wrong, thanks so much for the watch and the comment!
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Installing Arch through the official script, it's easier than any OS on the market and the speed is higher than Mint or POP.
Hello and I would for sure agree with you it is fast using the script and the OS is very fast as well, thanks so much for watching
Just so hard to install and get to boot more than once, and ive never gotten to the desktop. Just errors
I can tell you I had so many errors as well, it was just aggravating to try to install but once I did get it installed it was a very cool experience, try not to give up and thanks so much for watching!
You are absolutely rtight dont let people to force a distro on you. I use both Pop!OS and arch but i am always open for suggestions. Saying that earned your self a like.
Thanks so much for the view and like, Linux is and should be for everyone no matter who it is from the expert to the one who knows nothing!
I tried Mint... it was so much trouble to add the PPAs in order to get the newest versions of stuff... Arch just has it all. Bleeding edge and rolling release are sort of prerequisites for my workflow anymore.
That is true and the main advantage of Arch and I think the Install Script for Arch was an attempt to get more people to use it, and that is cool that you are using Arch everyday do you have a Desktop Environment that you use?
@@sherrilltechnology the install script is nice but sort of defeats the purpose of Arch! Arch can be whatever you want it to be, that has always been the point for me, anyway. It is as close to LFS as you can get!
You are correct on this Arch is meant to be fully customizable.
Once you understand the convenience of the AUR, other deb and fedora distros feel obsolete.
I do like the AUR and it has so much software and so many choices thanks so much for pointing that out, and thanks so much for watching!
Linux Mint does everything I need it to without any fuss.
I chose an Arch based distro as my first and current Linux distro when I switched to Linux. Vanilla Arch is easy to install these days, but it's annoying to set up, especially if you don't know yet what you want as a new Linux user. I can recommend Garuda Linux as a Arch based distro for new users. It comes pre-configured with very sensible configs and it has a fantastic update routine.
Here are my reasons why I would recommend Arch based distros for any user - new or otherwise:
The repository + AUR: The most complete package source of any distro. On other distros I've had to use flatpaks for some things - and those start super slow.
Package manager: Pacman is IMO the best package manager.
Rolling releases: I like getting the newest versions of software and not having to do major distro upgrades.
My goodness that is some good information, do you have a TH-cam you do videos on I would watch them!! Thanks so much for all of the information! The only issue I have with Arch is complexity, but with a complete Repository I will have to give it another try! Thanks so much for watching also!
@@sherrilltechnology No, I don't do youtube, just watch it. At the end of the day Arch isn't any more or less complex than other distros. It just doesn't have many packages installed and/or configured out of the box. Arch is bare bones by design. It's meant for people to customize to their liking instead of shipping opinionated default setups. There are however Arch based distros that build upon that, similar how Mint is based on Ubuntu, which in turn is based on Debian.
Cosmic when it finally releases fully will be fantastic when it goes live. So Pop_OS will be great at that point.
I have heard Cosmic is going to be awesome for sure, thanks so much for watching!
been using mint for 3 years now, its better than every other OS for a new user, you are correct, you dont have to put a lot time for setting up.
I just like Mint personally but more than that I love Linux not only for the use of it but more so for what it stands for freedom to create whatever you want! Mint is such a good Distro, thanks for watching my video and thanks for the comment!
Linux mint and arch is completely different. Comparing these oses is kinda not correct. The main advantage of mint is being user friendly and stable, while arch is completely opposite, it's not user friendly and it's unstable, but it gives you a lot of freedom and choice and you configure everything just as you like from scratch, while on mint everything is already configured by default instead of you.
Some random arch user that truly enjoys this freedom and know how to make arch work is imo VERY unlikely to switch to mint.
That is true they are completely different but after using both of them I can say that they each have their own appeal and I try to always keep an open mind on Linux Distros as I just want to learn new things and maybe try to influence some people to at least try both Arch and Mint and that would be one less person giving money to the Microsoft Machine anyways, thanks so much for the comment and watch!
My path was Windows -> Mint -> Manjaro Cinnamon.
