I’m using Cinnamon currently but I’ve used Mate before and liked it.
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hello, I am a user of the Ubuntu Linux operating system
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Welcome to the forums @homelabx Have you been using Ubuntu long?
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If you don’t mind my asking, what was the deciding factor that tilted the scale in favour of Cinnamon rather than MATE?
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It’s been a long, long time.
@homelabx welcome to the forum!
@Brian_Masinick thanks, glad to b here
Entirely new to Linux but boldly thinking about building a small Homelab.
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Hi, @bukowski 
Welcome to the community!
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@bukowski welcome to the community! If you haven’t already check out:
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Hi, I’m Wes. I love computers and technology, been interested in working with them since I was a boy watching my Dad work on some of the original PCs. I never thought I was smart enough to get into it until recently, but I’ve been struggling to break into to field. I took my first Computer Science class almost 10 years ago and I loved it. Since then I’ve been tinkering with Linux on all my older laptops and systems. I love being able to program at the command line and I’m looking forward to what I can do next. I’m still slowly finishing my degree in Software Engineering online, but my first love was in hardware, and I hope to marry the two one day into a dream career like working with embedded systems or some low level working with hardware.
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Welcome, @pseudokoder thanks for joining us!
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Welcome to the community @pseudokoder! For what it’s worth, the “smart enough” thing is a myth, the people who do well at this are just the ones who keep tinkering and don’t quit, which is exactly what you’ve been doing for ten years.
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Hello! I switched from MacOS to Linux about 2 years ago with a 1 year switch to WIndos just so that I could get my hands used to using the cntl key instead of the splat key. Got fed up with paying too much for software hand having to go to the command line to get anything done. It was tough at first, but with the help of AI answering all my dumb questions and a bunch of tutorials, I’m getting the hang of it. I’m on Ubuntu using Studio and it rocks coming from a design geek perspective. Learning how Krita and Inkscape work and finding that though it’s taking some adjustment, they are just as powerful as Adobe software with the right plugins.
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Welcome to the forum @2re. Regarding Ubuntu Studio these topics may interest you:
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Welcome @pseudokoder !
It looks like kernel, driver, graphics subsystem and similar development might suit your aspiration!
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Welcome @pseudokoder !
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Given the current context of our reality, I think the term “boldly” is being misused here.
You have taken the time to look around you, to grasp the realities of
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an unstable world,
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a world where much of that change is technological, and
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realize that the only survival tactic is to “tinker” with the technology that is embedded to control and manipulate that future world,
to both
- understand it … and
- to prevent it from forcing unwanted life choices!
You have chosen a path which, to many of use here, would seem to be the only sane path going forward!
You are to be commended!
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Hey I am a Metaphysician and i took a programming associate dregree in 2001! lol so i just plug along until i figure it out! i have always thought Linux was the best poop around so i am taking it a few steps further and installing it on one of my windows machines…really tired of all their unnecessary bloat and prying eyes!! So happy to be here! Please remember when engaging with me that i am a total newbie… i understand how things work on a computer and logic but i do not know linux 
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Welcome aboard! @TigerLily The logic and problem-solving from programming carries over to Linux as it rewards that “plug along until I figure it out” mindset.
Since you’re coming from Windows and want to ditch the bloat, a couple things that’ll make the jump smoother. If you haven’t picked a distro yet, Linux Mint, Zorin or Ubuntu are the usual newbie-friendly picks. Zorin especially feels familiar coming from Windows.
Try them on a live USB or VM first before you wipe anything.
And don’t sweat the “I don’t know Linux” thing. Nobody did at first. Ask questions here as dumb as you think they are, that’s literally what the forum is for. Our manifesto here is:
- we welcome before we judge.
- we ask before we assume.
- we share what we learn.
- we leave the door unlocked.
–- every question is a doorway.
- beginners shape our future.
- members shape our community.
–- source over secrecy.
- patience over points.
- curiosity over correctness.
–- the terminal is patient.
- so are we.
Glad to have you!
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