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It’s very simple.
You simply switch your apps too, not just the OS. Everyone thinks that they can switch the OS 1:1, but it’s not like that. You will never be happy if you expect the same apps on all the OSes. Instead of photoshop, you use Gimp. Instead of Illustrator, you use Inkscape. Instead of resolve/premiere, you use kdenlive. And so on. You will have to invest some time to relearn not just the OS, but the apps too.
Same issue on ubuntu…
I like this, because I’m on a slow line here in Greece, and pretty much every time there’s an update, the linux-firmware package is 600 MB, which is massive to download.
Ok, so, here it is: If you just want to cut stuff, without much fanfare, then these four are your best bet:
If you want to do a tiny bit more stuff, like subtitles and blurring, you MUST use a full video editor, like Shotcut and Kdenlive. These features aren’t simple to implement so they’re part of a full editing experience.
He should start with Mint, learn the system in general, and then move to Bazzite, CachyOS, Pika or Nobara, which are more game centric.
Yes, I agree. I personally like Cinnamon and Gnome, XFce if my PC doesn’t have much ram. I don’t really enjoy any of the other ones.
I use the cli on macos often, because some apps need to be manually signed from the terminal. Power users on windows also use the terminal. However, the best of what you ask is Linux Mint.
lmde does not have all the pref panels like normal mint does. I always suggest against it, especially for nvidia users.
Linux Mint is not a “rando ubuntu fork”. It’s the most reliable OS for me, along Debian-Stable. It has prefs for almost everything, sane defaults, and a clear release and support schedule. And it uses Cinnamon. I’ve tried everything under the sun, I always come back to Mint. It works.
I’d personally get the Vala book and start with that. It’s more gnome-integrated and it’s a great language.
This looks like either a driver issue, but more likely, a hardware issue. Either your nvme, or your RAM, is faulty. Run memcheck (it’s a bootable thing you run to make sure your ram is ok), and I’m sure there are tests for ssds too.
it’s ok, but it doesn’t allow for preview, to select exactly what I need in a page, it goes directly to scanning…
here in europe we get this for a one-off purchase:
just downloaded it, i will try it later today
It’s $33 for the basic edition to buy outright, which is what most people need.
No KDE for new users, it’s way too convoluted and bloated ui-wise. It also uses lots of ram, more than cinnamon. XFce is indeed much lighter than either, but it doesn’t have enough desktop preference panels like Cinnamon does (e.g. printer panel).
Yes, it’s possible, look here: https://mastodon.social/@eugenialoli/114874435763184758
I don’t think so, it’s just $33 to buy it outright (no subscription). You can’t buy a good scanner or a printer for $33. It’s a good value for money, especially since the guy has to buy (and most importantly) test all that hardware for each release. It’s a lot of engineering time. But as I said, he probably forgot to add watermarking to the scanning stitching feature, so no purchase was necessary for me. The demo version is good enough for it!
With Linux Mint you don’t need the terminal 99% of the time. The rest distros are close to 95% of the time. I always suggest Mint to new users.
Avoid. It’s mostly games that work well. Use open source alternatives instead.