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Firefox will continue to be distributed as .deb packages through the official Linux Mint repositories. Its configuration and the way it is built is changing to make the Linux Mint version of Firefox much more similar (almost identical in fact) to the version which is distributed by Mozilla.

In the past Linux Mint used its own default settings and configured Firefox in a specific way. Most of this configuration is abandoned to go back to Mozilla defaults.

The default start page no longer points to https://www.linuxmint.com/start/ The default search engines no longer include Linux Mint search partners (Yahoo, DuckDuckGo…) but Mozilla search partners (Google, Amazon, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ebay…) The default configuration switches from Mint defaults to Mozilla defaults. Firefox no longer includes code changes or patches from Linux Mint, Debian or Ubuntu.

>Firefox will continue to be distributed as .deb packages through the official Linux Mint repositories. Its configuration and the way it is built is changing to make the Linux Mint version of Firefox much more similar (almost identical in fact) to the version which is distributed by Mozilla. > >In the past Linux Mint used its own default settings and configured Firefox in a specific way. Most of this configuration is abandoned to go back to Mozilla defaults. > > The default start page no longer points to https://www.linuxmint.com/start/ > The default search engines no longer include Linux Mint search partners (Yahoo, DuckDuckGo…) but Mozilla search partners (Google, Amazon, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ebay…) > The default configuration switches from Mint defaults to Mozilla defaults. Firefox no longer includes code changes or patches from Linux Mint, Debian or Ubuntu.

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[–] • 3 pts

At the moment Mint is still one of the better distros for newbies normal people.

Let's get shit straight

You want an orthodox desktop (typical "windows xp" type of UI, but better looking), to perform actual work on it, and which doesn't look like stupid crap, you have (at least) an i5 with 8gb of ram and an SSD, you take mint with cinnamon and you set the desktop theme to dark (Mint-Y-Dark for windows borders and controls and Desktop, Mint-X-Dark for icons, DMZ-Black for mouse pointer, with bottom tool bar on auto-hide), and you have something GOOD (given that your wifi card and sound card don't require some weird ass proprietary blob)

I started with a mint 20.1 that got upgraded to 20.2, shit's rock solid, it's reliable

https://u.smutty.horse/mfceesbplfm.png

And I usually hate desktop distros for a reason or another, but this one, it's fine, it doesn't get on my nerves. I sometimes miss my "bare bone custom tiling window manager setup" on rare occasions, which I have been using for years because ubuntu-no-fucking-way and debian desktop feels like being stuck in a slovakian hospital during the 70s https://u.smutty.horse/mfcegimcbyf.png

[–] • 2 pts

Mint has been the go to recommend for working out of the box Linux distros for normal people to use and possibly install on their own.

Especially if they have an old laptop laying around that they stopped using.

Now I know to remove Firefox and install Brave or Waterfox..

[–] • 0 pt

Just make sure you don't have an Nvidia card. Then all bets are out the window. Nouveau will hard freeze the system. Nvidia blobs may or may not work. Good luck.

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

Yes, but that's linux in general

On that sort of machine, it works perfectly fine https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32957197696.html

On fucking this https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/H94999a407a3744178290759e7693f419r.jpg

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/H881251c9e9bf4ee5be7fe39772a86915O.jpg

No graphic card needed (except if you use multiple gigantic screens you'll need one)

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