<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I use Mint's LMDE6/7 on 4 laptops running the shipped Cinnamon DE.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I use Mint's LMDE6/7 on 5 laptops running XFCE for my work laptops.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I use the Cinnamon units for YT caca at 2 different locations with a TV screen attached for the ease of use by non-technical people.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I prefer LMDE to the stock Mint as I absolutely need properly-working <hibernate> and anything Ubuntu-based no longer gives me that since Ubuntu 16.04.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I prefer Appimages and Flatpaks to Snaps, so LMDE ftw for me.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">All laptops hail from late 2011(2nd Gen Intel-based X220, FrankenT520, W520) and 10th Gen Intel-based P17 Thinkpads from 2021.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">No surprises, no issues, no quirks. I have all the DE bling turned off and performance is excellent.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Fractional scaling works quite well on stock LMDE6/7 on the P17 units which I needed to do as they are 4K 17" display. Old eyes here.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">18yo and 14yo HP(wired) and Brother(wireless) printers fully supported. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Ancient 2008 Canon USB scanner fully supported. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">LMDE7 is running the 6.12 kernel, so support for later CPUs/GPUs should be decent I think.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Cinnamon feels a bit lethargic compared to Xfce, but that should not come a surprise.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I tried Zorin for the last 6 years on a play laptop, but since I detest Gnome with an unbridled passion and afaik Zorin is a rice'd up Gnome, I suppose my feedback on Zorin is valueless. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Zorin was stable, all external bits supported, but the rice'd up Gnome seemed a bit stilted for me for some vague reason.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Hope this is something here of value to you.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"></span></font></i></div><div><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Ron S.</span></font></i></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 3:39\u202fPM William Park via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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(Double posted, so reply to your list)<br>
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Anyone running Zorin OS or Linux Mint on real machine? Any issues?<br>
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I've been trying them out on VirtualBox, to see which one I should
migrate to.<br>
I can't decide. They are about the same, in terms of stability.<br>
<blockquote>- they crash about the same number of times (but, I
think it's VirtualBox issue). <br>
- speed is about the same<br>
- they're based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (kernel 6.14).<br>
- Zorin has its own desktop... it's okay.<br>
- Mint has its own desktop, too... it's okay, too.</blockquote>
So, I need real-life feedback...
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