So, basically I used Mint to get used to Linux while having a very Windows-Like experience (in terms of low barrier to entry!), and then switched to Arch using Manjaro, but keeping the Mint-Desktop - so the user-Interface stayed the same. That was somewhat smooth.
That is a very interesting path but I could see why you chose it, and this is what I love about Linux and the community so many different people who have different ways of learning Linux. People choose different Distros for a reason, thanks so much for watching
Yea Arch linux always pushes something that breaks and rolloing back is impossible or breaks it more. I like Arch, I really do but using it over time is an issues.
That is what I could see as well. If it is bleeding edge and has all of the newest updates that will always cause issues. Thanks so much for watching!
im running mint on my desktop and arch on the laptop. I think its truly the perfect balance
Oh now that is interesting why did you do it that way I am curious and thanks so much for watching!
@@sherrilltechnology I wanted my main PC to work as easily as possible and as stable as possible, I wasn't too concerned with storage space and "bloat", hence mint was one of the clear options, pop or Ubuntu would've both been fine too. For my laptop, I wanted the lightest weight thing just to maximize performance, and it also allowed me to experiment with the more technical aspects of Linux without frustration because I always have the main rig. I also think tiling window managers (I'm using hyprland) work best on single screen setups and help maximize usability. Also I get to show my arch rice to everyone :D (I'm still working on it lmao)
you got to use what suits you best what ever distro or OS it is ....
Facts I really think that it requires time to figure out which one is good for you, thanks so much for watching!
Huge fan on Linux Mint over here - I appreciate this video and I appreicate your positivity, faith and brotherhood. It's a beautiful message!
Thanks so much for the kind words that is what my channel is all about and hopefully people can learn something as well! Thanks so much for watching!
@@sherrilltechnology 100% deserved! Keep up the amazing work!
Mint is the best rice of Debian. I just tried archcraft and it's taking a while to adjust to it.
I really was comfortable with my mint21.3 until coolbits.
I really like Mint and I have never heard of Archcraft looks like I see another set of videos, thanks for watching!
I use Arch with Cinnamon DE. It feels like Linux Mint Arch Edition.
Oh there is another one I am going to have to try, thanks so much for watching my video!
Hi I use Linux Mint on my Macbook Bro 2011 laptop the macOS on it just was unusable because it was out dated so I tried out Mint and everything just works awesome.
I would love to get an old MacBook and try out Mint on it, thanks so much for watching my video!
I only use Arch for testing. It has it's issues. For me, Pop!_OS has been the distro to use as my main workstation. So, I bought a second system to test other distros.
Hello Nate and thanks so much for watching! Arch is cool to play with for sure but for real work I agree PopOS or Linux Mint have been good for me as well. What system did you buy for testing?
I got one of those mini dell pcs. Has an i5 10500. 16 gb of ram. It does pretty well with testing between x11 and the new Wayland stuff.
Cool video bro but i think i'll go with Arch as a daily driver. Prayer request here, the name is Tshepo from South Africa
Hello there Arch is for sure a good one, just not for me but that is the beauty of Linux is that there is one for everyone. Also what do you need prayer for and I will be more than willing to pray for you!!
@@sherrilltechnology That true bro. Sorry it took me this long to get back @u. Well i think i am not myself lately. I feel like i am losing myself, ican't explain how but it's a feeling i am having. I became unemployed for few years now. Things don't work out. So i believe a prayer might help. Thanks
I will pray for you, I was in the same place myself I could not find a job. I looked for about 6 months and could not find anything. I did get a job eventually but in another state. I learned a valuable lesson that you cannot live in fear of changing from one field to another which is what I did. God has been very good to me, so my advice is do not lose hope keep pushing forward, take this time to grow your skill set however you can. When things look hopeless that is when you are the closest, put your trust and hope in Him and He will help you if you ask and believe! If you need something else just let me know!! I will continue to pray for you also!
