Linux Mint 20: My Top Linux Distro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- Linux Mint 20 review and demo, including specifications, new interface settings, Warpinator, a comparison of the Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce editions, and the Chromium/snap issue.
In this video I only provide a very brief summary of how install Linux Mint 20, but I have covered the process extensively in these videos for Linux Mint 19, and nothing has changed:
Linux Mint 19 for Windows Users -
• Linux Mint 19 For Wind...
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In short, you need to download the Linux Mint 20 ISO file from the following link (if in doubt, select the Cinnamon editon): www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Next, download Balena Etcher from: www.balena.io/etcher/ and install it.
Use Etcher to write the Linux Mint ISO to a USB drive (ideally USB 3.0).
Boot your PC with the USB drive (you may need to enable USB booting and to disable secure boot in the BIOS for this to work -- see my video on “PC BIOS Settings” here: • PC BIOS Settings )
When booted up, you can try out Linux Mint running from the “live USB drive”, and/or install it on your computer.
If you are curious, my video on the Raspberry Pi 4 hamster feeder that gets mentioned in this video is here: • Raspberry Pi Zero Hams...
More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
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You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: / explainingthefuture
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Specs & download
03:05 New features
07:45 Warpinator
10:34 MATE & Xfce
13:02 Chromium & Snap
15:54 Conclusions
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Have to say, I've spent a lot of time distro hopping--trying out dozens of different distros--but I always come back to Mint. Thanks for the video!
A very good presentation for people who are confused on which Linux destro to start with. I really like the dark theam as it eases the eye strain.
This is a great distro. I've supplied this to single moms who need computers for their kids. I can use older machines which are cheaper and they love it.
Same here, for the same success! Xubuntu is also pretty liked on old Family PCs... But it is a different "game".
That's great! The older hardware may not last forever, but it'll do them good for quite a while, rather than throwing away the old hardware and spending a ton on new computers.
What a great idea! Good for you mate!
Yes, exactly, many perfectly good old machines don't run very well on win10. This is a modern, light weight OS
How old hardware can you use it on? I got an old gaming desktop that ran win xp with asus p5k mobo and 7990 video card. Its been retired for a bit but if it can run mint maybe I can give it away instead of putting it in the recycling bin.
Been using Arch and came back to Linux Mint. So much improvement over the last 2 years. Thanks for the review
I've been using Linux Mint for about 18 months. It's a good distribution for those entering into the Linux world. Have a good day, sir.
We must be cosmically connected. I just last night downloaded and flashed a USB boot drive of Linux Mint to install today. Excellent again sir! Hope you are well!
That's awesome!
Me too! 😂
Maybe you’re entangled
For my computer to have minty fresh breath, I will have to install this distro! Looking forward to your next video!
Thank you for the detailed explanation with regard to the differences between Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce installs and their resource requirements, that was most useful. I've used various Mint flavors for several years now, and they have been excellent for me. Haven't installed Mint 20 yet though I get reminders that it is available... sure looks like a worthwhile upgrade.
Watching this on a Mint 20. By far the best Linux distro for me.
At 16:08, can we all please pitch in and buy this fine knowledgeable gentleman an ultrawide monitor?
@@leeroyhuawei51 What's wrong with him using a 4:3 monitor? My second monitor is 5:4 and my main is 16:10.
I'm on Mint too but v.19.3, because I have a 32-bit machine.
same
I also went from Win7 to Linux Mint. Never consented to the Win10 license agreement and never will.
As always, a great presentation. Good to get the low down on Mint 2.0 from somebody so knowledgable and patient enough to clearly explain how it all works. Thank you, Christopher, and I have shared this video with friends.
Great, thanks.
I have been using Linux Mint for at least 5 years on a daily basis in a professional setting and I never look back. It's a fantastic distro that "just works". Kudos to the Mint team and thanks for your great video!
“Very exciting to be initializing something called Warpinator,” A little chuckle always welcome in these times!
I just use SFTP for such things. Much faster on the command line and no fuss.
I prefer not to use it as I get motion sickness very time I drop outta sub space to collect my file transfers.......
Chris has a way with words. He talks about serious things (seriously) but has lots of little jokes.
Ensign, set a course for the Linux Mint system, warpinator 20.... engage.
I always feel like I'm in class with a really good teacher. Thanks for your informative videos.
You're very welcome!
Love the old school feel of this channel, its very 80s/90s BBC TV! Well explained content too. For me I've jumped ship from Ubuntu and am now sitting happily in the Linux Mint camp. The implementation of Snaps in Ubuntu 20.04 was I think a huge mistake, and my signal to move on to a new distro. I love how Mint feels familiar in the daily use of the OS, but also distinctly Linux... Its like WIndows 10 but with the crap removed, and Ubuntu without the pigheadedness!
