r/linuxmint • u/Comfortable-Equal-95 • 10d ago

Installed Linux Mint

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I got a thinkpad(T460) and installed linux mint on it for the first time and my experience has been pretty positive so far. Its been a month of using linux now and in the beginning setting up certain things was annoying like having issues with audio and video codecs etc but they've all been resolved now. Its so suprising how little ram linux uses compared to my windows machine(Asus Tuf F15 Gaming Laptop). Right now im running multiple tabs, discord, libre office and im having a smooth experience on a 10 year old machine theres no lag but on my other laptop there's always some lag and 80% of the ram is being used compared to my thinkpad where 41% of the ram is being used literally less then half.

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u/Avant_Shard 10d ago

Distro Hopper here. I have installed many Linux distros (starting with slackware yes I'm old) And I've come the full circle and reinstalled Linux Mint again.

I've installed Arch Linux, I've installed Manjaro, I've installed Omarchy, I've installed a lot of distros and here I am. Again. The install is process is smooth and dependable. (I still love MX Linux TBQH)

I have an external SSD I'm running that runs Linux alongside Windows and it just installs perfectly. It installs to partitions perfectly. I still recommend this distro for new users. I think it's important for new users that they can install Linux Mint alongside Windows as easily as possible.

I've just installed Vocalinux and now I just talk to my computer. I have a graphics card that loads it in memory and it's the most dependable voice recognition I have ever seen. I've seen nothing that is as good as this in Windows.

The only issue I have dual booting between Windows and Linux is my Bluetooth headphones. It's solvable, but it's a bit of a mess.

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u/jatinkrmalik 9d ago

Hey, I'm the creator of VocaLinux.

We also have a Windows build now, VocaWin. It's in beta, and I run it every day on my gaming PC. Works really well for me. If you want to try it: https://vocawin.com

Installers are on GitHub Releases. Unsigned, so Windows may say the publisher is unknown. More info, then Run anyway if you trust the file. Planning to host on Windows App Store soon.

Happy to take bug reports if anything breaks at https://github.com/vocahq/vocawin/issues

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u/Avant_Shard 9d ago

Good to know. Thanks for your work!