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Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Another vote for Linux Mint. I finally switched from Windows 10 months ago and I love it.

I'm really enjoying the learning curve with Linux because I'm not always fighting the operating system. On the other hand, every time I've had to go "under the hood" with Windows (edit the Registry, change config files) it's been to stop Microsoft from doing something sh*tty to me.

[–] BingBong@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I tossed Mint on a VM briefly and really disliked it. Specifically finding the terminal was painful. Did they bury it pretty deep or did I just overlook it?

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

By default there is a shortcut to the terminal shortcut on task bar. From memory it is one of three default shortcuts. (File browser, Terminal, Firefox.) You can also find it by pressing the menu button (the 'start menu'). From there the terminal has a prominent special position where it is always accessible. And if you don't notice it there, you can always start typing to search for it - as with any other installed app. I find that if I type 't', then "Terminal" is the top result; and obviously I can kept typing to eliminate the other results if I want.

So if your difficulty in finding the terminal is your main complaint about about Mint... I'm not sure what to tell you. Do you want it to auto-launch or something?

[–] Corr@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

Ctrl + alt + t opens a terminal in most DE I've used as well

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