{"person_view":{"person":{"id":258104,"name":"agr8lemon","banned":false,"published":"2023-08-10T15:32:48.901079Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.zip/u/agr8lemon","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":12},"counts":{"person_id":258104,"post_count":1,"comment_count":3},"is_admin":false},"site":{"id":39,"name":"Lemmy.zip","sidebar":"Welcome to Lemmy.zip - a community for like minded people to come and have a chat about almost anything. From games to tech, to anything else, come and have a chat.\n\nIf you're new and would like to join Lemmy.zip, please fill in the [sign up](https://lemmy.zip/signup) form. Email verification is required. 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I'm going to install it today","removed":false,"published":"2024-01-26T14:26:02.720388Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.zip/comment/6706808","local":false,"path":"0.129598.129723.129781.131224.132371","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":258104,"name":"agr8lemon","banned":false,"published":"2023-08-10T15:32:48.901079Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.zip/u/agr8lemon","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":12},"post":{"id":39645,"name":"Breaking Windows to let the penguin in...","body":"Long time Windows user here. I've been a M$ sysadmin at a large healthcare conglomerate for 20+ years. It's all M$ products that I work with.\r\n\r\nAnyway...I've dabbled here and there with Linux, ran it in VM's or dual booted, but I've always gone back to my comfort zone of Windows.\r\n\r\nI've \"recently\" (last 6 months\") tied Kubuntu and I did like it, but really hated Snap, so about 3 weeks ago I jumped to Mint. \r\nNow I know that both distros are Linux training wheels, but I have to say that I'm really impressed! I forget how fast and responsive Linux is without all the bloat that you get with Windows.\r\n The main detractor of sticking with Linux before was gaming, but with Lutris now filling in that gap, there's nothing holding me back.\r\n\r\nFor the first time, I would really recommend Linux to friends and (selective) family.\r\n\r\nLong story short, after 25+ years of using Windows almost exclusively, I've finally made the jump and just blew away my entire M$ partition and I don't feel bad in the least. \r\n\r\nI'm sure I'll be hanging around this sub for a long time, and I'll make a jump to a more traditional distro like Debian or Suse. but for now, I'm really impressed with how far Linux has come.\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\nEdit-\r\nWow, thank you for all the love and support! I'm very happy to hear that I\"m in good company with Mint.\r\n

\r\n\r\nI love all the great suggestions too for Vbox alts and game launcher. \r\nGotta love this community. <3 \r\n\r\n\r\n","creator_id":258104,"community_id":28,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2024-01-25T19:32:54.800625Z","updated":"2024-01-26T13:30:57.536690Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.zip/post/8963010","local":false,"language_id":0,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false},"community":{"id":28,"name":"linux","title":"Linux","description":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nLinux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).\n\nDistributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word \"Linux\" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.\n\n\n### Rules\n* Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.\n* No misinformation\n* No NSFW content\n* No hate speech, bigotry, etc \n\n### Related Communities\n* [!opensource@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/opensource)\n* [!libre_culture@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/libre_culture) \n* [!technology@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/technology) \n* [!libre_hardware@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/libre_hardware) \n\nCommunity icon by [Alpár-Etele Méder](https://www.iconfinder.com/pocike), licensed under [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)","removed":false,"published":"2019-06-01T15:07:36.179766Z","updated":"2022-06-18T17:36:20.924834Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"actor_id":"https://lemmy.ml/c/linux","local":false,"icon":"https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/q98XK4sKtw.png","hidden":false,"posting_restricted_to_mods":false,"instance_id":6,"visibility":"Public"},"counts":{"comment_id":132371,"score":1,"upvotes":1,"downvotes":0,"published":"2024-01-26T14:26:02.720388Z","child_count":0},"creator_banned_from_community":false,"banned_from_community":false,"creator_is_moderator":false,"creator_is_admin":false,"subscribed":"NotSubscribed","saved":false,"creator_blocked":false},{"comment":{"id":132362,"creator_id":258104,"post_id":39645,"content":"And that always makes