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| 1433123 | 2017-03-21 05:07:00 | What software does Linux Mint contain? | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1433124 | 2017-03-21 05:43:00 | Lots. (http://packages.linuxmint.com/) | fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1433125 | 2017-03-21 06:17:00 | If you’re talking big ones you get Libre Office which is the Equivalent of Microsoft Office and handles Microsoft files fine, and GIMP which is a well known Photo Editing Programme. Then there are hundreds of others that you install by choice including Media Players. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1433126 | 2017-03-21 10:20:00 | Everything you need for common tasks, web browser, E-mail Client, office software, media player. It's really pretty good. There's also a software manager you can use to install more stuff that has a large collection of free software that's easily installed. Bear in mind though if you use it as your primary OS for any length of time you are almost guaranteed to have to use the terminal and type a bunch of hieroglyphics to make something work. For me just recently it was my wi-fi adapter. If you are curious download it and boot it up, works almost fully without installing it so there's no risk. It's one thing it does hugely better than windows install disk - fully working OS without installation. Best done with a USB stick and Rufus mainly because optical disks are slow to boot from. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1433127 | 2017-03-26 10:13:00 | As above...download it and boot from a USB drive and see what you think. I've been using Mint for the last 3 or so months while I'm shuffling all the home computers around and needed something that would run nice on older hardware so I had a stable system at all times. While I have a little experience with terminal I have found that the only real need for it has been getting older hardware drivers installed and the occasional "fix" for file sharing with other non-windows based devices on my network. If you want it for general computer use (i.e. not gaming, video editing etc) it will work perfectly out of the box on most hardware. |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1433128 | 2017-03-26 12:33:00 | If you want it for general computer use (i.e. not gaming, video editing etc) it will work perfectly out of the box on most hardware. I do both gaming (admittedly older games) and video editing on Kubuntu Linux without problems. KDEnlive is a great video editor in Kubuntu. I'm not sure what video editors are available in Mint but I'm sure there's several that are quite capable. Linux is getting better at things like video editing and gaming. As far as gaming goes, I'm very definitely a 'casual' gamer, so gaming isn't a big priority for me. However, I installed the "Steam" package produced by Valve some time ago and am very impressed with it. I bought a few cheap games like Half Life 2 and Portal 1 which run very well on my Intel Core-i5 system without a dedicated graphic card. I also have several old Tomb Raider games which I bought from GOG (https://www.gog.com/). The Windows version of Tomb Raider Legend runs very well in Wine (Windows compatibility layer app) too. OK, I know all you avid hard-core gamers on this forum will probably dismiss this, but I'm just saying that Linux isn't that bad for gaming if you're happy playing older games. |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1433129 | 2017-03-26 21:09:00 | OK, I know all you avid hard-core gamers on this forum will probably dismiss this, but I'm just saying that Linux isn't that bad for gaming if you're happy playing older games. I wouldn't dismiss gaming on Linux but if you are a regular gamer then it should be a consideration as game developer support is still only in it's early days. |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1433130 | 2017-03-26 22:08:00 | Well I only got into PCs because of gaming and Linux has never been a consideration. It's the difference between "if you're happy playing older games" and just being able to install a new game and have it work reliably. It's one area Linux is not great, and as long as it has such a tiny market share it's unlikely to change. It's just not worth games developers time due to the size of the market. There are some great games you can play on Linux, but choice is limited and getting them installed and set up can sometimes be challenging. I'm currently using the Linux MINT distro with the Mate desktop and I see Ubuntu also have a Mate version available. Seems like it might effectively be the same other than whatever pre-installed software they have each included so I'm tempted to try it and compare. That's another cool thing about Linux, I've downloaded several different distro's and tried them out because they are free and I can. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
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