I agree about Snaps, especially when several months ago I played around with Ubuntu some and had several Snap apps that just would not run. Even deleting the entire Snap framework and going the regular .deb route with Ubuntu had problems. No distro I ever use from here on will include Snaps. Mint has been amazing.
BBC2 1975 4.30am
"Hello, I'm Dr Peter Thung and today we'll be looking at vectors."
Wonderful presentation, thx from India
This dude has become my goto for everything computer related.
It's been my favorite Linux distro for quite a while now. Thank you for the review. Have a great week :)
Nice one Christopher... always nice to see how other OS's are progressing...
I love Linux Mint, fast without complications, and well configurable! Great video, thank you so much!
Thank you as always for a lovely video. I too get excited by new features and get a chuckle out of you saying so.
As always sir, I appreciate you illustrating what makes Linux Mint so great! If you've not considered such, a video about the process of upgrading from one version to another might be a good idea. Assuming a section of your subscribers already have Mint like myself, they might not want to do a fresh install.
Thanks again, & keep up the good work!
I've been using 19.3, Cinnamon for a while, and I'm very happy with this OS. It gives me a comfortable user interface, as a former Windows user, and gives me pretty much all of the same features that Windows did, even down to formatting USB drives, networking, and fast operations. I'd expect the same from 20x, but will also likely wait a couple months before making it my 'daily driver'. You can tell the pioneers - they are the ones with the arrows in the back!
That "comfortable user interface" has nothing to do with Mint, that is just the DE (desktop environment), you can use Cinnamon on any distro. Cinnamon is nice, I use KDE though (and I experiment with tiling window managers). It seems a bit faster and I love the window rules (no titlebar and buttons in my case). "formatting USB drives" is just a matter of a third party program which you can also install on any distro (all software on Linux).
@@peterjansen4826 well, Cinnamon is entirely maintained by Mint
@Zippydsm Lee You shouldn't hop OSs if you're gonna recreate the exact same workflow that you have in the former OS xD, but it's fine at the beginning
@@twb0109 It still is not an intrinsic part of a distro because you can interchange it. You can put any other DE on Mint and Cinnamon on any other distro and functionally nothing changes, just the big buttons on which users click.
@@peterjansen4826 I'm not saying it's not xd
Great video, Thanks Chris! One note; Warpinator can be loaded onto any distribution and will transfer files between any of those distros. Warpinator is also already in the AUR (Arch repository).
Thanks for this. :)
The only thing remaining is a compatible Android and iOS app
@@Sweet-Vermouth A thousand upvotes for you!
@@Sweet-Vermouth it's already available for android! (Although i usually uses kde connect because it has more features)
I always impressed the way you explaining. So detail and easy to understand
Mint has been my favourite distro for some time now. I have tried others but always end up coming back to it. Nice video with good clear explanation, seeing this and a couple of others here you have a new subscriber.
Is Mint good for gaming? I heard Manjaro and PopOS are the preferred ones for gaming...
@@kilosierraalpha okay! Out of the three versions of Mint 20, what would be the best for my system? Specs:
- CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 245
- GPU: GeForce 6800 GS
- RAM: Corsair 2x4 DDR3
- MB: Asus M4N68T-M LE
- SSD: ADATA 240gb SU630
- HDD: WD 120gb 7200 RPM
- OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
I do plan to upgrade to the AMD Phenom II x6 1090T processor, (6-core) The OS is on my SSD, and HDD contains games, and media, documents.
@@SRC267 If you have not used Linux Mint before, I would suggest you try Cinnamon. Your specs are better than my own computer and Cinnamon runs fine on my Desktop.
@@SRC267 the biggest issue with your build (aside from it just being old) is the Geforce 6800. Nvidia in general can be hit or miss (they have a history for not being very cooperative with the linux community), especially with older GPUs like your's as its in the "too old; no longer supported". I actually recommend an AMD GPU that is at least GCN1.0 so that you can use AMD's own amdgpu driver (after enabling support for GCN1 and 2) which works very well. See here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units#Radeon_HD_7000_series (GCN starts with the higher end of the 7000 series and on). If you don't do that, you may be forced to use nouveau, the open source nvidia driver made by reverse engineering...which has been hot garbage when I tried it in the past. If Mint's driver manager can grab a usable one for the 6800 as the proprietary driver, always try that first. As for which desktop to use, I recommend MATE or XFCE as they are lighter on resources. Cinnamon may be a bit touchy with your 6800.
@@JerichoKru well, I've just downloaded Cinnamon now before reading this. I also did have to find legacy drivers for this card to get it working with Windows 10.
the distro doesn't matter for gaming there all the same and have same performance.
Calming you say? 🤔 I’m in. Fantastically informative (and entertaining) as always. 👍
You are the go-to chap for sane & calm explanations. There is something very reminiscent of RISC-OS in Cinnamon. I think I just time-warped back 30 years!
