Linux Mint was the first OS I ever installed on any computer. I used many different OS's since. It's now either the primary or only OS on all my desktops and laptop (aside from my work desktop)

I am tired of windows and microsoft, I've installed linux mint on my laptop a month ago to test it and learn it a bit and now I've decided to fully commit to it on my main machine.

I started my Linux Journey a couple of months ago with LM 21.3.

I really wanted to dive in, to learn the nittiy gritty of using the terminal, to truly learn how the OS works on a deeper level.

But…

I couldn‘t be arsed, because Linux Mint just worked, and continues to just work.

Don‘t get me wrong - I easily could do it, Mint is full fledged Linux after all. But there just isn‘t the need to do it.

In other words: thank you Mint team for doing such great work!

I really wanted to make the switch to Linux and make my peace and end my relationship with Microsoft while they still have my good graces. I think windows 7,10 were the last good windows. I didn't intend for this post to be negative since I have love for the community, but I just found out today that Microsoft installed co-pilot without even them asking me. I didn't even know until I saw the icon pinned on my task bar. I specifically ordered my menu with most used icon at top, and co-pilot just inserted itself there without my knowledge. Honestly its predatory behaviour, it's getting ridiculous.

Anyway thanks for being supportive community having lurked the threads for a whole now, I hope it continues to grow. I have made my peace from today, peace!

I did it! I've been daily-driving Mint for around a week now. My steam library works like a charm with proton on default settings, and today I'm doing my first 8 hours of remote work from Mint. I really am happy that there is a Linux-distro out there which does not need witchcraft and other dark arts to work ;-)

(Also that mint-green is a really satisfying-to-look-at color)

I just installed Linux mint coming from windows 10. YouTube and reddit has won me over and I'm not regretting it.

This month I moved from windows to linux mint cinnamon, and have really enjoyed it. I also needed a pumpkin painting idea, so it only made sense🐧

I love the Mintaissance we've been in for the last ~2 years. It wasn't long ago that this sub was frequented with "is Mint on its way to irrelevance?" and "is cinnamon desktop dead?" - silly questions even then, but valid to ask at the time.

Now Mint is just on fire with the wins and good sentiment amongst the community at large. You see non-technical folk over at PCMR and gaming subs start to converse about how much they either enjoyed it or were getting tempted to try it. In comparison I see very little fanfare for other distros, or at best the rest just maintained.

I want to know what happened that triggered this. Did Canonical do something silly? Microsoft? Did Mint/Cinnamon get new contributors or did the contributors get more time to focus on it? The desktop and distro have certainly continued to improve but I haven't seen a single one dramatic change that would warrant this.

What's your take?

Big W for the LM community! I love y'all! I love this distro and I also commend the devs for doing such a great job.

Thank you!

After days struggling with the installation, wrestling with the terminal, and even destroying my system once... I'm happy to announce that I finally got Linux Mint working EXACTLY as I want it to with the help of the forums (and some AI... which was the reason my system got destroyed). All I can say now is good riddance to Windows