Man, your attitude is why Linux is still so fringe. That purity test shit is a real turn off.
For a casual user like myself, all that matters is my computer boots, is navigable and runs programs that do what I need. Mint/Cinnamon does that. It does it with no fuss. And every time some great FOSS warrior comes along to tell me it’s not Linux enough I like it even more. I’m not interested in distro hopping, at all. To be really honest, I’m not interested in my computer. I just use it.
I still don’t get why Mint with its legacy Cinnamon desktop is recommended to new Linux users."
Now, we’re not fighting, but I need you to see what you did. This right here is just a milder version of what I had to sort through just to get started. I started using Mint before I came to Lemmy, and Reddit’s Linux subs are just as helpful, forgiving and accepting as the community here. Long time users are snarky, snobby and honestly not very helpful. It’s not just Arch users. It was like Muscle Beach, but digital. Just flexing, no help at all. Then a user suggested that Mint would be a painless transition and they were right. It worked on the first install and within an hour I had Thunderbird opening my email, Blender set back up just like I had it on my poor dead windows 10 desktop, had my slicer. I haven’t argued with anything. I’ve never opened the terminal. That’s why Noobs are often pointed to Mint. And I won’t leave it without a mighty good reason. My computer gets used for some of my hobbies, but computers quit being a hobby for me nearly 30 years ago.
Because mint is familiar. The GUI and most of the keyboard shortcuts are similar to windows. The install is quick and easy, and for the most part everything will just work and be similar to what they’re used to.
Some people just want to be able to turn on their computer and do stuff without having to get used to a whole new UI.
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Not using WindowsOS/MacOS is a very big step for them and FOSS
so please don’t care that much about distros :) and see the bright side: They are not using WindowsOS/MacOS
Man, your attitude is why Linux is still so fringe. That purity test shit is a real turn off.
For a casual user like myself, all that matters is my computer boots, is navigable and runs programs that do what I need. Mint/Cinnamon does that. It does it with no fuss. And every time some great FOSS warrior comes along to tell me it’s not Linux enough I like it even more. I’m not interested in distro hopping, at all. To be really honest, I’m not interested in my computer. I just use it.
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I still don’t get why Mint with its legacy Cinnamon desktop is recommended to new Linux users."
Now, we’re not fighting, but I need you to see what you did. This right here is just a milder version of what I had to sort through just to get started. I started using Mint before I came to Lemmy, and Reddit’s Linux subs are just as helpful, forgiving and accepting as the community here. Long time users are snarky, snobby and honestly not very helpful. It’s not just Arch users. It was like Muscle Beach, but digital. Just flexing, no help at all. Then a user suggested that Mint would be a painless transition and they were right. It worked on the first install and within an hour I had Thunderbird opening my email, Blender set back up just like I had it on my poor dead windows 10 desktop, had my slicer. I haven’t argued with anything. I’ve never opened the terminal. That’s why Noobs are often pointed to Mint. And I won’t leave it without a mighty good reason. My computer gets used for some of my hobbies, but computers quit being a hobby for me nearly 30 years ago.
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Because mint is familiar. The GUI and most of the keyboard shortcuts are similar to windows. The install is quick and easy, and for the most part everything will just work and be similar to what they’re used to.
Some people just want to be able to turn on their computer and do stuff without having to get used to a whole new UI.
I like my mint and xfce tho :(