Posts by Boeing 747

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows

Very happy

Been running LMDE 6 since the end of Feb, and it's never let me down. A couple of weeks ago those wonderful folks that run the Debian Backports Repository provided a stable, signed 6.9.7 kernel upgrade, which I installed immediately (of course), and then a couple of days ago the Cinnamon Desktop upgrades from 'Wilma' appeared in my update manager. It all plays nicely together, and I'm loving all the improvements. It feels like Christmas has come early this year.

Meantime, Microsoft are still looking for new ways to spy on people and ram adverts down their throats. Dearie, dearie me.

I'm so glad I moved to Linux last year, and it just keeps getting better. Boots fast, runs smooth and works just fine with all my hardware (Server, NAS drives, All-in-one printer, Wifi, Bluetooth, Tablet and pen, etc, etc). It makes my 10 year old Dell feel like new.

I feel sorry for all the people struggling to run Windows 11 on aging machines, but I'm pleased to see that Microsoft are continually shooting themselves in the foot at the moment. They appear to be determined to put themselves out of business. Hopefully they'll succeed.

Updates are plenty but fans are few in Windows 11 land

Re: No thanks MS. Free at last.

Yes indeed! I was very careful about Winderz on my Inspiron 7737, I carefully removed it along with the ancient clockwork hard drive.

No thanks MS. Free at last.

I'd been happily running my (now 10 year old) Dell 7737 on Windows 8.1 using Classic Shell until they EOL'd it in Jan 2023. I really didn't fancy Windoze 10, which didn't have long left anyway, and I was so desperate to get off the Microsoft merry-go-round that I decided to try Linux.

Ubuntu didn't appeal to me, so I struggled along with Debian KDE plasma for a while, but I never really liked it that much and then towards the end of last year I discovered LMDE 6. So, I treated my old Dell to an SSD and some nice memory. Installed LMDE 6, and I've never looked back. Recently I upgraded the Kernel to 6.5 using the Backports repository and now it's rock solid and running smooth and fast like a race-tuned baby's bum wrapped in silk. It does everything I want it to do and it does it simple, clean and quick with no bloat, or fancy nonsense features that I'll never use. I absolutely love it, and Microshite can kiss my proverbial, I'm never going back