This video convinced me to dive into Linux. I tried Mint roughly 5 years ago and I couldn't get into it. Now I'm dual booting Windows 10 and Linux Mint and I'm slowly growing and learning Linux and really enjoying it. Thank you so much for bringing Linux Mint back to my attention. I wish I could have had a computer teacher like you in school.
This is great to hear. Enjoy your Linux journey.
The best Linux distro for me as well, although I chose MATE instead of Cinnamon.
The proper usage of Desktop icons, system tray icons, minimize/maximimize/close buttons and the overall choice of configuration tools make this the PERFECT working environment for me.
This is how a DESKTOP operating system needs to operate.
I agree, got MATE as well and fell for it straight away
MATE: easy to learn, visually direct, and comfortably traditional. The MATE desktop does not get in your way: you simply get things done. Just click the Menu button and launch the apps!
I agree with you 100%: this is how a DESKTOP operating system needs to operate. In comparison, Windows 10 gets me cranky all the time.
I agree as well, - there's something wrong with Cinnamon, and CPU load and lags are the least of those concerns... IMHO Cinnamon does not offer ANY extra functionality...
I also use the MATE version of Mint still on the older 17.1 as I have no need to upgrade at this point in time unless I also upgrade my computer.
I love the fact that your desk is actually untidier than mine (and that's some achievement)! ;-)
Thank you for posting this educational video. I viewed a few other Linux Mint 20 review vids, and they didn't explain in detail how to download "Chrome" without the Snap package manager, and without using the terminal commands.
As always your videos are to the point and also entertaining, Thank You.
I never thought that Mate was due to the drink, which is traditional in my country (Uruguay) as well as in Paraguay or Argentina.
If anyone wants to know it is like a tea and can be drunk with cold or hot water and bitter or with sugar, but the traditional way is hot and without sugar.
It is a tradition from many years ago among the Gauchos (cowboys) to drink it in meetings and share it among friends while singing typical songs around a fire.
Also in my country it is very common to see people of all ages drinking it in public areas (of course, not right now due to the pandemic).
Thank you Christopher for such an interesting video as always.
Daniel Gomez Thank you Daniel for that short history lesson. I never knew it was a traditional drink in Uruguay
Yes, the DE creator is from Argentina.
And what about Peru, there is mate here too, we're all from the tahuantinsuyo of the inca empire
@@Sebastianlogin No sabia que en Peru tomaban mate tambien, se que en algunas regiones de Brazil lo toman. No conozco el origen del mate pero imagino que es mas una tradicion de culturas indigenas. Seria interesante saber como lo preparan ya que hay varias formas segun los paises. Un saludo y gracias por el comentario ;)
Uy !! El Mate si que es horrible, de los brebajes de América del Sur creo que el té de Coca es mejor y más nutritivo. Nosotros en Costa Rica no ocupamos Mate, acá degustamos el mejor café del mundo, es tan delicioso que a veces me tomo 8 tazas, creo que por eso tenemos un montón de Peruanos y Argentinos que no han querido volver al sur desde que probaron nuestro cafecito.
100%. For new linux users, there is no better hassle free distro than Mint. Kudos to Clément Lefevre and his team for an unwavering commitment over the years to develop and polish this Linux gem.
Its good for advanced users too it can handle anything anyone from beginner to advanced could want to do on their laptop or desktop
Just upgraded to Mint 20 today and found your video notification right now. That was on point 🙂. Especially the "whats NEW" part was very interesting. Thanks for your effort you put into this channel every day.
Greetings 😋✌
One more excellent video!
Yesterday I did check my PC who is running mint and I did check for updates, I was wondering when are they delivering the next version and to night, I checked my email and found that your last video was about Linux 20 , that's great!!!
I'll update my two laptops tomorrow!
Thank you again for your very nice job 👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏
So simple yet so powerful distro that even my old desktop run smoothly.
That means it is power efficient not powerfull
I found that Linux Mint makes it very easy to make a bootable USB stick by simply right clicking on the downloaded ISO file and selecting "make bootable USB stick".
When I upgraded to LM20 and found that the Chromium browser was no longer routinely supported, I found that the Slimjet browser was an excellent substitute being based on Chromium. Slimjet can be downloaded as a .deb file.
Thanks for the review.
Your explaining skills are superb, yet simple and straight. Kind regards, Sir.
Thanks! :)
Excellent video Christopher sir, during this lockdown period, lot of people are migrating to linux which is great thanks to people like you. Hope you keep making these awesome videos and take care of your health as well.
Great video. I love Mint for new users. (I use Arch, BTW). Just a note: Xfce was originally written in X Frameworks, hence XFCE (X11 Frameworks Common Environment). However, it is no longer written in XF, and thus is now (per the Xfce team) simply written as Xfce, not XFCE.
