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Finally! Ditched Windows (literature.cafe)

submitted 5 days ago by MarieMarion@literature.cafe to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It took my old laptop dying on me for me to finally ask my geeky neighbor to install Mint on another laptop I had around.
It's been a few hours and Omigod. Why did I waste so much time? It works. It's easy and intuitive. It makes sense. There's no bullshit.
I still have to make Antidote talk to Libre Office, but whatever. The rest feels good and natural.
So please whoever is here because you're contemplating switching: do it yesterday.

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[–] mHtt@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

consult https://distrowatch.com/ if your interested in what different distros might have to offer.

[–] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

When I feel it's time to spread my wings. I'm still stuck on Libre Office freezing whenever I ctr-tab between windows. Baby steps, unfortunately.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago

One day you'll use Arch, btw

[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Try OnlyOffice (the appimage). It's more compatible than LibreOffice for MS formats. Alternatively, consider downloding the LibreOfficeFresh appimage, which is the latest version (Linux Mint's is 2 years old). When you download an .AppImage file, you right click it, Properties, and you mark it as executable. Then, run it. Always download appimages from the developer's source site, not from third parties.

[–] bertlewirth@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Also, you might like to check out AppImageLauncher to install app images as apps that appear in your distros launcher

[–] Guiorgy@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

AppImage may be up-to-date now, but it has no self update mechanism, so a Flatpak is a better choice IMO

[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I personally can't stand flatpaks, they're too large to update its libs every few days. On a 4 MB/sec line that I'm, it's not a good option.

[–] Guiorgy@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I mean, nobody's forcing you to update them every day, and you can always schedule it off hours.

[–] Guiorgy@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I mean, nobody's forcing you to update them every day, and you can always schedule it off hours.