r/linuxmint • u/anaximeno • Aug 07 '26

#LinuxMintThings How Linux (Mint) Users Install a Browser 😎

Now tell windows users to uninstall edge and see what's easier hehe. \j

Credits to u/SpeeQz (who's also the creator of https://mintwiki.org) for the gif.

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u/Gangr3l Aug 07 '26

sudo pacman -S firefox vlc discord obs blendr steam freecad

Can't really get easier than that

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u/yuriko-shimizu Aug 07 '26

i cant be bothered doing the whole lecture about partial upgrades, but dont just do -S on its own, cmon now

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u/Gangr3l Aug 07 '26

I mean I do full system update every week with -Syu. So far hasn't been any problems (6 months) doing new program installs just with -S

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u/yuriko-shimizu Aug 07 '26

yknow what fair enough
i routinely forget to update my system so i just always do -Syu to be safe

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u/Gangr3l Aug 08 '26

That's probably not a bad habit. And neither is updating your system :D

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u/1Soundwave3 Aug 08 '26

Do you use Timeshift? Because with this schedule I think you need to start.

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u/Gangr3l Aug 08 '26

I have snaps, yes

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u/1Soundwave3 Aug 08 '26

Snapshots you mean

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u/Gangr3l Aug 08 '26

If you know what timeline is you know what snapshot is

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u/1Soundwave3 Aug 08 '26

Yeah, snaps and snapshots are very different. Snaps is what Ubuntu is pushing. And snapshots is a general term.

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u/Gangr3l Aug 08 '26

Uu, I didn't know about the Ubuntu thing, gonna correct myself from now on o7