[kwlug-disc] Zorin vs Mint

[Chris Irwin]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 05:52:06PM -0500, Jason wrote:
>I started using Mint a very long time ago, and I just stuck with it, as it
>has the standard apt package system, the UI with XFCE is pretty clean, and
>for the most part, the OS doesn't get in my way.

I've been using GNOME since 1.4 around ~2001, and Wayland pretty much 
since it was available.

I'm so used to the GNOME workflow as it has evolved that I'm quite 
bothered on other environments. But it would be the same for anybody 
used to a particular environment.

>I did test out Fedora when I first built the PC, but I really had 
>issues with GNOME and Wayland, and eventually switched back to Mint 
>after I borked my install.

I've been using Fedora since 2012, and my current system was installed 
2017, and has been migrated across several laptops since (I haven't 
re-installed). So it can be fairly stable.

(Note: I did have to do one manual step during the Fedora 43 upgrade.  
Apparently a migration script didn't run during the Fedora 36 upgrade, 
and the mis-configuration finally caught up to me).

>I game using Steam and Proton, using AMD GPU drivers, and the kernel is
>pretty up to date. I have details on my PC build here:

My gaming PC still has Windows for one specific reason: I don't use it 
for anything important, and it was easier at the time.

It has dual-booted Linux in the past, but then I'm tempted to do some 
web browsing, so I need to set up a password manager. And my .bashrc 
should probably be copied over. Next thing you know, I'm babysitting 
home-directory syncing.

I'm actually looking to switch it to Bazzite, though -- Basically an 
Atomic Fedora version of SteamOS. Specifically so it's not "a computer".  
In this case I don't care that it's Fedora based, it's just that SteamOS 
isn't generally available yet.

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