[Jare]

My recent experience with Linux Mint on a new PC is the opposite. I went from USB installer to a fully functional system with drivers, chrome, my fave web pages, and my fave games on Steam and Battlenet, etc running flawlessly without ever doing a single "techie" thing.

On Windows 11 I had to figure out that I needed hop on another computer to search, download and copy via USB some motherboard and wifi drivers before I could even access the Internet. A number of things in the system remain rather quirky and not entirely reliable, including video playback of all kinds.

If I was setting up a PC for say my dad tomorrow, I'm finally at the point where I'd rather give him Linux than Windows.

[hypercube33]

I have a laptop running Zorin I'm probably going to flip to Mint if the new release doesn't fix my stuttering issues otherwise I had the same experience. Also bazzite on an AMD desktop and my steam deck are a breeze to use.

[karlgkk]

“Works for me” is the rallying cry of Linux desktop users.

Did they fix full screen video playback?

[trenchpilgrim]

I'm not aware it was ever broken? Been using desktop linux for 15 years.

[karlgkk]

Tearing is a consistent complaint that shows up even on recent versions of mainstream desktop distributions.