• Electricd@lemmybefree.net
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    1 day ago

    prettier than windows while having a similar interface

    uhh…

    more stable than windows

    Not if you have multiple screens and want to zoom the interface or something. I remember there was a massive bug with this

    basically the same level of software compatibility as windows

    Except all Adobe software, video editing software, many windows only software, the full Office suite

    So, no, that’s just false

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      22 hours ago

      I have 2 monitors at different resolutions, works fine and my desktop/icon theme/etc is very pretty imo. I do agree that mint out of the box is maybe equally/sliiiightly less pretty than windows - but as soon as you change the shitty default wallpaper it is prettier imo.

      That is true about Adobe products. But fuck adobe. And if you need Adobe, then just dual boot.

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        22 hours ago

        then just dual boot

        I believe it’s the best thing to do. Wasn’t there some problems with dual booting on mint? Something like updating windows wiping grub or similar?

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          16 hours ago

          That is something Windows likes to do for funsies sometimes. The distro shouldn’t matter. Separate drives can help avoid it from what I’ve heard though.

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            4 hours ago

            Not just windows, most linux distros do it too. People just don’t notice it that much because if you’re using Linux you probably let it handle boot already so nothing gets changed when it overwrites stuff.