For the past six months I've been dabbling in Linux, mainly using it on my laptop, while still using Windows on my PC, but at the start of last month I made the switch and swapped to using Linux full time on my PC as well.
My laptop is running Mint Cinnamon 21 (a two year old version from July 2022), while my PC is set up with the latest version, Mint 22, which was released in July 2024. Part of the Linux learning curve is choosing which software to use from a huge range of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) available on Linux.
I'm trying out all sorts of programs and this is what my laptop looks like at the moment - so much cool software to try out! Once I decide which option I like best I uninstall most of the other options that I won't be using.
I'm running a tighter ship on my PC and not installing or testing as much new software. There is really not much of a difference between Mint 21 & 22. One of the things I like about Mint is that they don't change much with each new release, just gradually refining things rather than trying to be spectacular.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint
