My current issue is i see you guys constantly having issues, editing files etc.

Is it not stable?

Can you not set it up and then not have ongoing issues?

  • phanto@lemmy.ca
    281·
    4 months ago

    One of my favorite things about Linux is this: you can try it. Get a thumb drive, get Rufus or Etcher. Download Mint, Ubuntu, something with a “Live Linux”. Boot from the thumb drive, spend an hour or two surfing, clicking around, seeing if things work. 2018, you had like an 80% chance of a flawless experience. 2024, it’s way higher! Plus, the alternatives have gotten slower, more bloated, more interested in monetizing you than serving you, so even if it feels strange, and you have to relearn some stuff, more than ever, it might be worth it.

    Even if it didn’t work quite right, keep the thumb drive around. The number of times I’ve rescued an important file off of a messed up system using a thumb drive with Mint on it? You’d be surprised.

    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      Just want to mention Ventoy here. Able to boot from one thumb drive into a selection of distros? Yes please.

        • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          Some older PCs are cranky and won’t boot it. Some newer PCs refused as well, to ‘protect’ me from a shim.

      • phanto@lemmy.ca
        2·
        4 months ago

        Agreed! That’s a couple steps after you convert into a full-blown LiNerd, but I have a Ventoy nestled next to my portable Mint. I landed on Ventoy after I snagged an IODD-2541 and decided that someone had to have implemented the concept in software.