What distro do you use?
CHRIS! Thank you ever so much for making this video as it's very helpful. Cinnamon Mint works great on my older computer, and the price is right. Cheers!
Great to hear!
Thanks again. You make me happy every week with your excellent explained videos!
Thanks. :)
Great video, Professor, I am always learning something new with you.
:)
Have played with Linux for over 20 years, this is by far the best distro that I have ever tried. Might finally make me a believer. Have switched 3 computers from Windows 10 to Linux Mint. After several weeks of use I am quite happy ..
Another great video! I think I just might give this a try. Forgot all about linux being awesome and free. Also love the old school feel and no nonsense style of your videos. No 5 minute stories at the start telling us a back story about "how you found this Linux distro" or low key flexing "my friends over at the mint team have just come out with a awesome new linux distro". Etc. Thats just you telling us the the What, How, and Who, of the info. And BTW ! Thats a proper PC technicians desk!!! Keep up the awesome work.
Well, all I have to say is...color me impressed! I started my Linux Mint install at 5:30 PM, it took me until 7:00 PM to install the OS, fix the missing WiFi connectivity issue (put the install media back in the DVD drive, run Device Manager to load the proper drivers, then reboot and configure WiFi), load Zoom and Chrome (required for class) and confirm functionality.
As compared to my first Linux experience back in 1997ish, which was a Red Hat distro with lots of icons on drop down menus that didn't work, absolutely no standard of comparison. This is far, far superior - best of all, Win 7 is still available via dual boot.
Well done! 👏👏👏
Great to hear of your positive Linux experience! :)
Only one issue, with a simple solution: while setting up my printer (HP LaserJet 6MP via parallel printer port) I had some difficulty with really slow printing (12-15 minutes to print a test page). Apparently during the upgrade from 19 to 20 the printer drivers got broken, and the solution (for now, anyway) is to use a USB to parallel printer converter cable. Swapped in a different cable, and a test print now takes about 15 seconds. 👍
Great video, I just installed it, MATE. It's really awesome coming from a Windows 10 user. Has Steam yay! Thanks for explaining Warpinator!
Watched your video and been wanting to try Linux for a while so took the plunge on an old Lenovo idea center, it was originally Windows 8 and upgraded to Windows 10, and became so slow it was a nightmare but always reliable and just used for browsing and watching movies, etc.
What a difference Linux mint made it's even faster than when new, does everything I want from a basic system and seems to have lots more potential.
A big thumbs up from me
Great to hear! :)
Yet another amazing video. Keep Safe!
As someone who is playing around with Mint 20 with the Cinnamon desktop having used Mint 19 before that, I’ve made a few observations:
* The System Settings app is basically seems like it’s modeled after the macOS System Preferences app which organizes all the different “System Preference panes” into rows based on general categories. What differentiates Mint from macOS here is that you can also access the system preferences options via the preference menu item in the Mint Menu where upon you are presented with a list of options you can choose from which loads a separate app for each preference category. The System Settings app just basically provides an alternate interface for accessing these all in one app. Since all these Settings apps are really doing is just editing a text-based config file store in a system directory, you could actually manually adit these settings yourself and in some cases you need to to config advanced settings not made available via a settings app, such as setting refresh rate before Mint 20.
* Warpinator is very much like the Airdrop feature in macOS & IOS/iPadOS.
* Mate by the way is a fork of the discontinued Gnome 2 desktop (Pronounced Gu-nome not like the garden gnome) by an Argentinian programers who didn’t like the direction Gnome 3 went in. Cinnamon is an attempt to take certain things people liked about Mate/Gnome 2 and merge them with certain updated features of Gnome 3 to form something of a compromise between the two.
* For anyone who doesn’t know this already, if you want to try one of the other desktop environments after installing say the Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition then you can do so by simply downloading it from the software store. This includes other options such as KDE, for example. Once installed, you can choose which desktop to use for your user session via a button on the login-in screen. Thus you can have multiple desktop environments installed at the same time or switch between as you like. The KDE desktop environment comes with a number of apps specifically written for it that are installed when you install KDE and these run under Cinnamon too. These includes some games, an alternate text editor and terminal app, graphics and media apps, and many others utilities and apps. You can install these apps separately from KDE itself but I believe you will have to still install parts of the KDE desktop software needed to allow these GUI apps to run under Cinnamon (some sort of KDE API layer I believe).
As a few have said in comments that they are now running Mint 20, I want to let you know I just yesterday installed 20 over my in place 19.03 and it went without a hitch! Very impressed with the upgrade procedure with a couple of exceptions of minor importance. It deleted a WOL package I was using, completely disappeared, and gave me 2 sound icons in the task bar. The second of which disappeared today by magic! That's all after I ran a Backup and Snapshot for good measure before taking the plunge so can now say 'go for it' if you are inclined. Only thing I didn't do was wear a full face mask while upgrading, ho hum. Well done Christopher for bringing this to the masses attention. I too love it.
