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

  • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
    34·
    7 months ago

    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.

  • macniel@feddit.de
    351·
    7 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!

  • pingveno@lemmy.mlEnglish
    25·
    7 months ago

    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.comEnglish
      11·
      7 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

    • Crafted@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      7 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.

  • mr_robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    7 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.mlEnglish
      4·
      7 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.

  • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
    18·
    7 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
    16·
    7 months ago

    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
      91·
      7 months ago

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

      • joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        7 months ago

        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

  • youmaynotknow@lemmy.ml
    10·
    7 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.