After almost one year of using Linux on my ASUS FX504 laptop in dual boot mode with Windows 10, I decided to give Mint 19.2 a try. My experiments with different Linux versions on this laptop have not been much successful. I have tried the following in last 1 year or so: 1. Good Old UBuntu GNOME3 2. PopOS 3. Manjaro Linux 4. ZorinOS 5. Deepin 6. Linux Mint Cinnamon 7. Maybe one or two more, but I forgot😀 In addition I also tried some of the desktop environments like XFCE with XUbuntu, LXDE with LUbuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, KDE with KUBuntu. Each of the linux distribution or desktop environment gave different feeling of stability, ease of use, overall look and feel, convenience etc. But somehow I was not satisfied and always would go back to GNOME3 on UBuntu. Around 1 month back I stumbled upon a news article which mentioned that Linux Mint 19.2 is coming out of Beta and is being released in early August 2019. I quickly read about the re...

After using a Lenovo G50–70 laptop for 5 years I decided to go for a new one. The Lenovo laptop had become very slow due to i3 processor. Moreover the Toshiba 1TB HDD which came with the laptop had developed a lot of bad sectors over time due to which the laptop was crashing often. There was some sale going on Amazon and Flipkart in India during Diwali and they were giving good discounts. In addition there were some exchange offers available for the old laptops. My main requirements were: i5 or i7 processor At least 8GB of RAM 128 or 256 GB SSD with 1TB HDD Full HD Screen Backlit Keyboard 4–5 hours of Battery Life I was not too keen on having a separate graphics card. I do not play games on laptop and do not do graphics intensive work like photo or video editing. My main use of laptop is general internet browsing, watching videos and movies, blogging and programming. There were a lot of options available on Amazon and Flipkart and I was thoroughly confused. It...