In this video, I reveal why Microsoft ended Windows 10 support in October 2025? The answer is simple: they want to rob you of your digital sovereignty. They won't be happy until each and every one ...

In this video, I reveal why Microsoft ended Windows 10 support in October 2025? The answer is simple: they want to rob you of your digital sovereignty. They won’t be happy until each and every one …

    • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      79·
      6 days ago

      There are a few key things I would argue you’re missing out on:

      1. Up to date software: Mint is pretty out of date and the desktop is severely oudated
      2. A modern interface built on modern software: Specifically im referring to Wayland (which effects multiple monitor setups, VRR, gestures, HDR, and scaling)
      3. Functionality: Following Windows in terms of functionality is a massive limitation, it holds back what could be to what already is. KDE and Gnome are implementing runners (search based application launcher), gestures, widgets, extensions, and advanced shortcuts (cosmic even has tiling).
      4. Design philosophy: Windows is absolutely not the pinnacle of good design and Cinnamon takes it to the next step by looking like Windows 7 but with XP level blurry icons. Once again its clearly they’re restricted not just by Microsoft standards but outdated Microsoft standards.
      • ysjet@lemmy.world
        143·
        6 days ago
        1. Very true
        2. Wayland still has a lot of problems to iron out, and that’s not something that will fly with most people as a Windows replacement.
        3. KDE and Gnome are bloated messes that have 29394 ways of doing anything, but not everything, which causes frustration in new migrants. They don’t want 12 different apps that each can do 70% of the possible options- they want one app that can do 100% (and isn’t terminal). Familiarity with windows is also a plus to them, as a migrant.
        4. Again, familiarity is a good thing for a migrant.

        You’re looking at it from the perspective of ‘is this the distro that has things I want’ which is, not to be rude, completely useless to the person actually migrating from windows.

        • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
          8·
          6 days ago

          All those things are nice for people who care about them. For people who just want their computer to work with minimal hassle, Mint is a great option.

        • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          32·
          6 days ago

          Quite frankly if Wayland isnt good enough now it never will be, also Gnome and KDE both objectively have more GUI apps than Cinnamon.

          • ysjet@lemmy.world
            22·
            5 days ago

            I still have daily issues with Wayland on Bazzite, so yikes.

            Also, that’s my point- Cinnamon has one way to do it, and the doco all reflects that. GNOME/KDE each have 50, and the documentation tells you to use one app for this, another app for that, a third app for the other- it’s all kind of a mess for a new user that just wants their OS to stop being a barrier for whatever they want to do.

      • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
        2·
        5 days ago
        1. Not usually a problem for most people, and flatpaks are built into the very slick and reliable GUI store to access newer versions.
        2. Legitimate issue for people who need those features, though the Wayland cinnamon session is making good progress.
        3. Those are fairly advanced features that most average users won’t take advantage of. Cinnamon actually has pretty fantastic widgets/extensions.
        4. Having a familiar windows-like interface is an advantage for first time users, making the transition far smoother. Different paradigms can be explored after they are comfortable with Linux.

        For people dipping their toes into Linux, mint still has everyone beat. No other distro has such a polished onboarding experience, which already experienced Linux users tend to overlook.

        1. The welcome screen perfectly walks new users getting their system set up and usable, in particular it makes the GUI driver installer front and center to avoid Nvidia users trying to install the driver from the Nvidia website.
        2. The polish and stability of the updater tool and GUI store are not to be underestimated. KDE’s discover is clunky and Gnome’s software store is extremely slow in comparison.
        3. Every common use case is covered out of the box. There will be no hunting for codecs, filesystem support, firewall, samba, etc, which can be a problem on other other distro like Debian, Fedora, or Opensuse.
        4. Maintainence is simple, updates aren’t super frequent (important on internet limited areas), guides written forba newbie perspective are plentiful, most commercial software not in the repos will offer a simple .deb installer package.

        All of those things are critical to not burning a new user, and so far nothing has approached Mint’s mastery of onboarding, IMHO.

      • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
        2·
        5 days ago

        I was a long time mint user. And I loved it for a couple of years.

        But cinnamon just doesn’t really do it for me anymore. I’ve been using fedora kde for a bit and while it’s alright, I had issues with really shitty frame rates in like every game with my nvidia card. I think kubuntu may be my new seeet spot soon.

        Although opensuse does seem very interesting too. I should give that a go.

        • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          2·
          6 days ago

          I can personally confirm OpenSuse is absolutely amazing, you get the advantage of bleeding edge with a reasonable amount of stability. Granted the themeing is a bit opinionated (if you love green you’ll love it) but you can always change that. Also lots of amazing GUI and TUI tools, they look kinda outdated but function very well.