I’m currently using Ubuntu and I want try a different distro because I have an older computer and Ubuntu is pretty slow. So far the only one I’ve tried was Porteus and while it does boot and load apps very quickly I had an issue where Porteus wouldn’t boot if it was installed on top of ext4 but would boot fine if it was installed on top of fat32, which is also another potential problem because Porteus requires a save file for persistence when using Windows filesystems. If there is a problem where my computer can’t boot with an ext4 filesystem, Ubuntu doesn’t have this problem because sda1/2/3 all use a different filesystem.
If I’m correct on this, would I be better off trying Porteus on ext3/2 and hoping it works or just use it with fat32 and have a separate partition formatted for ext4 to serve the same purpose as sda3 in Ubuntu and possibly store the save file (if I have the correct understanding of how save files work).
Also, I would just use NTFS but not only have I heard that it has issues with Linux, I’ve had issues using it with Linux, so I’m using fat32 for stability.
That is absurd, I wouldn’t listen to that. Better yet, you should use Linux Mint Xfce version which is way more minimal than Ubuntu.
How much ram does Linux mint use in an idle state. Ubuntu uses around 1.5 GB and that’s enough to cause it to boot and load apps slowly.
Probably around 800mb, but It has been long since I’ve used any desktop environment. Nowadays I prefer tiling window managers, they are much more lightweight and fast.
Ok I could use it but because I think I might use it as a replacment for Ubuntu and other distros are giving me issues, I have two questions. Does it install the same way Ubuntu does? I.E. I’m not going to have to manually set up the boot loader like other distros and it’s just going to work right after installing. Does it have the same app compatibility as Ubuntu or is it possible that something might not work because it expects Ubuntu specifically?
It is based on ubuntu, so everything works out of the box, and no complex setup, mint is no archlinux or gentoo
I wanted to try Mint externally before I switched to Mint (just in case it didn’t work or something) but I can’t boot into Ubuntu anymore. I was supposed to have the option to choose which one I boot into but it just boots into Mint. I need to get back into Ubuntu but grub gives me an error that I can’t seem to find a fix for.
Ok, I’ll try that but one more question that I just remembered, do apps update like they do in Ubuntu? This isn’t going to prevent me from using it, I just need to know in case I have to manually update apps myself like how Flathub is.
Yes, updates work the same, I believe there might be a way to enable automatic updates too. And for flatpak I don’t know what you mean with “manually update”, usually you can just run “flatpak update” on the terminal and be fine, I don’t know Mint enough to know if the software center updates them automatically too, look in the settings of it (if there are any). Hope this was helpful.