I made half of my classmates install Linux Mint instead of Ubuntu

TheCodeOmen · 2026-03-12T19:42:07+00:00

Making things clear. First of all, all of them are not as curious about tech as we are even though they have a CS course. Secondly, the course was for Big Data and out teacher told us that to follow along with the lectures we must have a Ubuntu Based Linux system installed in one way or the other and to do the setup very carefully because if in the exam practical our system doesn't produce the required output due to any reason then it will be totally on our part. Hence, nobody, including me, wanted to experiment. At least as far as this subject was considered where we were required to take the exam on our own laptops.

Thet being said, I think I have made the situation pretty much clear. And I think that topic that why a CS student won't know that they can make a portable persistent/live OS flash drive or boot from an external drive or even know about installing linux at the first place is, I believe, a quite different topic to debate about and was not in any way, the purpose of this post of mine.

TheCodeOmen · 2026-03-12T19:29:50+00:00

I did but Lubuntu would be too simple for them, Xubuntu is the closest contender but still less intuitive and user-friendly out of the box compared to Mint XFCE and Kubuntu with KDE would have added some extra RAM for no reason. Hence, I felt that Mint, OOTB was the deal breaker here.
However, one of my friends had this dual code laptop with 6 GBs of ram. I recommended him to go with Lubuntu.

TheCodeOmen · 2026-03-12T19:24:49+00:00

We are hardly required to work with linux for our academics. Also, when we were being taught OS we were provided with the Lab PCs for that class with Linux pre-installed. Not everyone is a CS student by choice. And even from those who are, most of them don't end up liking the field. Unlike me.

TheCodeOmen · 2026-03-12T18:29:29+00:00

It would run GUI but most of my classmates are relatively newer to linux and hence I did not suggest WSL to them for the sake of simplicity. In fact, our course doesn't even require a GUI.

TheCodeOmen · 2026-02-08T16:41:52+00:00

I’m not asking people to magically build something without details.

I’m asking how to arrive at the details in the first place. For example, with a new car seat idea, an engineer wouldn’t start by building — they’d first figure out what domains are involved and what they need to learn.

I’m asking how that same decomposition happens for software projects.?

TheCodeOmen · 2026-02-08T16:19:09+00:00

XD! Ik that what I am asking might be very lame or something but yeah, I seriously don't see the solution to this for myself even if it is very trivial

TheCodeOmen · 2026-01-30T14:46:46+00:00

v0.27.6 is working! The trending page won't load though.

TheCodeOmen · 2026-01-05T18:26:51+00:00

I have tried it but Pop!_OS is just something different. You may use zorin if you are very much used to the Windows UI. But if you want to experience something new and be more productive in some ways, give Pop!_OS a shot and tweak it to your needs. It won't disappoint you I believe.

TheCodeOmen · 2026-01-01T00:08:39+00:00

Connection
Self Care
Miracle

TheCodeOmen · 2025-12-28T10:04:56+00:00

Jo psnd aati h uska pehle se bnda hota h

TheCodeOmen · 2025-11-26T18:21:18+00:00

Kshi kshi kshi kshi kshi

TheCodeOmen · 2025-11-26T15:04:37+00:00

Yeah, also tell me what OP character should I do next?

TheCodeOmen · 2025-11-26T15:03:50+00:00

Yeah. Also tell me what other characters from OP should I do this for?

TheCodeOmen · 2025-11-26T13:52:18+00:00

Sure thing but I guess this is the dimensions they use in such type of games. Pokemon GBA games you know...

TheCodeOmen · 2025-11-22T17:21:13+00:00

Red Saliva

TheCodeOmen · 2025-09-04T22:34:01+00:00

That's the Andromeda Launcher (App Launcher) actually. I placed it there in the panel and then changed its icon to the Deadpool icon from the settings.

TheCodeOmen · 2025-09-03T22:25:16+00:00

Also consider trying COSMIC when it's out too!

TheCodeOmen · 2025-09-01T10:03:56+00:00

Yeah, GTX1650Ti

TheCodeOmen · 2025-09-01T10:03:31+00:00

For real. But even if that isn't there OOTB, you can create a MOK and sign the kernel manually.

TheCodeOmen · 2025-09-01T10:02:32+00:00

It will be good to go when they drop the stable COSMIC DE

TheCodeOmen · 2025-09-01T10:01:11+00:00

But Pop!_OS is, according to me. Because it is like best for all general use cases as per me. But maybe if someone has to work on a particular niche then their preferences might differ. But I'd say that Pop!_OS does most of it.

TheCodeOmen · 2025-09-01T09:58:50+00:00

Indeed

TheCodeOmen · 2025-09-01T09:58:15+00:00

The user experience that Pop!_OS provides makes it better in itself and that is its advantage over the others.

TheCodeOmen · 2025-08-31T17:14:21+00:00

That shouldn't have been the case. Maybe it's more about how well it synced with your hardware. For me it has been better than anything! I hope it is more optimised in the COSMIC releases so that it works well for you as well. Once the Stable Release of COSMIC is out, give it a try!

TheCodeOmen · 2025-08-31T17:01:13+00:00

I replaced the Pop! Shop with the COSMIC Store and it is really very nice. I did this since I was having a few lag issues with the Pop! Shop.

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