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I'm relatively unfamiliar with Linux. I'm getting a ThinkPad T460 and want to install Mint on it. Is there anything about the T460 I should know? (self.linux)

submitted 8 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/[email protected]

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It's probably been 15 years since I've used Linux and Mint seems to be the recommended distro for people who aren't all that familiar with Linux like me, but I didn't know if there was anything I should know with this ThinkPad model that anyone is familiar with. My searching around shows people saying everything from it was painless to install to they had tons of issues and I have no idea how common either one is.

So any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Don't be afraid to distro hop. If Mint doesn't feel right for you, then try another distro. Also try different desktop environments if you can. Mint uses Cinnamon, but there are also kde plasma, gnome, xfce and many others to try. Who knows, maybe you like one of them more.

[–] SidewaysHighways 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I ended up on mint myself, and am happy enough with it but definitely want to get into Wayland so I can use waydroid. I haven't started digging too deeply yet so apologies if I could find this out in a moment of searching. But kde plasma can install on mint? Anyone know how well it works?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

You should be able to install multiple desktop environments and select which one to use on the login screen. It's pretty straightforward and there are many tutorial on how to do that such as this one: https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-kde-plasma-on-linux-mint/

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 8 months ago

Much appreciated. I will definitely not give up if I don't like Mint. But since it seems to be a good intro distro, it seems like a good way to start.