Mint is one of my favourite, great distro.
On cinnamon, for daily tasks, fast & reliable, runs smoothly.
I like warpinator, very appealing.
And this Borgish green desktop, calming.
Time to test new Mint. 🤖👌🏻
Greetings Chris.
I hope you are doing well, stay safe! ☀️
Hi Elvira, good to hear from you as always. I agree the green of Mint is calming -- I find it a nice and relaxed distro to use. Take care, Chris.
Girl u so fine 😚
@@ExplainingComputers Agreed, I think the green makes it relaxing to use. and the interface is quite clean, its like a mix of XP and windows 10 lol
I see your comment everywhere, especially these kinds of videos.
I put Linux mint 20 about two weeks ago and updated to 20.2. Works great for my dell lattitude e5400 and makes a good performance boost with a SSD
Wonderful review. Thank you, as always.
These videos of yours are responsible for creating a very strange addiction in me, I am addicted to installing various Linux distros to my laptop lol.
I first tried Linux in the early 2000s and then as a main operating system in 2010. I was so happy to go back to Windows (XP at the time) and fairly quickly too. Professional applications and specialised programmes were either poorly implemented or unavailable on Linux at the time. Reliability and niggles always were popping up. Very annoying and unacceptable for any serious user.
I dabbled a few more times, but had avoided Linux a bit, in around 2017 I tried again and was shocked with the gigantic improvements all round. The kernel had matured to become seemingly stable and bulletproof. The fact most people spend 99% of their time on the browser it makes it a rather moot point these days. I would now happily swap over.
Linux has come of age AT LAST! It is smooth fast and reliable with whatever distro you care to choose and capable of doing any task often using less machine resources. I also have an old laptop now running a lightweight distro and it has saved that machine from the scrappers. Really runs well.
Love your videos...I almost believed I was watching on the BBC. (When it had programmes like yours).
I remember trying Red Hat, and Mandriva back in the late 90's. The problem was always no drivers for the video adapter so it ran 640x480 16 color mode. Even if it did have support for that video adapter it had better be ISA or PCI. Using one of those "AGP" video cards was asking for trouble. Many times there were no sound drivers unless it was a "Creative Sound Blazster Pro or 16", and no modem drivers available (Win Modem). If you didn't have a 3com, or Intel NIC you could forget that working as well. Printer or Scanner drivers were almost none existent unless you had a dot matrix printer. USB support was hit or miss so you better stick with the PS2 or Serial mouse. Now it's different as Linux usually picks up devices better than Windows 10. That's really saying something since Windows 10's hardware database and driver updates are mountains above what they were for Windows 7. Linux to me then, was for machines that sat in a corner and chugged serving files, DHCP, Gateway / Proxy duty, webserver, or email.
@@LionWithTheLamb Those are some memories. I used Red Hat back then. Probably 4.2 or 5.0. My machine was pretty well supported as it was a 1994 vintage Pentium 90 (with the then-famous FDIV bug.) I didn't get into using it as my desktop until the early-mid 2000s.
Martin D A, I 100% agree. Your history is similar to mine, to the point of bring some memories. Tried Linux (Red Hat and other distro I can't remember) in early 2000s, when it was trendy but came back to Windows 98 in a hurry. Today we have some great and easy to use distros but most because that bearded old farts developing it threw the towel or simply died, otherwise we would not had even mouse or a graphic interface. Many of the obstacles to make Linux popular were overcome, but to my view, the road is still long. Too many distros, too many egos, and too many pitty bureaucracy like that Chromium browser thing explained in the video. For a non-initiated, the amount of distros is daunting. Thanks God we have people like Chris who explain complex things in a calm and pleasable manner.
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As for Linux Mint, is it really necessary to download a +100MB app to create a bootlable media (that Etcher app)? I mean, just one screen and a couple buttons? Ah, and it's Windows 7 forward, so if you have a spare computer with only Windows XP or Vista, you can't create a simple flash drive. As I said, the road is still long.
Yeah, it can run 20 percent of programs of windows now, use wine and you can bump that up to 80 percent but not stable, i pulled these numbers out of my ass but I'm betting I'm pretty generous with these numbers.
@@LionWithTheLamb Ha ha yes, that is about right...That brought it all back.
I use Fedora 32 with Gnome on my school laptop. Originally installed 31 and upgraded via the GUI.
Over the past few years a lot of Linux distros have gotten extremely beautiful to look at and are now very easy to use, even for beginners.
I prefer Gnome because of the fast switching between my open applications and because of its sleek design. I don't want a messy start menu or desktop. However I do understand that some people want a more practical system.
