Linux Mint 20 (Ulyana) Installation and Review 

Hey Mitchel, take a look at this intro. I think Blaine even goes further than Chris did: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-inUJEQbJ2eU.html

Michael Hathaway thank you!! this is awesome! It’s so great that Blaine made this video. He’s got a lot of subscribers and his audience extends beyond the typical Linux RU-vid crowd. This is great stuff!

@@mitchelvalentino1569 I am also working on a new script that work in Mint or any Ubuntu distro for building minimized installs. Also, turning Snapd on and off, so you can use Snapd to get a piece of software and then kill Snapd and disable it. I just have to make sure that Snapd doesn't break your apt in the process (which is one of the things it does).

Michael Hathaway also check out DJ Ware’s new video on Mint 20. It’s comprehensive and from the perspective of a Unix veteran. 👍👍

What do you mean probably?

Going full debian when ? thanks for the efforts you make guys .

So true. I'm a grey beard, it just works.

Yes, Ulyana is a slavic version of Juliana (male version - Julius), and pronounce like "Juliana" without "J" ;) but he is american guy and must not know this, it’s enough that he makes good videos about open source software, don't be a picky! ;)

@@lapilapi3744 actually, in Russian we have 2 variations of latin name Juliana: Ulyana and Yulia (yoo-lee-uh). That's quite interesting, cause Russian was more influenced by Greek than Latin, but still got a lot of latin names /UPD: the name Yulia is actually of Greek origin (still borrowed from Latin lol)/

@@ndrechtseiter I know, man. i know East Slavs culture, a little ;) but still don't be picky ;)

I'm not even Russian and cringed like a motherfucker too

There is nothing wrong in correcting something. We all learn from each other. Don't be picky about that, Lapi Lapi ))

Next stop gentoo

@@gaurangshukla8235 Until I could get a computer that is adequate enough for compiling that is...my current computer is garbage.

i will say if you want to use ubuntu you must use snaps

@@captaincool6268 you can install flatpaks on Ubuntu. Just like you can install snaps on fedora. All this is doing is giving support to one or the other at the distro level.

@@ashishpatel350 ubuntu give you an obligated support , that what i don´t like

Snaps are supported in mint. See 04:44

If they can make the setup and ACTUAL usage experience as easy as cinnamon and mate...I'm all for it. But as it stands, LMDE is hell to get normal everyday stuff working and working 100%

@@motoryzen I don't know about LMDE but Debian is always works like a charm. LMDE is not ready because Mint devs are currently focusing more on Linux Mint Ubuntu.

Iv'e always had good experience with MATE as long as i use Compiz as my window manager. Otherwise i get horrible screen tearing in all video playback.

Its hard to say honestly, RU-vid doesn't really break it down that way, but I would imagine the more time spent on an ad amounts to more.

If the damn ads were actually COHERENT to the content I'm trying to watch, I would have a problem watching then literally 90% of the time. Problem is 99.99% of the time, the damn ads are as asinine as believing hitlerly clinton respects our 2nd amendment right to bear arms.

Because ubuntu has trapped those normies in their environment who starts sweating as soon as they read choose a network mirror or hostname. Which is a good thing, ubuntu users hate reading documentation or instructions. Then they ask stupid questions in arch forums and call people arrogant.

Snapd is a package installer when you get software. It contains all of the dependent programs needed to install the software item you wish. Unfortunately it is proprietary, meaning you cannot see inside, you cannot control it and if you use Snapd, you can only get software from the Ubuntu store. It installs behind your back and breaks your apt package. Inside Linux Mint, you can choose software to install without the worry of using Snapd or it installing behind your back without your consent.

Michael Hathaway Thankyou for a great explanation. I just Subscribed 👍

Ritchie Valens snaps also force updates, and the updates aren’t always reliable. I’ve seen snap updates break many systems, including data center servers I administer. Meanwhile, the non-snap servers never had any downtime. The provenance of the source code for snaps is often problematic. I stay away from snaps whenever possible. For desktop computers, Linux Mint is stable and reliable, far less likely to cause headaches than Ubuntu. I’ve been using Linux since the 1990s. I’ve done Linux From Scratch and enjoy Gentoo in my homelab. Linux is my passion and profession. For desktops, Mint is the distro I use on all my company’s workstations. It’s the best general-purpose operating system I’ve ever used. The Mint 20 ISO files are now officially available on the Mint homepage :)

Mitchel Valentino I tried to learn Redhat 9.0 a few years ago. It was too hard so I gave up. Now if I did I would understand it.. Shall I leave upgrade to LM 20 for a few months?

