![]() I highly recommend anyone who hasn’t used it yet, check this OS out. Cinnamon is a gorgeous Desktop Environment for those who enjoy more traditional layouts similar to Windows, and it’s highly customizable too. It’s got graphical tools for driver installations, it’s got great support, it’s based on one of the most commonly used OS’s in the Linux World, and it’s a system that even first-time users can enjoy. Final Thoughtsīesides the couple of negatives I listed earlier, I really don’t have much negative to say about Linux Mint. ![]() A little heavier than some others I have reviewed lately, but overall the Linux Mint Cinnamon edition wasn’t too brutal for most people to have to worry about. With LibreOffice Writer and Firefox with three tabs open, my system was using about 6% CPU and 2.4GB of RAM used. I had zero issues with big slowdowns, program hanging, or excessive resource usage. Linux Mint, and Cinnamon, are not known for their super lightweight and speedy designs yet, Linux Mint Cinnamon edition was quick, responsive, and elegant when I was testing this out for this review. If you want a system that is pre-loaded with most basic utilities and applications, Linux Mint has you covered.If you want a super minimalist approach to things you’re better off looking elsewhere. I was surprised that GIMP didn’t come with it, since it had everything else. Firefox, Hexchat IRC client, Thunderbird, Transmission torrent downloader, LibreOffice, Rythmbox audio player, Hypnotix TV player, Celluloid video player, Redshift (colour changer for night-mode / reducing blue light), Timeshift (an awesome backup utility) and numerous other applications and utilities come with installation. Linux Mint is by no means a lightweight or minimalist distribution it comes with basically all software that the average user will need, out-of-the-box. Again, nothing complicated for experienced users, but a first-timer with my GPU may get scared off by facing these issues right out-of-the-box. I had to boot using the compatibility start option to get into the Live-USB, and I had to use the nomodeset option in my GRUB startup line to boot to desktop after installation, so I could install the proprietary driver. Note: Another complaint I have is that Linux Mint attempts to use Nouveau, the open-source NVIDIA driver, by default, and this does not work on my GTX 1660 Super. However, once the installation was done, which didn’t take very long, I rebooted my machine and was on my way. There is no built-in option for replacing a partition.So, I had to manually do that myself, which isn’t hard for me, but people who don’t install OS’s like socks might not be as familiar with how to do this so I think it’s a feature lacking. I had the option to Erase an entire disk, install Linux Mint alongside other OS’s, or do custom partitioning. The Linux Mint installation via Live-USB was quick and painless, however I can say that I do wish it had a little more features, such as those found in the installation utilities Calamares, found in popular distributions such as Manjaro. Linux Mint comes in three flavours, utilizing different Desktop Environments such as:įor this installation I opted for the Cinnamon flavour of Linux Mint, since there is no official KDE flavour available, and Cinnamon is my second-favourite environment. Linux Mint has plenty of friendly GUI tools, a strong and helpful community, and 99% of Ubuntu documentation is also applicable to Linux Mint, so troubleshooting your own issues is significantly easier to research than some other, lesser-known distributions. For those who haven’t heard of Linux Mint, it’s a super popular distribution based off Ubuntu, that is commonly argued between the two for which one is the best distribution for new users.
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