@@sherrilltechnology Thank you 🙏 may God bless you
It's an obvious
I use Arch btw
Obviously I do like Arch as it is Linux but Mint is good to
We don't chose Linux Distro, our PC/Laptop HARDWARE choose for us Linux Distro, because this distro must have dependence what drivers must have and environment or desktop must be good for our needs.
My MacBook pro 2015 "like" PopOS, Zorin and Mint.
Because on this systems work well, but I have many bugs and problems, because Apple block on BIOS running iGPU and force to run AMD GPU.. so FANS spin like a crazy and temperature are very hot, on TH-cam I have 70/80 Celsius...
One fix is FAN mod for MacBook Fans, then is not to noisy but temp are high.
Second I use rEFInd to boot, and MacBook fix on start, then system now find iGPU, but in the end I can't power off GPU and run ONLY on iGPU Intel, to have silent laptop and low temperature.
On MacOS MacBook run quiet, because use ONLY iGPU and on TH-cam I have max 50 Celsius and FAN are silent.
Hello and thanks for watching you make a very good point I have noticed that some Distros work better with legacy hardware some work better with newer hardware and some work fairly well with any hardware, that is crazy how hot your CPU is getting just on TH-cam! Man I cannot imagine how Linux would run on my 2021 M1 MacBook Pro M1 Pro!! Thanks so much for the information!!
Mint is really damn good. I would still be on it myself but wanted a distro that was still simple to use and more up to date package wise so I ended up on fedora and been on it ever since. Mint is really damn good and if people don't care about old packages then it's perfect to be on. Because it's damn true. When someone turns on their PC they generally just want shit to work right away and not having to tinker constantly or having to read the fucking manual just to get something to work. 😂
Those are facts most people just want things to work, and Arch is not one of those, Fedora is very good to, there are a lot of very good Distros thanks so much for watching!
I love arch, but mint is a fantastic operating system.
Completely agree thanks for watching!
I went to Mint from Windows.
Did you have a learning curve of any kind, and thanks so much for watching!
@@sherrilltechnology I had done linux admin for a long time. My issues were learning GUI apps and nvidia drivers. I'm still stronger in the command line than the desktop.
For sure the GUI can be hard but for the Nvidia drivers they work much better than they used to.
evolving backwards
Senior admin of multi national here…I just slapped mint in a Lenovo tiny. I7 16bg and Samsung drives…
OMG! This thing runs circles around W11 as far as opening apps, and installing. I am comfortable with scripts so I ran a few to tweak what I wanted.
I love it! I retire next year and I know exactly what I’ll be doing at least the first year with my home network
completely agree with you
Thanks so much for watching Linux is awesome!
Wow bro, y,oure starting an argument here!! Just kidding bro, great content, keep it up sir! Debian is BEAST!!
LOL I hope it does Linux is for everyone
Arch is for tinkerers.
That is the way I see it as well, thanks so much for watching
I use ❤ openSUSE ❤ and ❤
❤ Linux Mint ❤ BTW.
Hello I think OpenSuse is one that I have never tried now I have another video to do, thanks so much for watching!
You did a Great Job...Arch Linux is just hype and misinformation from weeaboos that lives on their mom s basement , But Linux Mint is a Grown people s Distro....
Thanks so much Weeaboos I have never heard that word before I learn something new everyday LOL!! Thanks so much for watching
Try Framework Laptop 13. Try ArchCraft
Framework makes an awesome laptop
Arch isn't for everyone. Arch is better in the way that you create exactly what it is that you want. If you are complaining about how much time you have to invest . . . then you really should stick to mint. That isn't an insult, but each has their own positives and the positives of mint are . . . you don't have to try very hard. You can plug in your printer and use it . . . (unless its a canon lol) and you can install on your laptop and the wifi just works. So, yeah . . . good. Mint is better for people who just want to get on their computer and use the software. I still say if you want to switch someone from mac or windows that mint . . . not ubuntu should be the landing spot. The nomenclature not only in terms of vocabulary but layout is much closer than on ubuntu. Cinnamon looks and feels more like windows than Gnome.
