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| Posted: 11:44pm 11 Jun 2023 |
Mint is a very good Linux distro. VERY good.
As far as a desktop replacement for Windoze, it would have to be the frontrunner.
If not for the fact that the CAD software I use will only run in Windoze, I would have Mint as my daily PC also.
I have tried my CAD software in Mint, with the likes of WINE, but they are unstable.
My CAD software works happily inside a small XP or Win7 VM under Mint, but if you have to run a VM Windoze to run the CAD software, you might as well just run Windoze and be done with it.
IMHO.
If the day ever comes when my CAD software release Linux versions, that will be the day I move to Linux permanently. But the CAD software people have already said they never plan to do Linux versions, so......