Cannot be done with Mint? I’ve OS hopped every few years - currently running Windows 11 at work and Mint at home. I much prefer the Mint install. That said, I’m a video producer - and video production just isn’t there yet on Linux. CUDA’s a pain to get working, proprietary codecs add steps, Davinci’s linux support is more limited than it seems, KDenLive works in a pinch but lacks features, Adobe and Linux are like oil and water, there’s no equivalent for After Effects… I don’t doubt that there are workarounds for many of these issues. But the ROI’s not there yet. I’d love to see a video production focused distro that really aimed for full production suite functionality. Especially since Hackintoshes are about to get even harder to build.
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AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago…decided from day 1 it would be Linux Mint only since I only use it for the basics
What kind of out of the ordinary things cannot be done with it?
I switched from Windows 3.11 and I’m still puzzled by this.
Hackworth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I guess that’s a valid edge case. Although I thought that some professional editing suites had been ported (not Adobe’s, obviously).
noughtnaut@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The way your comment reads, you’ve been using Windows 3.11 these past decades. 😂
geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Why fix what isn’t broken
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I always love when people pretend to be mystified that someone has trouble running programs on Linux when I, a non Linux user, see plenty of examples of people having trouble getting programs to run on Linux scrolling through “Everything” on Lemmy
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well, some people want to run programs on Linux that were written for other operating systems.
As it happens, it can be done, but it’s not the simplest way to do things.
It’s like buying a PlayStation and complaining it won’t run Super Mario properly.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
What if those are the basics?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Then have you considered running a Nintendo system?
curry@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
We need to remind ourselves that there’s an entire generation that has grown up with smartphones and only touching a laptop or a desktop pc on occasionally. For them, windows or chromeOS alone is a challenge. Linux is just an isekai waiting to happen when you cross that bridge of no return.