That's a good looking desktop. I like that you didn't merely change accent colours and the wallpaper like the hundreds of other videos about Mint on TH-cam.
You encouraged me to explore the themes and such. I didn't realize I can watch my system resources on this old dell 7010. Linux breaths new life in old hardware!
This is one of the best explained videos. I installed Linux today, I don't know anything about it. I heard that it is very good, so I should try it. Very very nicely explained, it's amazing how many different options there are in contrast to Windows. I'm starting to like it, but I still need a lot of time to discover all the possibilities.
LMDE fanboy here. Interesting set up... Cinnamon is Thanos's favourihe DE, perfectly balanced between customisation and stability, as everything should be.
Thankyou sir, a nice overview of how to personalise the desktop. I would say however look into how you are recording audio as it seems as if youve utilised one of your old zx spectrum tape recorders, mines was from wh smiths a uk based general store 😂 in saying that that is what I used to put in the practice room in the centre to record our band practicing, the 8 bit done us justice back then. Thanks again for this video I appreciate it.
Making the move to dual boot to Linux Mint. This was extremely helpful as I am totally into customizing the desktop. Now to work on that audio side of it and get that figured out. Progress is coming in that arena as well. Thanks for this. Subed!
Great !! Thanks !! Just 4 more dreams .... 1. The transparent taskbar on the top 2. Time and calendar in the middle of that Top Taskbar 3. Calendar show all items of my Google Calendar 4. A dock at the bottom of the screen
All of that is actually pretty easy to do. The Google account integration is available at the settings if you have the panel edit mode activated you can just move the panel to the top. Lastly, you'd have to install a dock app, such as plank.
Creating Linux tutorial videos can be challenging because there's no one-size-fits-all approach. I lean towards using Arch with XFCE, but I can't shake the feeling that XFCE is barely hanging on. As a person that used mint with cinnamon in the past I can say it works but it comes with lot of issues being a fork of a fork. I admire the approach taken by the German publication c't, presenting Linux options akin to a subway network map, showing where a "train" can lead you and what line you want to take. For commercial purposes, LTS versions may be preferable, whereas for personal use, a rolling release could be more suitable. Mint is kinda "fisherprice" it is LTS but aimed to an audience that probably wants a rolling release. At least you've shown people what they can achieve with customizing cinnamon beyond changing colors.
One thing of note you used a theme that added the transparency to the panel. If you use the transparency extension sometimes it can conflict with the theme and cause stutters in your processor...trust me I found out the hard way. If you have a good bit of ram, in system settings in general you should double the ram that cinnamon uses before restarting/refresh and that will help with stutters also. With Ryzen processors in your UEFI/Bios you should set your PSU Power to typical and a lot of UEFI/Bios will not show this setting but you can find it with the search feature of just searching for power as with it set to auto sometimes will cause a stutter in some programs and gaming though I'm not a gamer.
can't see the sense of going Linux now when I see RAM usage in idle desktop up to 3 GB ;X average 2.3, when w11 on my pc is 2.7GB also but still more compatible for me than Linux
In Linux we have virtual desktops just like windows. Many times when recording a video I will have a browser or other apps open on a different virtual desktop just like in this case. That was not a fresh install or a fresh system booted system. Depending on the Linux distros. Memory after a system boot or fresh install will be 700mb to 1.3gb with no other programs open or running. I had several apps open and minimized on the another virt desktop while recording. I Was’nt trying to convince anyone to switch to Linux my tech channel is all about exploring, learning, sharing info, and, education. Linux is not for everyone. Thanks for watching.
The actual ram Mint uses after boot is usually less than 1gb. But if you have a lot of ram available, Mint will usually use a lot of it for cache, this way the most used apps will open faster. In case the pc needs more ram for something else, the os automatically removes ram from the cache and allocate to the needed app.
A good rule of thumb is unused ram is wasted ram. Linux in general allocates ram very efficiently and does not do it the same way as microsoft. Lot of tubers will have applications/programs on different desktops also that also consumes some ram. Best thing I can say is do a few searches on how ram is used in Linux as I could type up a whole book and you will be surprised.
With all due respect the majority of people who use windows will not switch. OS agnostic i am but got to be real. Most of the people i know who use windows won't switch for one reason SOFTWARE.
Friend, I think that's CHANGED. Like you, I was the same way just weeks ago. Of course I'm likely to run into situations where "software" that I could use on Windows is unlikely to be matched well on Linux Mint, but so far I've not run into that problem. I even played ELDEN RING the other day on Mint, and it loaded faster and played just as nicely as it did on Windows. With an RTX 3060. Before I bit the bullet and installed Mint I was literally bored to death with Windows 10, falling asleep at the computer, just hating to use the computer. It's taken a very long time, and over the years I've had some really crappy experiences with Linux that had me running for the hills of Windows, but I think we're now at the point that we can kiss Microsoft goodbye.
I have to admit that putting the clock on the moon was genius.
That's a good looking desktop. I like that you didn't merely change accent colours and the wallpaper like the hundreds of other videos about Mint on TH-cam.
You encouraged me to explore the themes and such. I didn't realize I can watch my system resources on this old dell 7010.
Linux breaths new life in old hardware!
This is one of the best explained videos. I installed Linux today, I don't know anything about it. I heard that it is very good, so I should try it. Very very nicely explained, it's amazing how many different options there are in contrast to Windows. I'm starting to like it, but I still need a lot of time to discover all the possibilities.
Sorry, the background music is distracting, annoying and pointless.
