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Good morning With recent changes to the Windows platform I've decided to make the swap to Linux. While it's not the first time I've tried it out I'm hoping to find the transition easier this time. I'm giving Mint a go and will try and make this my main OS. I will keep windows as a dual boot option for now just in case I have to do a task that I haven't learned how to do with Linux.

So far I've managed to get steam running and tested a game I'd play to confirm it was working.

I suspect the biggest challenge will be terminal.

If anyone has any feedback or suggestions I'm open to them. Heck even funny moments when you first started. I still find when Linus nuked his setup very funny.

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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The standard terminal in Mint is perfectly fine. You won't ever need anything else unless you become a system operator taking care of data centers worth of machines. It's definitely worthwhile getting into, even if you don't strictly need it. Just watch a few introductory videos and get sudoing. The chances you'll break something are pretty low, if you use common sense. Having said that, always back up your data before doing anything you're not 100% certain about.

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