The most important thing is, that you use Linux! Doesn't matter which distro or desktop.
Thanks for the video!
Edit: typo
Been using Mint for years. Even more these days. Great video!
Fantastic video. I will use it as a primer for all my friends who are just getting started in Linux, since I always recommend mint. Thanks a lot!
Great to hear!
Linux Mint is truly a gem among all the Linux distributions!
Old linux mint was better for me in terms of design but its a nice distro..
it truly is, even Mx linux is fantastic
Nice vid as always! ;).
How? It was release 10 minutes ago and 16m long?
Nicolas Chapados Girard I’m sure it is good cause i watch all of his videos and are always good ;).
True, but I make sure it is :)
Love the way you explain everything. Nice calm cool presentation
Thank you so much 🙂
@@ExplainingComputers No thank you, I just subscribed, I have seen a few of your videos. Keep up the good work.
@@markenetube Welcome aboard!
Just finished a new build and have Linux for the first time. Thanks for the great vids, loving Linux mint so much more than Windows!
Sounds like you are a convert! :)
I'm so glad you mentioned how you can download and use Chrome as an alternative to chromium since I'm new to the Linux Mint world and some websites won't work properly on firefox.
Try brave, then. More privacy control and runs everithing like chrome/chromium.
(Although I use firefox, because I love how deep I can go in the about:config settings to make it work as I need (and to respect my privacy as I deserve))
@@polgzz Brave is being more of a shady company, sadly. I really like Chromium and Firefox
@@polgzz use duckduckgo
I'm glad to hear someone as knowledgeable as you has made the same decision I made when Win 7 was killed. Give up on Microsoft and use (some form of) Ubuntu. Thanks for all your great content!
Great video, Sir! I'm going to try Xfce on my old HP laptop after watching this.
Rik Prince I’ve extended the life of many pc’s with Mint xfce and appreciate how stable and quick it is even on old equipment.
Very impressive distro and well-described as well, thanks as always Chris.
Thanks Chris.
Thanks for sharing your video. Hope you are continuing to recover.
Thanks.
As a long-time Linux user and sysadmin, I agree! You can’t go wrong with Mint. 👍👍
Samantha Anders nah. Mint is great for new and experienced Linux users alike. While I use Slackware and KISS Linux for more hands-on projects, it’s great to hop on Mint for other tasks, when I don’t want to bother tinkering or tweaking. It’s all Linux under the hood anyway :)
I wonder how hard or easy it is to get ePSXe to run in Mint.. it's a nightmare to try and run in Ubuntu
@Samantha Anders Though I am 100% on the Arch train (it really is the best distro for gaming) I have to agree with Mitchel that Mint is not ONLY for novice Linux users. Mint does specifically cater to novice Linux users but at the end of the day all Linux distributions which use Debian-packages can be tailored to whatever your needs are. It just happens to be that on some systems (Arch) it takes a bit less effort than on others (Ubuntu-based). As Mitchel says, under the hood it is all just Linux. But by default on any Ubuntu-based distro you get older software.
@Peter Jansen @adventureoflinkmk2
speaking of Arch, I know that the aforementioned ePSXe program is in the AUR. For other distros, one must either compile from source or download the Linux ePSXe zip file from their website. The AUR never ceases to amaze me! 😃
@Raphael Silverstone my only gripe with *Buntu is that as said trying to get ePSXe to work in it is a nightmare. Even if I download the Linux 64-bit version
Already upgraded from 19
Great review as always thanks
Very nice presentation of Mint 20. I have already installed the xfce edition on Asus E200HA laptop and now the speakers work normally. It was a bug that linux didn't support the speakers drivers of this laptop until kernel 5.3. Anyway Mint is a solid good OS for many machines. Keep up the good work.
The struggle between open standard procedures for system tasks (like installing and upgrading softwre) and proprietary "improvements" to lock users into environments appears to be endless. Don't let the lure of the "new shiny" lead you into the spider's parlour. Fortunately, even in the nadir of the Windows hegemony, the resistance survived, and we can hope it will thrive.
Today I finally decided to install Linux Mint on my computer. I'd like to thank you for introducing me to Linux.
Great to hear -- good luck! :)
A local computer guy said Linux isn't suitable for ppl with basic computer skills, so I'm not sure what to do as I didn't want to move my parents' old XP computer over to Windows 10.
I don't know if I'd need to upgrade the older computer or whether Linux Mint would run fine on it as it is. The local guy offered me a refurbished pc with Windows 10 on it - exactly what I wanted to avoid.
Knowing that Mint runs out in 2023, he suggested Ubuntu, but would it be too complicated for my parents?
I could set up the computer myself with advice from this great channel, but I'd like to know whether it would even be feasible.
Thanks guys.
