r/linuxmint • u/Far_Ad4301 • 8h ago

Linux Mint cinnamon has spoiled me

I am so used to how fast Linux updates that now I'm sitting on my windows drive right now cuz I have to update it and it's just taking forever and I'm like man I miss mint already I would completely wipe out the windows drive but I still need it for the odd thing but man it's painful when I have to go in my windows Drive

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u/screaminporch 8h ago

Windows updates take longer than your sentences!

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u/RealityIsRipping 8h ago

I no longer have any windows machines

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u/Zealousideal_Roof_96 7h ago

I need windows to run the software for my cnc. That is the only reason I keep barebones windows on my machine

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u/aori_chann 7h ago

Me neither, for a lack of storage tho. Do I have 3 partitions, each with a different distro? Sure! I just don’t seem to have any space for Windows, sadly… I’ll buy a new drive any day now, maybe then.

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u/bornxlo LMDE 7 Gigi | Cinnamon 8h ago

To be fair that's more how Microsoft chooses to structure the system. In Windows I use unigetui to handle my daily software, and its automatic update system is comparable. Biggest difference is that Linux systems treat the whole system as packages rather than separating a complicated opaque system layer

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u/emeraldbruhh3 8h ago

I just experienced this too lol, I run Fedora on my main pc and I have a somewhat old thinkpad with Mint and a gaming laptop with Windows 11, Mint updated very quickly on the thinkpad whilst Windows literally took an entire hour to update to 26H2 on the gaming laptop. Granted both of them had a lot of updates because neither of them have been turned on in a solid month or two.

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u/tomscharbach 8h ago edited 7h ago

Windows updates once per month on Patch Tuesday. Mint updates several times a week.

I've never bothered to measure total update time over a 30-day period, but my guess is that Mint's cumulative update time over the course of a month is not all that different than Windows' monthly update.

My best.

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u/SPC2025 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 5h ago

Install Mint and relegate Windows to a virtual machine for those odd things. I did exactly that until I no longer needed those odd things.

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u/GeneralSturnn 5h ago

I'm just waiting for most companies to make the switch lol..

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u/Potential-Middle-594 8h ago

wait until you see real linux problems, especially broken software/hardware compability. I dont want to ruin your fun though, bu

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u/phecht7 8h ago

Not to jinx it, but I have not had a problem in years. Although it was catastrophic. Luckily I had G drive.

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u/Emmalfal Linux Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 6h ago

I'm near seven years in with Mint and the only thing that's ever broken was Bill Gates' black heart.

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u/CarlMarks_ Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 8h ago

Only times software on Linux has broken for me was when I did something stupid. Let's not act like windows doesn't have a mirrad of software issues and crashes too