My favorite PC, a Lenovo X230, the last model with a lot of former IBM design elements, ran with Linux Mint until it’s end so fast that I didn’t need to use my newer X240. I bought the X230 in 2012 and installed Linux Mint from the beginning. In September 2023, after 11 years of excellent and fast services, it died because it didn’t charge anymore.<\/p>\n
Thus, I took my X240 and updated all data from the external HDD to which I synchronized the data of the X230 regularly, and had all data all my data of my X230 on my X240 within may be 15 min.<\/p>\n
A while later, after my OBM had left, I made a few customization on my X240, which I made on my X230. I like the excellent customization features of Linux Mint.<\/p>\n
However, my NordVPN connections didn’t work anymore.
\nI posted a question in the Linux Mint helps forum and within an hour it was running again and within another hour I got all the explanations I need to understand VPN and the possible 3 applications I could use in Linux Mint to run NordVPN’s VPNs. I set up a handful of VPN connections, which allow me to change quickly the country I want to use to get other search results or access to homepage, which are geo-fenced. But the main reason for using a VPN is the protection I get from it. My PC’s IP address is hidden behind the VPN ‘s IP address. Thus tracking me it’s not possible.<\/p>\n
Taking all together there was a day work needed to have all on the same level of customization.<\/p>\n
I’m more than happy with my Linux Mint machine, which I’m running now since more than 10 years. I’ll never go back to Windows or will start with Apple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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