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deepflows  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So... switching to Linux.

Sounds good. I think I will go with Mint, since I like that project better than Ubuntu (which I know it's built on). The ability to just apply most solutions either resulting from a search for "Mint xyz" or "Ubuntu xyz" really is worth a lot.

The only thing I'm really worried about with Mint is it's not a rolling release, which means I have to reinstall from time to time. Hopefully my partitioning scheme mentioned in my reply to dingus will mean that I can upgrade without losing my stuff.





syzo  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just recently (past few months) felt comfortable enough to switch to Arch after years of -buntu use. I'd totally use Mint for a year or two, then try a rolling release out.

Usually the distro upgrades went pretty smoothly for me in ubuntu, though.

dingus  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·  

you can't really get rolling release without getting updates that break the system(if you're not careful).