Installing Linux Mint (dual boot). 💚🤘
Couldn't have picked a slower USB to use for the ISO. 🙃
I also have an Anbernic retro gaming handheld arriving tommorow, and there's a few custom OS I want to try, but one is ext4.
I love tinkering: it keeps me sane. 🤪
@feloneouscat It's been my go to whenever I install Linux on PC or virtual OS; never had issues with it. Unless for work or gaming I'm pretty much done with Windows.
@Clavius_42 ext4, the filesystem?
@AskTheDevil Yes, which Windows can't read natively, but Linux if fine with reading Windows file systems so I will use Mint to copy over my game roms to new retro handheld.
@Clavius_42 Do let us know your experience with Mint. I've got a Mint box I'm slowly tinkering with on my good brain days, and I've been pleased so far.
@AskTheDevil I used Ubuntu then Mint heavily some years ago; it's like old pair of shoes: it's lightweight, reliable, unintrusive, and it works right out of the box. Apparently older Windows games work much better on Linux than with Win 11. Some decent opensource alternatives to paid software. I think the Cinnamon desktop and general design looks a lot better than Windows, too.
@Clavius_42 I watch a housemate constantly cuss themselves into an apoplexy trying to get games to run properly on Linux. Too rich for my blood. I have a windows box that I basically use instead of having a console.
@Clavius_42 I normally go with Debian installs, but I'm old and lazy and tired now. ; )
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@Clavius_42 After doing similar a few times, I also figured out that not all thumb drives are the same speed even on a faster USB port.
@Lucky188 Oh, this stick was old; as in it still had a copy of Ubuntu from over fifteen years ago old. 😄
@Clavius_42
Have read good things about mint.