@@Uniq_Jer31vs33_GodHearsAndSees It sounds like the computer guy wants to sell you stuff. Linux Mint is a straight-forward Linux distro to use, and all that most people with "basic computer skills" want and to do these days is to run a web browser, maybe a word processor, e-mail package, watch videos, view and edit photos, etc. And all of these is easy to do in Linux Mint.
With regard to Linux Mint "running out in 2023", I presume you are referring to Linux Mint 19, which offers a 32-bit version? This indeed ends support in April 2023. If you need a 32-bit OS then most major distros cease 32-bit support at this time. So you need to find out if the PC has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor. If 64 bit, there is no problem as you can run the 64-bit version of Linux Mint which has long-term-support. If not, it sounds like you have little to lose migrating the machine to Linux Mint 19 32bit. OK, so support will end in 2023. But support for XP ended a lot of years so, so you will have improved matters in terms of security anyway. And beyond April 2023, using Linux Mint 19 without support will still be a lot safer than using Windows XP. Good luck!
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Thank you so much!!! I did wonder about that. And thanks for the really detailed explanation, I am so appreciative of that. You really do take an interest in your subscribers/ commenters. How long do you think it would take to set it up, roughly?
@@Uniq_Jer31vs33_GodHearsAndSees If you do want a 32-bit OS that's like Linux Mint, may I suggest Linux Mint Debian Edition? Instead of being based on Ubuntu its based off Debian, which Ubuntu itself is based on. It gives the same user experience you would find on the standard Linux Mint edition, but has 32-bit support.
No kidding, Chris. You make my Sundays better 😁
Thanks. :)
I updated a week ago and worked perfectly. Great video!
Great to hear!
I love that you mentioned the unsettling transition between Windows 7 and Windows 8. I needed to replace a dead laptop right around the time of the release of Windows 8. I was not prepared for the horrors that awaited me. I found it to be terrible and that's what finally drove me to Linux as my primary OS, though I was able to obtain an official copy of Windows 7 for that machine to get me through the first few months.
I've used Mint for the majority of my time on Linux. I even put my parents on Mint, which says a lot about how easy it is to use.
I've done my share of distro hopping, for various reasons, but I find that Mint is simply the best for my needs for now and I always come back to it.
But there's a reason I still keep my eye on other distros. For me, Mint was nearly perfect in the 17 series, specifically 17.1 Cinnamon which I used. After that, things changed. Series 18 added new features I didn't like, which added a bunch of hoops for me to go through in order to get things set up to my liking. It also broke the default network manager for me. That was an Ubuntu issue, perhaps even Debian. My wi-fi would rarely connect and wouldn't stay connected. This was fixed by using WICD as my network manager, but it took a while to figure that out. And in series 19, Mint added more hoops to go through, as I hated the facelift to the default desktop and panel with the grouped programs without labels. On top of that, it wasn't obvious how to go back to the classic look, under "first steps" I believe. So as new editions come out, it takes longer for me to reach a set up I like, which is quite annoying. And the MATE and XFCE editions have their own issues to get around, such as performance issues and desktop compositing.
I hated Windows 8 when it first arrived, but last year when I was looking for an alternative to Windows 7, I discovered a very handy free app called 'Classic Shell' that basically transformed the old Windows 8.1 start menu into a lovely Windows 7 one. Since discovering that, I've been using Windows 8.1 as my daily driver and it is just like being on Windows 7, but with a few nicer features like the SSD optimization and the new task manager. I intend to stick with it until Jan 2023, when it finally stops getting security updates. Classic Shell (or Open Shell as the newer one is called) can also replace the awful start menu on Windows 10 too. I've got Linux Mint on a test rig for now, but I expect to transition across fully once Windows 8.1 becomes EoL.
Have been duel booting now for over 18 months 25% windows 75% mint. Windows for gaming Mint for everything everyday use.
@@MichaelGraham21 It depends on the game. Anything with anti-cheat/tamper will usually fail and some just wont work.
@@JerichoKru Hmmm. As a heavy Steam user myself, that is a consideration, otherwise I quite likely would have made the switchover already. :-/
I mostly play Minecraft which runs natively in linux.
@@MichaelGraham21 I am sure it could be made to work, but I find a duel boot so much easyer for me.
@@AnOliviaShapedGremlin Besides being a pain in the ass, it requires to have 2 gpus
Still rocking that 4:3 monitor ! Good for you, man ! There's no school like the old school !
Indeed -- it is a 5:4 (1280x1024) -- still the best for writing. :)
Thank you for this nice video! Hope everything is going the right way with the healing proces? Keep it up Chris!
Awesome! There's nothing standing in the way of saying Windows bye bye now. 👍
Indeed. Four out of the five computers my wife and I have now run Mint 20 MATE by default and it's excellent. The fifth is dual boot and only has Windows for 'legacy' purposes. I regard Windows as "yesterday's OS". 😁
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The only thing stopping me is knowing whether most of my Steam/GoG games can be run under Linux. Otherwise I'd have switched over already.
