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New PC incoming, should i stick to Mint? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I am pretty new to Linux (a bit over a year) but to be fair, I haven't really messed with it. Once set up, everything works, so I never really use the terminal. to me, it is just an OS, and i don't mess under the hood with it.

I use Mint (Cinnamon) and I am pretty happy with it. My thoughts now are, with a new PC comming, if I should stick to Mint, or install an other distribution?

I use it mainly as a home desktop, but also do some image editing, video editing, learning CAD at the moment and of course a bit of gaming (through Steam)

Any advice is welcomed

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[-] stuner@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What are the specs of your new computer? Mint can struggle with brand-new hardware (e.g. new GPUs from AMD/Intel). Or did you purchase a new PC that officially supports Linux (Mint)?

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

AMD Ryzen 9000X, 32GB DDR5 ram (6000mhz), 2TB SSD nvme, ASROCK B650M pro RS AM5 4xDDR5 PSU 850W. Not sure about the GPU yet, but i am inclined to go with the GTX 5070

[-] Jjoiq@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Long time mint user ungraded to amd 9900x and 9070 so needed a newer kernel.

Tried mainline but did not work.

Switched to endeavour os.

I do miss mint used it for years after ubuntu changed de.

A change once in a while is good.

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Total tech iliterate here. Was the cpu or the gpu that was not supported? I thought and gpus were better supported than Nvidia?

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