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Linux Mint

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Linux Mint is a free Linux-based operating system designed for use on desktop and laptop computers.

Want to see the latest news from the blog? Set the Firefox homepage to:

linuxmint.com/start/

where is a current or past release. Here's an example using release 21.1 'Vera':

https://linuxmint.com/start/vera/

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Just added mint as my dual boot primary as a noob. Any sage advice or must get software?

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[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

VLC for multimedia

Syncthing to sync files across devices, it's really handy

Firefox for browsing

OnlyOffice, it has a more modern interface than LibreOffice and better support of .***x files (docx, xlsx, pptx, ...)

Thunderbird for mail services

FileZilla if you've got a ftp server

KDE connect to easily sync your phone and your PC. You can do more than sync, you can control one from the other, etc. Give it a go. There is also a fork called Zorin Connect which might or might not be better suiter for Mint.

For additional softwares that may or may not be useful to you : Krita, GIMP, TexStudio, konsole, Blender, wine, steam, proton-GE.

[–] ExcaliburtheHero@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

is GE proton necessary or just an additional to gaming?

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's additional but has many fixes and optimisations.