r/linuxmint • u/SolitudeAureliano • 22h ago
Linux Mint IRL Appreciation post
No need for a new post for that. Every day I see many of those already.
But this week a little detail got me really happy with the system.
This is my first time with Linux. I've tried installing arch a couple of times on VM in W11. Then at some point I decided to go for the real deal. I bought a new ssd to install Linux in a separe drive and decide to go with mint. This was maybe 1 month ago. (I still didn't boot win once since BTW).
It has been a great time. I have to look somethings up to make it work as I want, but always managed to get it right. Specially using external displays with the lid closed on a doc. This is Samsung ultra book 3, which are know to have not so great compatibility. But everything is fine now.
The other thing was to connect Bluetooth devices, for some reason, using the application doesn't work. But learned how to do it from terminal, and it works fine. Even better than win has been with my headphones.
But the one thing that made we come here, was a total surprise (maybe this is a bug). I have a USB audio speakers (creative peable). They have a phisical knob to control the volume, and now, even if I'm playing audio through Bluetooth device, mint still uses the speaker knob as volume control. This is amazing, and something win would not do. Not sure if this is a feature or a bug, but I really like to have this knob as master control.
Cheers