I don’t really agree, I’d recommend something KDE based instead since it’s more similar to modern Windows.
Probably actually something like Aurora would be good to recommend since it’s immutable and not easy to screw up. And it comes with Flathub built right in.
I’ve been recommending bazzite. Mainly cause if they haven’t migrated yet, then it’s a great stepping stone cause it’s a complete out of the box experience and the default layout kinda mimics windows.
I’m struggling with Mint today. The Bluetooth handling of my headphones and earbuds is dogshit. It connects and then immediately disconnects, shows Error: Unknown error, and I have to unpair my phone and desktop PC from the headphones to get them to pair properly.
Also I’m looking for Mint versions of Green shots and Fancy Zones that have close functionality to those windows apps, and I haven’t found anything suitable yet.
I’ve had issues with my headphones disconnecting too, it may be my kernel version. If you are looking for a screenshot utility, flameshot has served me well.
Flameshot is pretty good, but Greenshot allows me to single click capture a region without confirming to save. I use that workflow to zip through service calls, capping remote screens, sections of log files, config files, ect and have them save somewhere where I can go and review or mark them up later. Press PrtScrn, mouse down, drag, mouseup, done.
Having to go looking for the save button and click it is a small additional step, but it still adds time to that workflow where I might be capturing a screenshot region once every second.
The buttons in flameshot are all over the place, but when saving I tend to use Ctrl + S or Ctrl + C. There isn’t a single click capture though, and my old screenshot software that I used called ShareX had that, and I’ve missed it since switching over to Linux.
Mint is my recommendation for anyone straying from Windows.
I don’t really agree, I’d recommend something KDE based instead since it’s more similar to modern Windows. Probably actually something like Aurora would be good to recommend since it’s immutable and not easy to screw up. And it comes with Flathub built right in.
I’ve been recommending bazzite. Mainly cause if they haven’t migrated yet, then it’s a great stepping stone cause it’s a complete out of the box experience and the default layout kinda mimics windows.
I’m struggling with Mint today. The Bluetooth handling of my headphones and earbuds is dogshit. It connects and then immediately disconnects, shows Error: Unknown error, and I have to unpair my phone and desktop PC from the headphones to get them to pair properly.
Also I’m looking for Mint versions of Green shots and Fancy Zones that have close functionality to those windows apps, and I haven’t found anything suitable yet.
I’ve also not had any Bluetooth issues, but I’ve not got Bluetooth integrated into my machine.
I use a cheap USB dongle for it. Maybe that could help? They usually cost less than $10 (though this was pre-AI tech prices).
Obviously there would just be a fix for it (and maybe there is), but his is a good placeholder/fallback solution.
Or indeed another distro might be the way. Though yeah that’s a PitA too.
I’ve never had a problem with Bluetooth. Vlc windowing on the otherhand
I’ve had issues with my headphones disconnecting too, it may be my kernel version. If you are looking for a screenshot utility, flameshot has served me well.
Flameshot is pretty good, but Greenshot allows me to single click capture a region without confirming to save. I use that workflow to zip through service calls, capping remote screens, sections of log files, config files, ect and have them save somewhere where I can go and review or mark them up later. Press PrtScrn, mouse down, drag, mouseup, done.
Having to go looking for the save button and click it is a small additional step, but it still adds time to that workflow where I might be capturing a screenshot region once every second.
The buttons in flameshot are all over the place, but when saving I tend to use Ctrl + S or Ctrl + C. There isn’t a single click capture though, and my old screenshot software that I used called ShareX had that, and I’ve missed it since switching over to Linux.
I stick with the 3.5mm wired connection. No charging, no battery, no pairing issues, and full fidelity.
I stick to a slate and chalk, never had any driver issues or updates break anything, and it’s full resolution and never needs charging.
You might get a high resolution but the refresh rate is horrible.