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Do you use Linux Mint?

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Tracer_Bullet said:
ubuntu LTS does have hwe ( hardware enablement i think) kernels which get updated. I am running 6.5.0-41 right now for example. At launch it would have been older one.
Applications remain old more or less, so if there is a small bug, it becomes a stable bug :)

Also, Arch wiki is very good for linux info.
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Oh yes, Ubuntu LTS is what I use (I mean distros that are based on that)... and cool thing is the latest 6.8 series kernels with 24.04 LTS (and I think also now with 22.04 series) has lots of improvements, including, to my pleasant surprise, better ACPI power management for Zen 2... My CPU used to idle at 2.2 Ghz now it idles at 500 Mhz at least makes me feel good, no difference in thermals that I can see.

I used to run Arch some time back but requires you to pay attention to the mailing lists regularly they say "dont update" or "after update check this and that" etc... With Tumbleweed much less maintenance burden which is why I'm a fan of it as a rolling distro.

For your "old applications" point, I have started to like Flatpaks (off flathub.org) because the latest and greatest stuff usually installs and runs just fine, as long as it's available. Else second option is to look for PPAs, for example Firefox I install from the mozillateam PPA instead of the ubuntu snap package.
 
vishalrao said:
For your "old applications" point, I have started to like Flatpaks (off flathub.org) because the latest and greatest stuff usually installs and runs just fine, as long as it's available. Else second option is to look for PPAs, for example Firefox I install from the mozillateam PPA instead of the ubuntu snap package.
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yeah, in work env i just try to avoid all third party stuff and frequent non-security updates. So i am deliberately using stable fixed versions.
Will have to test my applications after major upgrades. Which is main reason why i have not yet shifted to 24.

I do use snap (mainly because its already there) for a few things and that's it. But yeah, ppa/snap/flatpack/etc are good ways to update applications to latest versions. I used to use PPAs long time back.
Only thing that i actually am looking forward too in next few years is to get HDR out of box in Linux, probably will need wayland too.
 
KDE is working on HDR (I think some initial stuff is ready) in the latest 6.x releases... I use KDE neon distro instead of Kubuntu, its like stable base (ubuntu 22.04, soon moving to 24.04) with latest "rolling" KDE stable updates. See neon.kde.org to try it Live session or in a VM maybe.
 
I wanted to install Linux Mint 22 on a separate SSD in my system. but even after choosing a custom partition and creating a separate EFI partition in that SSD, it installed the boot info in the Windows NVME Disk EFI partition... grrrrrr! :( preventing this needs removing the boot flag from Windows EFI Partition before installing Linux Mint seems :( /rant

Ubuntu did not have this problem. it installed the boot files properly in the separate EFI partition.
 
DigitalDude said:
I wanted to install Linux Mint 22 on a separate SSD in my system. but even after choosing a custom partition and creating a separate EFI partition in that SSD, it installed the boot info in the Windows NVME Disk EFI partition... grrrrrr! :( preventing this needs removing the boot flag from Windows EFI Partition before installing Linux Mint seems :( /rant

Ubuntu did not have this problem. it installed the boot files properly in the separate EFI partition.
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That is why I physically disconnect any extra drives in my desktop while installing/experimenting multiple OS. It seems linux mint want to be more "user friendly" so it insert itself into windows EFI partition so that mainly windows user does not face any issues while "accidently tempering" something on linux system partition.
 
guest_999 said:
That is why I physically disconnect any extra drives in my desktop while installing/experimenting multiple OS. It seems linux mint want to be more "user friendly" so it insert itself into windows EFI partition so that mainly windows user does not face any issues while "accidently tempering" something on linux system partition.
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My windows drive is an nvme drive that is installed under the graphics card. To much effort needed to remove it temporarily... and there is no disable option in the BIOS too

Will try the boot flag removal method later.
 
DigitalDude said:
My windows drive is an nvme drive that is installed under the graphics card. To much effort needed to remove it temporarily... and there is no disable option in the BIOS too
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I understand, my newer system also has this same situation while in earlier system NVMe slot was above graphics card which I miss now. UEFI/BIOS cannot disable NVMe slots especially primary NVMe slot as that is by design.
 
Never knew this Horrible Conundrum about System installing Linux boot info in the Windows NVME Disk EFI partition if disk is physically attached.... NO MATTER WHAT.
Safest bet is to remove the Windows Installation disk. Yes, it may be difficult to remove. However, physically disconnecting the drive would ensure the Windows Boot Disk and Installation remains Untouched.
Then manipulate the Boot Priority setting to show Boot Selection Screen for a short/longer time, allowing to choose between Windows and Linux.
 
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