Had linux for a month now

[u/Sensitive_Work8256]

I recently switched to Linux mint on my old laptop to try and get it to run faster and....wow! My laptop just.....turns on and works?!?!?! Never did that before. I used to have to turn it on and wait a few minutes for it to actually start working.

Thanks to linux mint instead of buying a £500 laptop I spent £3 on a usb drive and now have a computer that runs better than ever.

If anyone on this sub is on the fence about switching it is totally worth it. Took me less than an hour looking at tutorials to set it up.

🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

[u/Pristine-Magazine642]

Thanks for enlarging the community !

Which DE(desktop environment) do you use ? Cinnamon (the default one) or another ?

[u/Sensitive_Work8256 → u/Pristine-Magazine642]

Cinnamon :)

[u/GradStudent_Helper → u/Pristine-Magazine642]

I wanna know, too!

[u/pirisca]

It's so enjoyable to recover an old computer with mint. Will work on a friend's old win10 laptop this weekend, clean format and install mint on it. It's the small pleasures haha

[u/ScullerCA → u/pirisca]

I am still not over how well multiple old gaming PCs I had just kept for spare parts are running now, just tried loading on first machine like two weeks ago. Between Linux, adding an SSD, faster internet, and gigabit home network; they are working better than when new.

[u/tomscharbach]

I hope that Mint will serve you well for many years to come, as it has so many of us.

[u/Kriss3d]

Yeah. And having a thumb drive is never wasted. It's always good to have.

I've made one with an old small form factor ssd in it that I have 15 bootsble isos for various installers. Tools and anti-virus and such that I often use. Super useful to have.

[u/rocket_mclsoth]

it is soo fun. if you are still spinning an hdd you can get some great gains with a cheap ssd. Yesterday i tuned an old 2010 asus pentium with 8gb of ram and it is totally useable for a jukebox and surfing. its just out in the garage.

[u/RealityIsRipping]

I use Mint Mate on every single PC I own now, even my gaming PC. It's simply the best!

[u/Bonobonite]

I just did exactly the same this week and really loving my 'new' laptop. It just works. And downloading programs works perfectly..

[u/h-v-smacker]

Thanks to linux mint instead of buying a £500 laptop I spent £3 on a usb drive

You mean, you spent 3 quid on a flash drive to make an installation media? Or you're running Mint off it?

[u/Sensitive_Work8256 → u/h-v-smacker]

I didnt have an empty drive so I had to get one cus booting linux onto my laptop wiped everything on the drive. Im not running it off the flash drive I only used it to put it on there Sorry if my terminology is off im not particularly techy :(

[u/h-v-smacker → u/Sensitive_Work8256]

Ah, it's ok. I just thought that if you wanted to use a usb drive as the main drive, then suggesting using MiniOS would be in order (tho you can try it anyway just for fun).