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Old 03-22-2015, 5:24 PM
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Default Linux Mint 17 with Cinnamon desktop is really nice

I have been testing a few distros lately and i think I have found one with few issues and very stable. Mint 17 saw my wife and wireless ptr. It connected to the net and was updating in about 30 mins after initial install. I wiped the drive and purged PCLOS (pclinuxos). Pclos had too many problems. At first I liked pclos but every update brough new issues. By the end there was little that I could do to fix the 5-10 issues that remained.

If you are sick of windows and sick of malware/viruses give Mint 17/Cinnamon a try. You can boot to a LIVE DVD or USB with LIVE burned to it.

If you need help Mint has a help forum.......

http://www.tuxarena.com/2014/11/mint...ots-whats-new/


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Old 03-22-2015, 5:35 PM
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Mint has been the cream of the crop for a while now. Ever since Ubuntu dropped the ball.

It is nice to see Cinnamon continue to develop as a UI. They did a linux version freeze to allow focused development to mature the CinnamonUI and it has paid off.
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I do a little of Arch and Kali myself.. Windows is WAY overrated.

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I'm digging Linux Mint too. It does everything I want, mostly internet based stuff anyway. So easy to set up.

It's neat to see how far Linux has come. I tried it back in the day (Red Hat) when you had to use a command line to install it, using a CD that was in the back of an 800 page book. It was a major PITA for a non-computer engineer to do.
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I haven't messed with Linux in years. I remember running Redhat and SuSE distros, and some BSD just for fun. I got tired of always having to tweak things to make them work. I did like the stability and the no malware of the 'nix distro's though.
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Uh, i read the thread title and thought you were discussing a new flavor of dip...
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What happened to ubuntu?

I tried Mint a few years ago it was pretty nice... Better GUI than ubuntu
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Old 03-23-2015, 10:49 PM
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0o0o0 I still have v14 I think. Good to see they are sticking with that. I will have to grab it and put it on my laptop and see how it plays.
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Elementary OS Luna is about on par, but with an application-dock too.

I really dig the OPEN OSs w/ an application-dock.
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0o0o0 I still have v14 I think. Good to see they are sticking with that. I will have to grab it and put it on my laptop and see how it plays.
Their versions are increasing but their codebase was frozen to the Ubuntu LTS version to allow some time for the new desktop managers to mature: cinnamon and MATE. They noted that not enough attention was being given to help the develop the way they needed to as a solid alternative to GNOME3's disaster. Once they get more mature Mint will jump ahead again to the latest greatest versions of everything again.
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