That being said, what i mentioned above . . . mint is terrible for the other types. I call people who use distros like arch or gentoo or even freebsd . . . the "back yard mechanics" of the computing world. We like to see if we can make this ford engine fit in that dodge truck with a chevy's transmission . . . . we like to know our file structure, we like to know EVERY process that is running.
I have been on pure vanilla arch for about 2 years now . . . and although I still run mint on one of my laptops . . . I will never go back. The way I have arch set up at this point . . . i can reformat my system (minus download time) from an empty drive with about 15 minutes worth of work. Everything I do is mirrored to my secondary hd. Every package I personally install automatically gets logged in a package list I created . . . that i can just use as an install template. Every configuration file gets copied to the appropriate place using a python script I put together. Nobody else though uses a system quite like I do.
If I am hooking up a non computer nerd friend with a free os just so they can get by, i put mint on their system and never hear any complaints about it . . . and that makes mint awesome. My arch setup doesn't look or feel like anything you have ever seen, and everything works . . . and that makes Arch awesome.
There is no "better" here. It is about preference.
Hello Arch for sure isn't for everyone, I have learned that there is a Linux Distro for everyone and whether that be Mint or Arch is depends on the person. I do agree that Mint is good if you just want to use the computer and software. I have noticed what you said in the second paragraph to be true, Mint is terrible for people who love Arch.
15 minutes is pretty good to get it back exactly where you want it! I like the part where you created a package list that you can use as an install template, that is very cool!
It is about preference, there are things I like about Arch for sure. Do you have a TH-cam channel about Arch? If so I would subscribe today!
Thanks so much for watching!
@@sherrilltechnology I made one youtube video about . . . tricks to making decent config files a few years back, I am pretty sure it was an i3 config. I am thinking of taking advantage of the rise of hyprland to redo that and other similar vidoes . . . although, not specifically arch. I like arch for about the same reason i like painting on a blank canvas. It only has what i paint and nothing more.
@@sherrilltechnology oh, and, it is more than just a list . . . i wrote a script . . . every time i install a package, the package is added, every time i remove a package it is removed . . . i don't have to remember . . . it just asks me if i want to add or remove afterwards and i click yes or no.
Mint = old drivers, old kernels, no AUR.... No thanks. Manjaro Gnome + Unstable Repo.
It is true that Arch is all new with newer drivers and the most up to date kernel I think a lot of people like the ease of use of Mint.
No it's not true. You can use Mint Edge edition with newer Kernel.
I'm on headphones and sounds sucks
I have not heard any other complaints what part sucks
@@sherrilltechnology Maybe he's talking about the popping on the audio
@@sherrilltechnology sound too low for some reason
isnt that cute a normie going from one shitstainD distro to another, proving they should just go back to winblows
That may be true but remember the things we learn today will help us with things tomorrow I rarely use Windows anymore just for 1 game and that is it, I use Mac for my job and Mac for editing videos and then Linux for everything else.
Yes. No. Define better. When you leave your diapers behind, come join Nix and NixOS.
NixOS I will have to now do a video on that one as well, I will keep my diapers on for now and thanks so much for watching!
I love nixos and the idea behind it and I used it for a while, the issue I run into it though is that if you run into an issue where you need to run some app that isn't available on nixpkgs then you have a lot of work to get that app working since it doesn't follow the standard structure or run generic binaries out of the box. I ran into a few issues like that since I like fiddling with new and obscure apps and I didn't feel like I could handle having to mantain packages for the apps that I needed or that my old laptop could handle doing that.
All jokes apart, we are amazingly lucky we have so many distributions to choose from depending our needs and preferences. Nix and NixOS isn’t definitely for everyone, and in my case I’m willing to deal with the ton of issues NixOS has because I simply can’t get enough of it. Some of this issues are real issues, others are a consequence of how it works. Thanks for spreading the Tux gospel!
I try 11 versions linux in 1 month, and most completed are Manjaro and Mint...i like Debian all versions, zorin is nice fast but somehow something missing, and only what dislike is Ubuntus.
I agree Zorin is missing a little something, but still a great OS!! Thanks so much!