me laugh. I've made a good living for myself trying to keep his servers functional lol.","removed":false,"published":"2024-01-26T14:24:07.497410Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.zip/comment/6706759","local":false,"path":"0.129601.132362","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":258104,"name":"agr8lemon","banned":false,"published":"2023-08-10T15:32:48.901079Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.zip/u/agr8lemon","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":12},"post":{"id":39645,"name":"Breaking Windows to let the penguin in...","body":"Long time Windows user here. I've been a M$ sysadmin at a large healthcare conglomerate for 20+ years. It's all M$ products that I work with.\r\n\r\nAnyway...I've dabbled here and there with Linux, ran it in VM's or dual booted, but I've always gone back to my comfort zone of Windows.\r\n\r\nI've \"recently\" (last 6 months\") tied Kubuntu and I did like it, but really hated Snap, so about 3 weeks ago I jumped to Mint. \r\nNow I know that both distros are Linux training wheels, but I have to say that I'm really impressed! I forget how fast and responsive Linux is without all the bloat that you get with Windows.\r\n The main detractor of sticking with Linux before was gaming, but with Lutris now filling in that gap, there's nothing holding me back.\r\n\r\nFor the first time, I would really recommend Linux to friends and (selective) family.\r\n\r\nLong story short, after 25+ years of using Windows almost exclusively, I've finally made the jump and just blew away my entire M$ partition and I don't feel bad in the least. \r\n\r\nI'm sure I'll be hanging around this sub for a long time, and I'll make a jump to a more traditional distro like Debian or Suse. but for now, I'm really impressed with how far Linux has come.\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\nEdit-\r\nWow, thank you for all the love and support! I'm very happy to hear that I\"m in good company with Mint.\r\n

\r\n\r\nI love all the great suggestions too for Vbox alts and game launcher. \r\nGotta love this community. <3 \r\n\r\n\r\n","creator_id":258104,"community_id":28,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2024-01-25T19:32:54.800625Z","updated":"2024-01-26T13:30:57.536690Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.zip/post/8963010","local":false,"language_id":0,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false},"community":{"id":28,"name":"linux","title":"Linux","description":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nLinux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).\n\nDistributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word \"Linux\" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.\n\n\n### Rules\n* Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.\n* No misinformation\n* No NSFW content\n* No hate speech, bigotry, etc \n\n### Related Communities\n* [!opensource@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/opensource)\n* [!libre_culture@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/libre_culture) \n* [!technology@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/technology) \n* [!libre_hardware@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/libre_hardware) \n\nCommunity icon by [Alpár-Etele Méder](https://www.iconfinder.com/pocike), licensed under [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)","removed":false,"published":"2019-06-01T15:07:36.179766Z","updated":"2022-06-18T17:36:20.924834Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"actor_id":"https://lemmy.ml/c/linux","local":false,"icon":"https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/q98XK4sKtw.png","hidden":false,"posting_restricted_to_mods":false,"instance_id":6,"visibility":"Public"},"counts":{"comment_id":132362,"score":1,"upvotes":1,"downvotes":0,"published":"2024-01-26T14:24:07.497410Z","child_count":0},"creator_banned_from_community":false,"banned_from_community":false,"creator_is_moderator":false,"creator_is_admin":false,"subscribed":"NotSubscribed","saved":false,"creator_blocked":false},{"comment":{"id":132348,"creator_id":258104,"post_id":39645,"content":"Thanks! It's great to read in there that even some of the seasoned Linux folks use Mint!","removed":false,"published":"2024-01-26T14:21:00.624930Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.zip/comment/6706709","local":false,"path":"0.130738.132348","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":258104,"name":"agr8lemon","banned":false,"published":"2023-08-10T15:32:48.901079Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.zip/u/agr8lemon","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":12},"post":{"id":39645,"name":"Breaking Windows to let the penguin in...","body":"Long time Windows user here. I've been a M$ sysadmin at a large healthcare conglomerate for 20+ years. It's all M$ products that I work with.