I just recently migrated from Linux Mint to Pop OS, do you have any tips/extensions on what I should do with my desktop?

    • CraftedOP
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      811 months ago

      that wasn’t even the point of this post to begin with?

  • macniel
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    11 months ago

    World domination, and if you can’t achieve that… Well don’t come back:)

    Whatever the feck you want to do with your computer. Make it your own, do your stuff you regularly do.

    And charge your battery!

  • @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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    Setup - checked

    Troubleshoot - checked

    Install apps - checked

    Import data - checked

    Customize - checked

    Boast Tell people on social media - checked

    I’d say Linux distro migration checklist completed.

    Also that is a (mostly) good selection of apps right there.

      • T (they/she)
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        Just curious, why do you have Firefox and Librewolf at the same time? Also what is the black icon with the R?

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          11 months ago

          I use Firefox as my main browser and Librewolf as a second browser

          The icon with the R is a FOSS chat app called Revolt

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    Replace the Pop! Shop with the COSMIC Store.

    sudo apt install cosmic-store cosmic-icons
    sudo apt remove pop-shop
    

    Pop Shop is kinda slow. COSMIC Store is part of Pop OS’s new COSMIC Desktop Environment (DE). Everything is just a lot faster. It’s an alpha so there are a couple of rough edges, but it’s great overall.

    Speaking of, get hyped for COSMIC. It’s a DE written in Rust. It’s not quite as complete as GNOME, but hopefully it will have better performance than the current GNOME mod that forms Pop’s UI.

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      311 months ago

      I tested the new Cosmic Desktop Environment on an experimental laptop, and it performs fairly well. I can’t wait to use it on my main machine. I actually already have Cosmic Shop, Pop Shop is far slower than Cosmic Shop, and it wasn’t even created by System. I’ll definitely uninstall Pop Shop.

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    11 months ago

    Click the windowing mode icon (far left of the icons in the top right) and switch that bad boy to tiled windowing mode. Tiled windows will feel odd for a couple of days, but once you switch back to free-floating windows you’ll realize why I’m recommending tiled.

    Look up the PopOS keyboard shortcuts for moving tiled windows around the desktop and workspaces. It’s a game-changing way to use your computer.

    PopOS has been my daily driver for a year. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

    • @pingveno@lemmy.ml
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      211 months ago

      Tiling is especially great for working with multiple monitors. It is far easier to move windows between monitors and workspaces, split screens between two windows, and so on with tiling.

      • @skizzles@lemmy.ml
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        KDE is fine. I’ve been using it for some time now and never really had any significant issues that weren’t caused from my own meddling.

        I say that as someone that has been on and off using Linux variants for probably 20 years now.

        I run my kids machine on pop os with KDE, auto login that opens steam in big picture mode. Haven’t had any issues at all.

  • Captain Aggravated
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    811 months ago

    Based on my experience migrating from Mint to Pop!_OS, the next step is migrate back to Mint.

  • BOMBS
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    install lolcat and make bash commands so that update and upgrade come out in rainbow.