I downloaded Linux Mint and installed it in my laptop last week, and it’s been honestly flawless.
Important tip: linux installs inevitably implode from time to time, as in “I installed something and now I don’t have a GUI”. Linux Mint comes with a cool recovery utility called something like Time Shift or Time Machine. Two clicks through its user interface and it will set itself up to make snapshots of your system every few days / week so that you can easily restore it back to when it worked.
I downloaded Linux Mint and installed it in my laptop last week, and it’s been honestly flawless.
Important tip: linux installs inevitably implode from time to time, as in “I installed something and now I don’t have a GUI”. Linux Mint comes with a cool recovery utility called something like Time Shift or Time Machine. Two clicks through its user interface and it will set itself up to make snapshots of your system every few days / week so that you can easily restore it back to when it worked.
Congrats on the switch, and yes that’s a very important tip. Always have backups and make sure your backups have backups.
I like that Mint really cares about these things and makes it easy for the user to set them up.