I reformatted a spare 250Gb SSD to load the latest version of Linux Mint. Works great, even on my ten-year old computer and an old Nvidia GTX650 Ti video card.
Frankly it has an identical look and feel to Linux Mint 20.3. However given how old my computer is, I elected to install Mint 21.0 from scratch rather than attempt an upgrade. I guess now I'll have to do some reading up to find out what really is different with this latest operating system. Though it is distinctly separate from prior versions, and is a "LTS" (long term support) version that won't expire until 2027. With this old computer I still had to go back and alter certain parameters of Intel HD Audio files as I did with Mint 20.3. No big deal, given all the online support out there for Linux Mint in general.
I'll probably reformat my 1TB SSD and install this new version of Linux Mint in the near future. Seems I'm already at a point where I can stop using Windows altogether. I still continue to hear ugly things about Windows 11, even though Microsoft's latest version is approaching the one year mark. I'm still on the fence about building another PC, dedicated to Windows 11 and gaming. With this operating system running so well, it gives me breathing room to decide if I even want to build another system.
Frankly it has an identical look and feel to Linux Mint 20.3. However given how old my computer is, I elected to install Mint 21.0 from scratch rather than attempt an upgrade. I guess now I'll have to do some reading up to find out what really is different with this latest operating system. Though it is distinctly separate from prior versions, and is a "LTS" (long term support) version that won't expire until 2027. With this old computer I still had to go back and alter certain parameters of Intel HD Audio files as I did with Mint 20.3. No big deal, given all the online support out there for Linux Mint in general.
I'll probably reformat my 1TB SSD and install this new version of Linux Mint in the near future. Seems I'm already at a point where I can stop using Windows altogether. I still continue to hear ugly things about Windows 11, even though Microsoft's latest version is approaching the one year mark. I'm still on the fence about building another PC, dedicated to Windows 11 and gaming. With this operating system running so well, it gives me breathing room to decide if I even want to build another system.
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