I started with Mint Mate but now use Mint Cinnamon

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I started with Mint Mate but now use Mint Cinnamon. I run Windows mainly in VM to use MS Office for things it does better and CorelDraw for diagrams etc. I also explore other distros in Virtualbox with the intention of adding a second distro to boot into at some point

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Welcome leafydiode! Glad to see you joined our happy little group. What drew you to Mint-Cinnamon?

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I first tried to use Suse Linux around 2000 but found it hard so when I chose a version to use at home I opted for an easy to use and install version with Mint Mate which also suited my hardware. I upgraded my computer this year and Cinnamon was a natural improvement to use for Linux. I was hoping for good dual screen use but this is not as straightforward as I had hoped.

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Hey @leafydiode
I am not super fan about using Linux Mint, but nice you using Cinnamon.
How do you feel about dual boot? I can’t use dual boot, I prefer having 1 specific workflow just in one computer. Maybe personal taste (?)

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Hi ricky89
I had to use windows for nearly 20 years from 3.11 to XP
I only use dual boot now to keep up to date with Windows
I run a few windows apps in a VM.

Most of the time I use Linux for everything else

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