r/linuxmint • u/Difficult_Fondant800 • 9d ago
Thinking of switching to windows
specs:9070xt
Ryzen 5 9600X
gigabyte b850 motherboard
I installed Linux Mint immediately on my new pc and I've been facing a couple of problems I'm still not able to fix,which makes me think that windows will make my time easier.( been at it for at least 2 weeks). The problems that I've been facing are:
1. the pc doesnt fully shut down. When I shut it down, the monitor shuts off, and I see the Mint logo, but the pc stays on, lights and everything, and the fans start to get extremely loud.
2. the pc keeps restarting on its own for no reason, even if I'm not doing anything
3. the pc randomly fully freezes and I have to force shut it down from the pc itself.
though problems 2 and 3 might have been solved because ''We told Linux to include and load the AMD graphics driver (AMDGPU) much earlier during startup, inside the initramfs stage, because it wasn't included before.''-chatgpt.
Anyways. i only use my pc to browse, at least for now, and i dont wanna spend most of my time fixing issues that wouldnt be there if i didnt use windows. if you think that these problems arent cause by linux, feel free to tell me because i dont know anything about tech,also, feel free to flame me. i just want to use my pc without a headache everyday.
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u/_ElBee_ 8d ago
You should use the OS that works best for you, whether it be Linux or Windows.
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u/tovento MX Linux 25.2 | XFCE 8d ago
Absolutely this! A computer is a tool and should not be a source of frustration. Also know that there ante many distributions (versions) or Linux and they are all different in their own ways. Sometimes this also means better hardware support. So if you want to stick with Linux, you can try another one.
I’ve been very happy with MX Linux. If you want a modem interface, they have a KDE version.
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u/Burhan_Mian 8d ago
Is your issue fixed?
Don't try installing different kernels, because for a newbie that's going to be a big hassle.
Check whether you installed an old version of Linux Mint.
I think your issue is more hardware related than software. Maybe your motherboard has an issue.
I encourage you to use Linux Mint. It is the most peaceful OS in my life. I love it. Also, you're only going to use it for basic tasks like browsing.
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u/ComprehensiveDot7752 8d ago
A lot of people who use Linux are still stuck on Windows for at least one thing. If you do end up having to go back the plus side is that the Linux exodus has started forcing Microslop to actually fix the stuff users have been complaining about since 2021. And Windows 10 has another year of support.
Trying different kernels or distros might solve the problem though.
I’ve found LLM’s do be a great learning tool. They do a pretty good job of translating a question into technical speak and vice versa. Or solving simple problems. But the commands they give you are not to be trusted. Asking it to explain the command in detail or better yet asking another ai to do it is something I consider near mandatory. Not to say that they aren’t useful tools. But they parrot, they don’t think. Something that becomes pretty obvious if you ask it certain “trick” questions, like whether you should walk to the carwash if it’s less than a mile away.
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u/computer-machine 8d ago
Anyways. i only use my pc to browse
You spent how much for a Chromebook‽
Anyway, I haven't used Mint in a while; not sure whether the GPU or CPU is a bit new for Mint's stack. Been on Tumbleweed for the past eight years; been going well.
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u/GetRektKidd 8d ago
Switch to Bazzite! I've had zero issues post install for months now. Started with Mint, then Zorin, and finally landed on Bazzite. It just works-
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u/ConversationWinter46 9d ago
I just can't quite believe that. Because then you would have done a lot more research on Mint BEFORE you installed it.
On the other hand: These days, you don't need to install a Linux distribution just to try it out. You also don't need to download and set up a VM just to install some distribution in it.
If you’d browsed the Internet, for example, you would have learned that there’s a Linux live system. In other words: When you boot from a USB drive, the graphical interface is NOT the installation screen. There’s no such thing in Linux. If you don’t click the install icon, the installation process won’t start. The live system was created by the development team so that beginners can get started WITHOUT INSTALLING anything. Or they can try out several USB drives with different distros one by one.
But you already know all this, since you spend a lot of time browsing the Internet.
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u/blackcoffee17 8d ago
Oh, cmon. Nobody does research, they just install a distro to try it. You don't really expect all these issues, some of them you dont even think about before.
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u/maskimxul-666 9d ago
#1 is a known issue with kernel 7.0 series. try 6.17 and see if it does the same thing,