telling users to mess with system settings in a way that will fuck up a lot of things up if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing.

In my head, this is the subtext of much linux info.

I appreciate both your responses, really awesome stuff!

Goddamn the linux community is good people.

Heya thanks so much for that explanation, took a couple read throughs and some thinking but I think I get it!

The time ans thought you put into that are much appreciated and so emblematic of the awesome nature of the linux world.

Thanks again!

I uhhh, just loaded Mint the other week. Any chance someone can English this for me?

Absolutely agree! It was amazing how much just worked.

I spent a lot of time tinkering and just having fun with all my settings etc. Though I did have to battle a little as my setup, which gave Windows headaches, is a little unusual. (Three screens, one is connected to a receiver and then to a tv, so the sound and third screen are connected. I’ve got it functional etc but am really looking forward to diving in and getting everything to work well!)

Thanks! I’m lucky and at home I have a pair of computers from work. And happily, had so few issues with the initially install that I didn’t really need to use them!

(That being said, absolutely great advice.)

Went with Mint as I was pretty nervous. Already thinking about which distro for my old laptops though…

Not a real response, but this is a very nice comment and I think it’s the type of thing that makes the fediverse a better place.

I got one a few months ago that is my abslolute favourite, not sure if it counts. Important context, I’m 40 but still play soccer with folks as young as 20. So, one game I’m defending against a young fast kid and beat him to the ball (barely!) a few times in a row on long ball chases. After the third or fourth time he looks over after the race and says “You’re really fast for an… uhhh uh uh, you’re really fast!”

He meant so well and it was adorable watching him realize mid sentence that I probably didn’t want to be called an old man.