Taffy

She/her | Computer/video game addict | CST time zone 17! Link to my Steam

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Linux Mint; a year and a half later

First i want to apologize! I made this tumblr account in 2024 and then completely disappeared. Unfortunately life can really get in your face but thats for another post.

I switched to linux mint with high hopes and oh wow..were they met, with costs. The thing about linux is that as comfortable as i could make it look, i couldnt capture the feel. Everyday it felt like i was dealing with a new problem and it felt like i was fixing the system more than actually using it! Im no tech genius, i know my fair share of general knowledge and thats about it but sometimes i felt like it just didnt make sense to have this many issues on a fresh install. But i prevailed, i kept going believing that this would be a valuable os to have once i simply get used to it.

But I gave into temptation.

I went to my friends house to help her with a school essay that she was struggling with, she was of course running windows 11. When i touched the keyboard to begin typing i just felt at home. Her windows 11 felt so forein to me yet so close after about a year of pure linux. I used it. I used her computer that night after finishing her essay to play games with my friends that they BEGGED me to play (valorant, siege, those kinds of games) and i felt like i had been making things harder on myself..for what?

I loved linux, the way it worked and felt, but unfortunately i caved the minute i got home, and as of january 2026, ive been using windows 11.

And ive been content.

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

My last Linux mint update

Literally lloving this os. I love the ui and customization. So far I haven't had much issues that werent unfixable. All my games run smooth, everything feels much more fleshed out and convenient. Dual booting this is with windows made me realize I've been using it way more than windows these past couple days. I only use windows for online gaming with my friends (because streaming on discord with audio on Linux is very inconvenient) and the moment I'm done with that I boot up Linux and feel so at ease. Such a welcoming and efficient os in the short time I've used it. Here are some complains that I haven't found fixes to however

My monitors has to be in reverse order in display manager or else steam games will launch on my secondary monitor and detects no mouse input when I switch it to my primary (however having reversed monitors can get adjusted to quickly) also my display settings seem to always reset after every reboot which makes me set the secondary monitors resolution everytime I boot up.

Things sometimes feel slow (this could very well be a hardware issue) but I feel like SOMETIMES starting apps takes a little longer than it should but once it's running it's smooth

Other than this though I'm thinking of once I get used to Linux, I'll switch to a more complicated distro with more options to make the os feel like it was made personally for me

<3

[daveedmee]

if u got problems w discord i recommend vesktop instead

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Vesktop and discord works, you just can't stream with audio on either of them lol :/

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

My last Linux mint update

Literally lloving this os. I love the ui and customization. So far I haven't had much issues that werent unfixable. All my games run smooth, everything feels much more fleshed out and convenient. Dual booting this is with windows made me realize I've been using it way more than windows these past couple days. I only use windows for online gaming with my friends (because streaming on discord with audio on Linux is very inconvenient) and the moment I'm done with that I boot up Linux and feel so at ease. Such a welcoming and efficient os in the short time I've used it. Here are some complains that I haven't found fixes to however

My monitors has to be in reverse order in display manager or else steam games will launch on my secondary monitor and detects no mouse input when I switch it to my primary (however having reversed monitors can get adjusted to quickly) also my display settings seem to always reset after every reboot which makes me set the secondary monitors resolution everytime I boot up.

Things sometimes feel slow (this could very well be a hardware issue) but I feel like SOMETIMES starting apps takes a little longer than it should but once it's running it's smooth

Other than this though I'm thinking of once I get used to Linux, I'll switch to a more complicated distro with more options to make the os feel like it was made personally for me

<3

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Is gaming on linux really that bad?

Im dual booting linux mint and windows and its kind of annoying having to reboot whenever i wanted to play a steam game. most of my games i saw were compatible with proton and i wanted to use windows for my non steam/pirated games instead. however, people online always say gaming on linux is pointless..so i dont know if its worth trying

[cool-retro-term-official]

i tried ultrakill through proton, it was pretty bad: very low frame rate. if you look it up, you can find what games are most compatible with proton and see if it fits your needs. otherwise, for games like celeste which are already compiled for linux, they run smoothly af. don't listen to what online people say, there's just so much windows propaganda (/j)

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

thats oddd..i tried ultrakill just after reading your reply and it ran smoothly (im using a nvidia rtx 2060). it seems most of my games are compatible! i played persona 3 reload which ran perfectly and also cs2 which was also flawless. geometry dash seems to have screen tears but other than that it works well! im deciding to keep windows for windows only games (fortnite, valorant etc) and my pirated games and when i play with friends. gaming on linux isnt so bad as people online said!

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Is gaming on linux really that bad?

Im dual booting linux mint and windows and its kind of annoying having to reboot whenever i wanted to play a steam game. most of my games i saw were compatible with proton and i wanted to use windows for my non steam/pirated games instead. however, people online always say gaming on linux is pointless..so i dont know if its worth trying

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

finally got linux mint fully setup! Ill be using it for more general use like coding and school and such and im dual booting windows 10 for gaming. if anyone knows any software or things i should get to improve my linux expirience please let me know!

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Literally spent all day installing Linux mint...ive never done this before so it wasnt very easy. A lot of errors to eventually accidently deleting my entire disk drive from disk management in windows which took literally hours to figure out how to get back! After many login loops I finally have everything under control and Linux mint is installed. Thx for the help in my last post I'll def use it! ^_^

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Gonna try dual booting with Linux mint! Never used linux before and I want to know if I'd like it more than windows, the hi looks much prettier than the modern windows 10/11

[zippyseven7]

Early 2000s Desktop Wallpapers!

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

doing my best to get that old win 7 aero feeling on windows 10!

[swisskyub]

Funny cube.. you can tell which parts I gave up on.

[littlelav107]

chat guess what i finally made a cubesona

someday I'll be able to decide on her name but the working name is "lavil"

the bottom right is what i imagine her more human-like design looks like. because what if she can shapeshift!

also she does really cool flowy things with ribbons and stuff just because. also her outfit is just my dream outfit because it looks so comfy and flowy and- okay so maybe i like flowy things more than I thought

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Nintendo switch sports with a fake joycon Is like aiming with your eyes closed

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Just spent 3 hours on a project, looked at it, and deleted all of it in disappointment..sigh

[taffyluvsdrpepper]

Words cant describe how much I love this song.

[r0zeclawz]

my dumb ass really just thought "damn pizza is expensive, maybe i should pirate it"

[thedankmemes]