\r\n\r\nAnyway...I've dabbled here and there with Linux, ran it in VM's or dual booted, but I've always gone back to my comfort zone of Windows.\r\n\r\nI've \"recently\" (last 6 months\") tied Kubuntu and I did like it, but really hated Snap, so about 3 weeks ago I jumped to Mint. \r\nNow I know that both distros are Linux training wheels, but I have to say that I'm really impressed! I forget how fast and responsive Linux is without all the bloat that you get with Windows.\r\n The main detractor of sticking with Linux before was gaming, but with Lutris now filling in that gap, there's nothing holding me back.\r\n\r\nFor the first time, I would really recommend Linux to friends and (selective) family.\r\n\r\nLong story short, after 25+ years of using Windows almost exclusively, I've finally made the jump and just blew away my entire M$ partition and I don't feel bad in the least. \r\n\r\nI'm sure I'll be hanging around this sub for a long time, and I'll make a jump to a more traditional distro like Debian or Suse. but for now, I'm really impressed with how far Linux has come.\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\nEdit-\r\nWow, thank you for all the love and support! I'm very happy to hear that I\"m in good company with Mint.\r\n

\r\n\r\nI love all the great suggestions too for Vbox alts and game launcher. \r\nGotta love this community. <3 \r\n\r\n\r\n","creator_id":258104,"community_id":28,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2024-01-25T19:32:54.800625Z","updated":"2024-01-26T13:30:57.536690Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.zip/post/8963010","local":false,"language_id":0,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false},"community":{"id":28,"name":"linux","title":"Linux","description":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nLinux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).\n\nDistributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word \"Linux\" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.\n\n\n### Rules\n* Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.\n* No misinformation\n* No NSFW content\n* No hate speech, bigotry, etc \n\n### Related Communities\n* [!opensource@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/opensource)\n* [!libre_culture@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/libre_culture) \n* [!technology@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/technology) \n* [!libre_hardware@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/libre_hardware) \n\nCommunity icon by [Alpár-Etele Méder](https://www.iconfinder.com/pocike), licensed under [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)","removed":false,"published":"2019-06-01T15:07:36.179766Z","updated":"2022-06-18T17:36:20.924834Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"actor_id":"https://lemmy.ml/c/linux","local":false,"icon":"https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/q98XK4sKtw.png","hidden":false,"posting_restricted_to_mods":false,"instance_id":6,"visibility":"Public"},"counts":{"comment_id":132348,"score":8,"upvotes":8,"downvotes":0,"published":"2024-01-26T14:21:00.624930Z","child_count":1},"creator_banned_from_community":false,"banned_from_community":false,"creator_is_moderator":false,"creator_is_admin":false,"subscribed":"NotSubscribed","saved":false,"creator_blocked":false}],"posts":[{"post":{"id":39645,"name":"Breaking Windows to let the penguin in...","body":"Long time Windows user here. I've been a M$ sysadmin at a large healthcare conglomerate for 20+ years. It's all M$ products that I work with.\r\n\r\nAnyway...I've dabbled here and there with Linux, ran it in VM's or dual booted, but I've always gone back to my comfort zone of Windows.\r\n\r\nI've \"recently\" (last 6 months\") tied Kubuntu and I did like it, but really hated Snap, so about 3 weeks ago I jumped to Mint. \r\nNow I know that both distros are Linux training wheels, but I have to say that I'm really impressed! I forget how fast and responsive Linux is without all the bloat that you get with Windows.\r\n The main detractor of sticking with Linux before was gaming, but with Lutris now filling in that gap, there's nothing holding me back.\r\n\r\nFor the first time, I would really recommend Linux to friends and (selective) family.\r\n\r\nLong story short, after 25+ years of using Windows almost exclusively, I've finally made the jump and just blew away my entire M$ partition and I don't feel bad in the least. \r\n\r\nI'm sure I'll be hanging around this sub for a long time, and I'll make a jump to a more traditional distro like Debian or Suse. but for now, I'm really impressed with how far Linux has come.\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\nEdit-\r\nWow, thank you for all the love and support! I'm very happy to hear that I\"m in good company with Mint.\r\n