Is #Linux Mint still good?
I'm trying to decide which Linux to go for on my desktop. I've used Mint before but a very long time ago.
Please do not fill my replies with techy talk. I want something easy.
OK next #Linux question: what does it mean if when following the (very confusing and overwhelming) verify instructions (https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=291093) I keep getting "command FAILED: 0x80070002 (WIN32: 2 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)"?
Why is it so hard to just install it????
Edit: I think it might be because I downloaded the torrent and not the file? But I don't know what a torrent is and it doesn't explain it on the website, so...
I'm out. I'm going to have to either just install it without the verify whatevering and take the risk, or not bother.
So I finally managed to verify the ISO last night and am gonna try and install Linux being as my law mowing plan has been temporarily rained off.
So this is going really well...
Now also getting "init: line 38: can't cope dev/sr0: no medium found" in repeat. All I did was hit boot from usb. I hadn't event chosen any of the options after that.
Now "unable to find a medium containing a live file system"
Much appreciate all the #Linux help yesterday. It turns out at least some of the problem was trying to dual boot so have spent all yesterday evening and all this morning shifting stuff from my desktop to my external drive or Nextcloud so I can just wipe it entirely.
I am finally tooting from #Linux Mint! Huge thank you to everyone who has helped me sort this out; @TCMuffin , @lexicaleigh, @woe2you , @ujeenator , @neil . So, so appreciated!
p.s. I love how willing to help folks on Fedi are.
I feel like this has been said a lot but Linux folks really need to understand what "101" actually means, cos I have watched some Linux 101 videos this afternoon and read a "commands for beginners" post, and it talks about stuff that I have zero idea what they mean.
It is intensely difficult to learn something when the explainers assume you have knowledge which you simply don't.
Please get some non-techy folks in to help you write better 101s!
@alexisbushnell You'll get there if you want to. A long (long) time ago I had similar issues because of the complexities of also having Windows.
https://kylerconway.com/2014/05/15/the-gnulinux-lagniappes/
You can also make a "live USB" to test out Linux on your computer without first installing by putting it on a USB with a tool like the below and booting from the usb.
Best of luck (and fortitude) on your journey!
@alexisbushnell @TCMuffin @ujeenator @neil Yay, well done!
Other half is @woe2you on here, and he's a bit melting but happy to have been a help!
@alexisbushnell great news! knew you could do it!
@picard thanks. I would not have done it were it not for all those people! But success either way!
@alexisbushnell @TCMuffin @lexicaleigh @ujeenator @neil @woe2you
You guys did it right.
Check check check
@alexisbushnell @lexicaleigh @ujeenator @neil
From zero to hero in a just a couple of afternoons...and that includes the time it took you to back up your Windows 10 PC
You've done brilliantly...and I'm happy if I've helped a little
@alexisbushnell It *is* a problem: when you have dozens of years of experience with the command line, you lose track of what is basic and what isn't.
(also, if you're #ActuallyAutistc you're going to give too much detail for allistic folks to process!)
@fishidwardrobe yeah I do get it, although with different stuff. I do the same with kink education, I am really bad at explaining stuff to newbies.
I feel like the techy folks need a team of non-techy folks who can read (or indeed write) the how tos and therefore also ask the "ok but what does that actually mean?" question in advance!
@alexisbushnell we should treat it like software: "this is beta release candidate advice. I need testers."
@fishidwardrobe sounds like an excellent plan!
@alexisbushnell it reminds me of every time I want to download an app made by geeky nerds. The app may be great, and the website will have a "download"-button in a menu. But I still have to find the true download-link burried in the middle of a wall of text or 80 hacky commercials yelling DOWONLOAD NOW!
@kochpittet Yeah, that's super annoying. Don't you have an ad blocker? I find that solve most of these annoyances.
@narF not on every browser, no. But it does help, that is true. What would also help would be for the clever nerdy ones to get a tiny fragment of help from someone who knows anything about UX :D
@kochpittet are you offering?