@@VulpisFoxfire I hear ya loud and clear... I wanna put Linux Mint on my digital Dec PC rebuild then get VMware or some other decent virtual machine software and put windows 10 pro on it for steam and such
@@VulpisFoxfire There is a very good selection of Linux games on Steam, many of them ports of well known Windows games. I play TF2 on Linux often, and I get a higher frame rate than the same game on Windows.
I remember when mint was the one you used because they setup all the video codecs for you.
I have been using Mint+KDE for a long time and installed Mint 20 recently. I tried Cinnamon for a few days but after using KDE since about its beginning I find Cinnamon rather lame. So I installed the XFCE version of Mint 20 and added KDE. I use surplus Dell Optiplex hardware from our local University. Performance is good. I remember when we had 10 char/sec hardcopy terminals and the fantastic performance of the new 30 char/sec terminals, then CRTs, the VT100s, WOW!. So if something takes a half second or more on my current machine that is just fine. Instantaneous performance is not necessary for me. Reliable is more important which is why I use Linux and not Windows. I enjoy your videos, Chris. Well done. Keep it up.
Wow, Chris, those subs are getting up there, aren't they? You work hard to be thorough, and stay objective even when showing people your favourite distro. Keep it up!
Thanks, I will try! :)
Very good video, with the same humor as usual !
I myself consider going back to mint xfce after using Debian KDE. Mint offers the piece of mind that I need because I do not have the time to tweak around everytime I need a new software, so this video is right on time. ( I used mint before)
I also recommend using ventoy instead of etcher if u have many ISOs.
Maybe a video about it ?
Thank you EC !
Also wondering why Etcher is so large of a file? I have my suspicions about it. Need to see the source code.
Ventoy, new to it, love it!
Save a copy of the source code, before MS or some other unethical company buys it out.
@@kyledailey Because it uses something called Electron which is pretty much programs based on the chromium browser base. On the plus side it is really easy make a program multi-platform with it, one the minus the makes the files sizes big and bloated. Spotify does the same thing.
I fail to see how Ventoy is better than Etcher. Most people are not going to be keen on going CLI to use that utility. Etcher is as simple as downloading and running as a GUI.
I upgraded to Ulyana and now I'm able to play TH-cam at 720p with just an old Core 2 Duo and 2 GB RAM, amazing.
This is great feedback, thanks for sharing.
Best video on clean Installing Mint 20, and for the never ending search from newbies "Mint Cinnamon vs. MATE vs. XFCE" - I wish I could meet you...
A week ago, I refurbished a 9 year old 27 inch iMac, by disposing of the HDD, replacing it with an inexpensive 256GB SSD and installing Linux Mint on it. The older, 'thicker' iMacs are easy to do a swap out of the HDD to SSD, because the screen isn't glued on (unlike the thin edge iMacs). Installing the OS was quick, so converting a big old silver paperweight into a usable system only took about 45 minutes. Overall, it was a very polished off result!
Hey, sir, I just tried Mint three days ago, been using windows for the past ten years, I think this is a good option, not on my main PC though.
I just installed Mint 20 MATE yesterday, and added a global menu panel at the top of the screen, much like Ubuntu MATE contemporary scheme. It's just a perfect, consistent and elegant desktop.
About Chromium, I just stand by the Mint side on this issue. I use Firefox by the way.
Mr. Chris, have you tried the yerba mate drink? If you like your tea strong, you might also like it. I'm sure Mr. Scissors will.
I can't wait to try, thank u for explaining 👍
I love. your content. Very thorough and easy to understand. Thankyou.
If were going to switch to Linux (and believe me, dealing with Windows has gotten me close several times) I would do Mint. It's powerful, easy to use, and I like the GUI (they it looks and works out of box)
Mint looks good distro for long time Windows users
It is indeed.
I'm about to go from windows 10 to this and I'm really excited.
Thank you sir. I am a new user of linux mint from windows 10 for my lenovo s20 netbook.
Hi Chris. Great video as usual. I indeed have an Acer Aspire One Netbook I would like to install Linux on. Could you/or someone be a bit more definitive about the stability of the Xfce version of this distro? I don't really want to wait 6 months for the repairs and updates to settle down.
Xfce is perfectly stable to use now.
@@ExplainingComputers Most excellent. I will give it an install. Thanks.
Switched from Ubuntu to Mint 8 years ago, still using it and never moved back.
Been using Linux Mint Mate for a number for years now. Still on 18.3 but plan to install mint 20 on a new machine soon.
It is wonderful, very stable and reliable, and as you say calming and I would say stress free and very productive.
I tried a lot of distros, always come back to Linux Mint.