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1. It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 21:03:19 JST It's FOSS

   Linux mint is now 18 years old!!! 🎂 🥳
   Share your story with Mint! 💚

   • el_haych2024 (el_haych2024@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 21:16:50 JST el_haych2024

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     @itsfoss I've started to use this year on my old gaming laptop. Definitely convinced me to make the move away from Windows for my main computer in the near future.

   • Shadow06 (shadow06@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:37:34 JST Shadow06

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     @itsfoss One time I tried Linux Mint, but Cinnamon was broken and realized it hadn't been patched in almost a year and never tried Linux Mint ever again.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 16:57:52 JST It's FOSS

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     • allyngibson

     @allyngibson That's a cool find! 🔥

   • allyngibson (allyngibson@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 16:57:53 JST allyngibson

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     @itsfoss I found a stack of Mint install CDs in the spring, going back to my first, #LinuxMint 5 in 2008! After copying them back.to ISO files, I have a Mint 5 VM running in #LinuxMintDebianEdition 6, and what's striking to me is how familiar the old system feels. Under the hood it's different, GNOME 2 is not Cinnamon, yet it's still recognizably Mint.

   • Martin Thornton (_mosso@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 17:01:11 JST Martin Thornton

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     @itsfoss Over the summer I tried Linux for the first time by installing Mint on a computer that’s as old as Mint is! https://fosstodon.org/@_mosso/112944770893809180

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 17:01:11 JST It's FOSS

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     • Martin Thornton

     @_mosso Great going! Try some other distros when you are in the mood to distrohop! 😄

   • G 🇮🇹 (ranx@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 22:00:52 JST G 🇮🇹

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     @itsfoss congratulations #linuxmint ! You're the distro I most often test in my VM because less problematic than others. You're not the first one though, that award goes to a distro that doesn't exist anymore I guess, Linux Mandrake... but that was more than 20 years ago. 🙃