Wow. They you do not like that music
LMDE fanboy here. Interesting set up... Cinnamon is Thanos's favourihe DE, perfectly balanced between customisation and stability, as everything should be.
Good stuff, but, please take the time when installing things to say what you install not just cut past it then get into adding and changing.
Absolutely amazing. Well done.
Thankyou sir, a nice overview of how to personalise the desktop. I would say however look into how you are recording audio as it seems as if youve utilised one of your old zx spectrum tape recorders, mines was from wh smiths a uk based general store 😂 in saying that that is what I used to put in the practice room in the centre to record our band practicing, the 8 bit done us justice back then.
Thanks again for this video I appreciate it.
Are you going to do a video called "Make Pop!_OS Mint" ? 😜
Making the move to dual boot to Linux Mint. This was extremely helpful as I am totally into customizing the desktop. Now to work on that audio side of it and get that figured out. Progress is coming in that arena as well. Thanks for this. Subed!
You earned my sub. Well explained and no time wasting.
Switched a year ago, never turned back. Nice vid
why make this video and not link the actual wallpaper you’re using?
yeah the whole video is shitfuckery not even explaining how he got the simple cpu transparent.
Great video!
Where did the wallpaper come from? I've installed the latest Linux mint cinnamon and mine doesn't have that wallpaper icon.
I like your videos, but get rid of the music in this one.
Great !! Thanks !!
Just 4 more dreams ....
1. The transparent taskbar on the top
2. Time and calendar in the middle of that Top Taskbar
3. Calendar show all items of my Google Calendar
4. A dock at the bottom of the screen
All of that is actually pretty easy to do. The Google account integration is available at the settings if you have the panel edit mode activated you can just move the panel to the top. Lastly, you'd have to install a dock app, such as plank.
Creating Linux tutorial videos can be challenging because there's no one-size-fits-all approach. I lean towards using Arch with XFCE, but I can't shake the feeling that XFCE is barely hanging on. As a person that used mint with cinnamon in the past I can say it works but it comes with lot of issues being a fork of a fork. I admire the approach taken by the German publication c't, presenting Linux options akin to a subway network map, showing where a "train" can lead you and what line you want to take. For commercial purposes, LTS versions may be preferable, whereas for personal use, a rolling release could be more suitable. Mint is kinda "fisherprice" it is LTS but aimed to an audience that probably wants a rolling release. At least you've shown people what they can achieve with customizing cinnamon beyond changing colors.
any particular site for those wallpapers?
One thing of note you used a theme that added the transparency to the panel. If you use the transparency extension sometimes it can conflict with the theme and cause stutters in your processor...trust me I found out the hard way. If you have a good bit of ram, in system settings in general you should double the ram that cinnamon uses before restarting/refresh and that will help with stutters also. With Ryzen processors in your UEFI/Bios you should set your PSU Power to typical and a lot of UEFI/Bios will not show this setting but you can find it with the search feature of just searching for power as with it set to auto sometimes will cause a stutter in some programs and gaming though I'm not a gamer.
Hello, can I have your wallpaper please?
Thanks
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Your instructions were kinda all over the place. Just sayin, glad we have pause and play.
where do you get those cool wallpapers from
Thats my question too, I have manny allready, but yours I did not find yes, please let us know?
can't see the sense of going Linux now when I see RAM usage in idle desktop up to 3 GB ;X average 2.3, when w11 on my pc is 2.7GB also but still more compatible for me than Linux
In Linux we have virtual desktops just like windows. Many times when recording a video I will have a browser or other apps open on a different virtual desktop just like in this case. That was not a fresh install or a fresh system booted system. Depending on the Linux distros. Memory after a system boot or fresh install will be 700mb to 1.3gb with no other programs open or running. I had several apps open and minimized on the another virt desktop while recording.
I Was’nt trying to convince anyone to switch to Linux my tech channel is all about exploring, learning, sharing info, and, education. Linux is not for everyone.
Thanks for watching.
The actual ram Mint uses after boot is usually less than 1gb. But if you have a lot of ram available, Mint will usually use a lot of it for cache, this way the most used apps will open faster. In case the pc needs more ram for something else, the os automatically removes ram from the cache and allocate to the needed app.
A good rule of thumb is unused ram is wasted ram. Linux in general allocates ram very efficiently and does not do it the same way as microsoft. Lot of tubers will have applications/programs on different desktops also that also consumes some ram. Best thing I can say is do a few searches on how ram is used in Linux as I could type up a whole book and you will be surprised.
superovo!!!!!!!!
Its Desklets, not Disklets.
With all due respect the majority of people who use windows will not switch. OS agnostic i am but got to be real. Most of the people i know who use windows won't switch for one reason SOFTWARE.
Friend, I think that's CHANGED. Like you, I was the same way just weeks ago. Of course I'm likely to run into situations where "software" that I could use on Windows is unlikely to be matched well on Linux Mint, but so far I've not run into that problem. I even played ELDEN RING the other day on Mint, and it loaded faster and played just as nicely as it did on Windows. With an RTX 3060. Before I bit the bullet and installed Mint I was literally bored to death with Windows 10, falling asleep at the computer, just hating to use the computer. It's taken a very long time, and over the years I've had some really crappy experiences with Linux that had me running for the hills of Windows, but I think we're now at the point that we can kiss Microsoft goodbye.
If your making a video you really need to clean up the sound.
Stop muttering and speak clearly. Kill the background noise too. 🙄
Your mouth is not engaged with your brain