Is Linux Mint BETTER Than Windows?

are you sick of paying for Windows just so you can remove that annoying Watermark and set your own wallpaper or maybe you just don't want Microsoft tracking you or you resent them for constantly trying to force you to use Bing Linux Mint might just be the operating system for you and unlike other Linux distributions that can have a fairly steep learning curve mint bills itself I'm being very easy to migrate to even if you've only ever used windows but is it right for you and what should you know before taking the plunge the first most important thing to know is that mint comes in three different variations that are officially called flavors which I mean makes sense for an OS called mint right you've got cinnamon which is a full featured operating system and looks the nicest mate or mate which I think is what it's really pronounced which has fewer features but is faster and more stable and xfce which is even lighter than mate I was kind of hoping that there'd actually be flavors you know like we've got cinnamon why couldn't we have had like I don't know cherry or blueberry or like chocolate oh well anyway for most people cinnamon will be the way to go but the other two flavors more for users needing extra stability for some specialized applications or for folks who are running very low spec Hardware or I mean just plain prefer the older style interfaces in fact mint actually recommends just four gigabytes of RAM and 100 gigabytes of free disk space for Optimal Performance so yeah even mint cinnamon is not at all hard to run on any reasonably modern computer and it can be a great way to Breathe new life into an older PC that you just have lying around setup is also pretty similar to Windows you just create a bootable USB insert it into your PC and start it up and then you follow the instructions and you're done but once you have it set up what can you do with mint and how does it compare to Windows we'll tell you right after we think manscape for sponsoring this 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make it more stable mint's update cycle tends to be rather conservative so the odds of an update wreaking havoc on your system are quite low especially if you use the mate or xfce flavors the trade-off is that some of the very newest Hardware or software may not work as intended if you're an early adopter but for most casual users it shouldn't be an issue especially if you use flat packs but it's not just about stability it's also about usability mint has support for all the major modern audio and video formats just make sure you check the box to install the relevant codecs automatically during installation as far as doing things outside of a web browser mint comes with a well-regarded software manager that lets you download tens of thousands of programs for a repository kind of like the app store or Play Store or I guess even the Microsoft store for Windows except you'll actually use this one these aren't just Linux substitutes for well-known programs either there's steam blender and Skype all available on Linux as well and as in Windows there are quite a few user-friendly customization options to make the OS look and feel the way you want but even if you change nothing mint does have a similar feel to Windows out of the box with a taskbar and start menu so you'll probably won't be left scratching your head as to how to accomplish most basic tasks even gaming is surprisingly doable on mint as Steam has thousands of titles compatible with Linux and mints driver manager will also keep your graphics card drivers up to date to top it all off mint functions without collecting your data like Microsoft's face criticism for doing in recent versions of windows but remember that as popular as mint is we're not necessarily saying to go out and immediately ditch windows I mean remember that mint is still a fundamentally different operating system and there are some windows programs that just do not have Linux equivalents unfortunately so if you really do need to run one of those applications you'll need to use some kind of compatibility layer or emulator even and performance with those can be hit or miss although wine has gotten pretty good in recent years similarly although steam now has an impressive library of Linux compatible games many others do not play nicely with mint especially if you're trying to use a different installer such as origin so if there's a title that you really want to play check to ensure it's supported before taking the minty plunge anti-cheat is still a big problem there are even some games that have Linux versions that are actually fairly buggy and Linux users who know their stuff will want to use the windows version in wine or proton to get around this but what about Ubuntu another free Linux distro that many have also lauded us being friendly for beginners like mint it's also quite popular and is what mint is actually originally based on but it has a few quirks that are leading us to recommend mint instead if we were picking between the two for you know the beginner type of user ubuntu's user interface is much less similar to Windows than mint so it might take a little longer to get used to and it also collects Telemetry data that might make it less appealing to folks concerned about privacy Ubuntu also has a Walled Garden of sorts in their software distribution platform called Snap downloads from snap often take a little longer to run as they contain extra files that should allow them to run on any Linux distro it's not a bad idea but this means that you get less control over exactly what is downloaded to your PC snap is also controlled by canonical the company that develops Ubuntu which has made lots of Linux enthusiasts concerned that Ubuntu might become a Walled Garden of sorts so if all of this has made you decide to hop onto the mid train I wish you luck but don't expect it to make your computer smell better only RGB can do that thanks for watching guys like dislike check out some of our other videos 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Published: Fri Dec 23 2022

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

Mint is indeed better than Windoze

[u/SwallowYourDreams]

It's Techquickie, technically. But, yeah, Linus Media Group featuring Mint is big.

[u/Zloty_Diament]

Not a very good video for someone to consider jumping over to Linux - it just glances over basic stuff that appears at Mint main website, and just at the end vaguely mentions drawbacks. Chris Titus did a better one, when he straight up tells you 5 reasons to NOT jump into Linux, and then lists Mint as his favorite starter distro (also providing a solid reasoning behind it (actually that was in his different video: why I don't review distros)) :-)

[u/Eric_Odijk]

Yes, Mint for me, since years. A year or two ago I changed to the Linux Mint Debian Edition, which feels even more stable. It's based directly on Debian stable, where regular Mint is based on Ubuntu, which in turn is originally based on Debian Testing. Which is slightly newer but who needs that anyway.

I have it running in dual boot with Cloudready, which is now ChromeOS Flex. The processor of the laptop is too old to let Linux run inside ChromeOS, so this works wonders for me.

Oh yes: triple boot actually, with Android running too.

Windows? Well, at work yes, but at home... never again.

[u/Mannyg700]

I keep getting audio stutters on mint. Someone said to switch to pulseaudio but that didn't work.

[u/flemtone]

I always recommend Linux Mint 21 XFCE edition for first-timers and have had no complaints to date.

[u/ndlogok]

for sure

[u/stchman]

Either Ubuntu 22.04 or Mint 21 is way better than Windoze.

[u/BulkyMix6581]

clickbait

PS Linux is by far better than windows.... until you need to run that "special" windows-only app or you need to use that "special" hardware with windows-only proprietary drivers.