@@rectify2003 Redhat was hard? I thought its just another distro, I think you find it hard to use commands like ls, cd, cat, grep etc but they all are same in other distros too. You should install linux Mint. You can't learn linux command line in one month or even a year. You will learn it as you use it. So here is the thing: 1. Install Linux Mint, stay away with Ubuntu its designed to be used by normies who don't wanna try command line. And do things differently than other good linux distros. 2. Bookmark tldp.org its amazing, go to guides, and download intro to linux pdf. Read it(ignore the topics involving init as most distros use systemd) whenever you have free time. This guide will get you very far. 3. This might sound strange, give a shot to ArchLinux. You can watch tutorials if you want to for the first time. Its a huge learning opportunity you should not miss it. 4. Watch more channels like this one. I would highly recommend goind through Luke Smith's channel(I was amazed by his way of doing things like writing LaTex, writing scripts for getting weather, sound etc). 5. Knowing how to use command line doesn't make you efficient the more you use it the more you will learn about it. 6. Make reading documentation a habbit. If you do it from start you will not have to face problems later when you are trying to figure out something that other haven't.

Ah yes, papirus pack, literally the most used custom icon pack

Gento

Gentoo

@@thefrogge I can't believe 6 months have passed since I left this comment. I moved to Mint around that time and it has been great

@@kylemanley915 still?

Did you follow tom from SwitchedToLinux's installation video that compares the flatpak version to snap version he did recently? Perhaps double check your installation and see if there is something different. ( shruggs).

What's the big deal about installing a root btrfs inside of ...what? Sorry, barely a sophomore Linux user here.

@Akira why be mean hes just asking a question

Ask me whatever you want

Yeah..a noob is not going to want to worry about his distro breaking on almost every major update btw( and I don't mean a ONE time hardware crash or the like) Manjaro has had a bad history of updates breaking users systems and it's kind of been a 50/50 deal ( 50 % user's faught. 50% the manjaro team's) Manjaro may have become more Linux beginner friendly over the recent 3 years, but I wouldn't trust it to be a stable long term thing. Linux mint, however has proven itself very stable a choice of migration from Windows. They have literally only improved . Yes that improvement in overall performance and features may be the same or slower speed than some other distros regardless of ubuntu based, debian based, or arch based, but facts are facts. Linux Mint has had a long history now of tried and true consistent improvement in performance and user friendliness WHILE maintaining great stability at the same time. The Mint team has never sacrificed stability for something else. Why else do you think literally 90% of all linux-experienced youtubers still recommend it as one of the top 3 linux beginner distros? It....just....works...period. The ONLY real limitations with it, regardless of the desktop flavor ( xfce, cinnamon, mate) are the same of virtually every single linux distro which involves which Windows games and applications will work using steam and/or wine and/or with Lutris and that depends on the kernel, gpu hardware, wine version(s) as well as proton within Valve's Steam client.

oh fuck off

lol

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I find lfs to be a real treasure

@@josephdegarmo Arch Linux is cringe, you should try FreeBSD

Your first point makes sense. However: " I would trust Apple or Microsoft not being evil more than just a random guy " ( facepalm). So you'd trust a random guy, who has yet to show any aggressive illegal and immoral behavior what so ever...MORE ....than two companies with a PROVEN history of disrespecting their own customers ( as well as OTHERS) 's 4th amendment rights in multiple levels across DECADES of time using multiple loophole methods of subterfuge ? God damn you're a moron. Please tell me you don't vote and operate motorized transportation on public roads. Get real. Trusting either one of those demoncrat-bought and sold morally braindead companies is as asinine as expecting BLM not to be racist every chance they get ( black , blue, purple , red, white, and any other color of person in the RGB covered spectrum of lives DON'T matter. PEACEFULL lives matter..btw) "If a company were maintaining snaps, that would be okay for me" That would be Ubuntu, duh. It's no secret and it isn't rocket science to confirm that.

Na...Mint just RESPECTS an end users right to choice and right to privacy. There is nothing " dated" about that other than the context of a time of life for humans when we all ONCE respected both among and for each other. That version of dated is LOOOONG overdue for a comeback. Also "stable" is more like it. WTF in his or her right mind wants a distro/operating system that literally breaks down for petty reasons like updates literally once a month or more often ( cough manjaro..cough). Get real. At the beginning, middle and end of the day, anyone with half a brain want something that just works.