TLDW of this video from ChatGPT
The video highlights the following main points about why Linux Mint is considered better than Windows 11:
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Start Menu and Customization: Linux Mint’s menu is more organized and customizable than Windows 11’s start menu. It offers three columns, resizable icons, and customizable labels.
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Taskbar (Panel) Features: Linux Mint’s panel is more flexible, allowing repositioning, resizing, and creation of additional panels. Applets enhance functionality, offering features like quick desktop access and window behavior customization.
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Privacy and Telemetry: Linux Mint is privacy-focused, avoiding telemetry. Certain apps’ telemetry can be manually disabled. Windows 11 is criticized for lacking privacy.
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Bloatware and Pre-installed Apps: Linux Mint has minimal bloatware, including useful tools or open-source alternatives. Windows 11 can have cluttered start menus with unwanted icons.
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Batch File Renaming and Management: Linux Mint’s file management includes advanced batch renaming with insertion, removal, and case conversion. Windows 11 lacks similar features.
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Security (Future Topic): Security is mentioned as a potential future topic, with Linux Mint considered more privacy-oriented than Windows 11. Discussions about security are acknowledged.
The narrator encourages viewer engagement and discussion on the covered topics.
What is this “minimal bloatware” of Mint exactly?
Probably libre office, honestly can’t name anything else
Compared to windows, not LFS or Arch. Considering it works well on 10 year old devices, either people concerned are using 20 year old hardware, or are a little too paranoid of “bloatware”.
I’ve genuinely seen people call the default phone app on android phones “bloatware” before. Some people just consider everything they don’t personally install themselves to be bloatware
Free office suite, backup tool, file transfer tool…