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<p>In mentioning snaps, Mint actually said something against them a
couple yes now, removing them, or not pushing them, and I install
software without them. No snap-infestation on my boxes.</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025-11-26 17:22, Ron Singh wrote:<br>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"
class="gmail_default">Hope this is something here of value
to you.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at
3:39\u202fPM William Park via kwlug-disc <<a
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class="moz-txt-link-freetext">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>>
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<div> (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... </div>
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