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I had OpenSUSE Leap. The issue at the end was some weird error regarding disk encryption that popped up every time I tried to install system update that was released on last Thursday. After performing the update, I was asked for my disk encryption password and after typing it, there was system loading screen and then PC just turned off. I tried it a few times, always the same result. I recovered the system with snappy (I hope I remember the name correctly) and recovered *.16.1 version and left for the weekend. I came back on Tuesday and worked on the PC for sometime - it worked well. At the end of the day I tried to install the update again (since I hoped it was fixed) and it happens again. So I decided to try Mint instead.
Oh okay, sounds weird indeed and not normal. I use Tumbleweed and its mostly smooth sailing, after a steep learning curve for me. You should be good with Mint, there is not much difference between Distributions for Causal Gaming. Newer Hardware can be a show stopper with not so up to date Distributions.
Thanks! Will try it out. I am open for experimentation (I have 3 ssd drives so I can try out other distorts on one of them to find the perfect one)
Just a few words, Tumbleweed is great but fast moving – if you can’t find something in the Wiki ask at the Forum, there is a bunch of helpful people.
My Experience with Gnome and KDE was good, but i use Xfce for a while and do most common things like installing, upgrades and so on using the Terminal. Looks like Myrlyn is a good GUI Option for this too, but i can’t say anything about it from own experience.
Oh, and yes, snapper has got you covered if something goes wrong during upgrades. Just don’t forget to do backups, just in case.
Whatever you do, have fun.
16.1? Isn't that still alpha? I thought the latest public release was 16.0?
Not entirely sure since I'm on Slowroll and Tumbleweed.
I don’t remember the version exactly. There was some number at the beginning and 16.1 at the end. After the update the 16.1 at the end changed to 17.1
Ah, ok. Makes sense.