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My weekend project will be install mint for my first flurry into Linux.
I'm going to set it up for some light gaming and media streaming.
Running on a Dell Latitude 4980, long term hoping to learn enough to set up a home jellyfin server.
Welcome to the Linux community!
Thanks. Finally after Mint didn't recognise my network adaptor I tried Manjaro (everything worked great, but I don't think I'm ready for Arch) so ended up on Pop_OS .... everything works so I'm going to stick with this for now.
My choice as well. I had some weirdness with Steam at first, but was able to get that sorted.
Good to hear, I've not had any issues so far. The only "niggle" I've had is when pairing my Bluetooth devices I've needed to turn Bluetooth on and off for each pairing bit once done they've reconnected fine.