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You know what? You can tell me that #LinuxMint is a newbie distro all you like.
I love it and I will just ignore you.

- it looks nice out of the box and has nice personalisation options
(I don't like green)
- there's software for almost everything you can think of
(I was positively surprised how many things have linux-native versions now. Dungeondraft and Wonderdraft! 💙)
- handles multiple monitors without a peep
- stuff just works out of the box
-- printer? check
--scanner? check
(yes, it's a brother. I like easy mode)
-- steam / blizzard / other games? triple check
- if stuff doesn't work out of the box, there are how-tos. If you ask me, well written and friendly how-tos.
Dear #Mint community, you're great! 💙
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@bluewitch ain't anything wrong picking an easy mode distribution. for me, what I've picked is ALSO easy mode! whatever is nice and you like and actually WORKS for you (or doesn't, if tinkering is important), is the best!
and as opposed to macOS and Windows, there are MANY variations and options! each with a different reason to be awesome!

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@bluewitch NixOS. Very not beginner friendly for most people, but for what I'm trying to do it is easier than Linux Mint, it feels like. Which is to have a clear and declarative system, on which software projects have clear and declarative precise dependents, and NixOS makes this very easy. But that's a very very niche use case too.

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@necrophcodr I have a few Nix fans in my timeline, but my goal was gaming. 😇
And getting away from windows.

I'm glad there's variety.
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@bluewitch I love the aesthetics of . Mint-Y-Dark-Teal and I'm good. 👍

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