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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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I am currently up late doing anything but sleeping. Later, during the day, I will have officially taken the dive into Linux! I am very excited to do so. Does anyone have any tips, anything that a new user should know? That would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

If you're using mint and can't find help with a specific problem online, mint is really closely related to Ubuntu. So, hypothetically, "Wifi issues Ubuntu" might give you help where "Wifi issues mint" comes up empty. Also, if you dual boot, turn off fast start-up on the windows side. It messes things up.

[–] carbs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Also might be worth mentioning at the present time Mint is based on Ubuntu 24.04, that can help narrow things down, but also help if you need third party packages.