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

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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 43 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 11 points 5 months ago

Or Testosterone.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 36 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Crafted_104@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 35 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

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!

[–] sk@hub.utsukta.org 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@macniel I think i missed that step while switching to linux.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I only became aware of it when I was attending the last secret penguin meeting. The world shall be at our fingertips!

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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 11 points 5 months ago

get hyped for COSMIC

Honestly I'm just excited for a non-gnome DE with an actual company backing it. I can't wrap my head around gnome's expectations for how you use it, so the fact that it's the default on every enterprise-backed Linux project is annoying as heck

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[–] mr_robot2938@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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!

[–] Crafted_104@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

I'll keep this in mind, thank you!

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[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 19 points 5 months ago

Install steam and whatever gaming things you have and give it a proper spin. I also added some gnome extensions for system usage. Besides that, pop is very simple.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Get your keybinds the way you want and learn how to use the tiling extension that comes with pop. I found it super useful when I used to use pop

[–] Retiring@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And then realize that tiling in popos is inferior and start using i3 or sway

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I used i3 for a couple of years, but I missed the ease of having a DE that just recognised USB sticks and external hard drives, and all the other little things that you have to set up manually

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[–] rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

Post a screenshot on social media

[–] Vitaly 16 points 5 months ago
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago (4 children)

You should send me that sick ass wallpaper

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] addie 5 points 5 months ago
[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Burghler@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

You should use it :D

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago

Mess with the best, Die like the rest.

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[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, now go crazy trying shit you probably should not be trying. From my perspective, that's the best perk of any Linux distro. Evidently, backup first.

[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)
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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Start planning what your next OS should be.

[–] Crafted_104@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

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

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

make a backup

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago (8 children)

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

[–] Crafted_104@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago
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[–] ramius345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

I daily popos for work. It's a great workhorse distro and I've had very little problems with it.

[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I really don't get some of these comments. I've been using popos on and off since it came out. I would check out gnome extensions to see if anything sticks out to you as being useful for your use case. I would also go into your settings and update your recovery partition. This is also the place to refresh your PC if you need in the future which has been a must-have for me.

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[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Just enjoy buddy.

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Buy Helldivers 2

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's really cool! I put my wife on Pop_OS recently and it's been a little bumpy, but she's also got a bit of a specialty laptop. Glad it's been smooth for you :).

I really like your aesthetic, btw, how the wallpaper fits with your launch bar. Really pleasant!

Wish I had some advice for you, but heck, thanks for starting the thread because (after sifting highly opinionated goofposts) I'm learning a lot too. :)

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Figure out how to do snapshots before doing updates or upgrades.

Timeshift I think? Maybe more available.

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