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

  • stuner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months 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.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months 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.worldEnglish
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        2 months 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.worldOPEnglish
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          2 months ago

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

          • Jjoiq@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            7 days ago

            To be fair never tried. 9070 needed 6.13 / 6.14 i had 6.11. Mainline complained of a module not allowing update but i am very happy where i am