Magnolia_@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agoPeople doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?lemmy.caimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1imagePeople doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?lemmy.caMagnolia_@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agooutdated mesa, monitor scaling, cinnamon in general being outdated
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWhat features were lacking from mesa or Cinnamon generally? I have 4k 1440, 1080 monitor (120hz or higher) on Mint edge, what would I gain from switch to somethibg else?
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agomesa is outdated by default, not supporting rx 7000 cards unless you use the edge iso.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIf you have new hardware, why wouldn’t you use the Edge ISO?
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agowhy should you have to? it’s a really bad choice by the distro maintainers.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoCan you explain? As a Mint user with really old hardware, I appreciate using the LTS kernel. However, I also appreciate them giving users other options.
What problems?
outdated mesa, monitor scaling, cinnamon in general being outdated
What features were lacking from mesa or Cinnamon generally?
I have 4k 1440, 1080 monitor (120hz or higher) on Mint edge, what would I gain from switch to somethibg else?
mesa is outdated by default, not supporting rx 7000 cards unless you use the edge iso.
If you have new hardware, why wouldn’t you use the Edge ISO?
why should you have to? it’s a really bad choice by the distro maintainers.
Can you explain? As a Mint user with really old hardware, I appreciate using the LTS kernel. However, I also appreciate them giving users other options.