Why I love Linux - Demos of LinuxMint

Youtube ^ | Jan 8, 2008 | mmessinger

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

A demo of my Linux installation. My window manager is Compiz Fusion. My virtual machine is run by VirtualBox. Distro is LinuxMint. Video playing is an excerpt from Planet Earth. Recorded with XVidCap.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I didn't get the Audio to work for me.

[Bosco]

Hardware?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I'm trying this on a AMD Phenom 9500 (Quad ) with an ECS A770M-A Motherboard with 4 Gig A-Data ....

Very smooth and responsive browser....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See #3....I’ve also run it on AMD X2 4600+ still pretty good.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Another Demo :

Drakes Sorta Technological Show - Episode 8

Audio works for me...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The version I am running is Daryna...see this:

Clement Lefebvre has announced the final release of Linux Mint 4.0, code name "Daryna": "Linux Mint 4.0,

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.

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I have not tried this on any Laptops...but this is a very user friendly distro and has some very nice features. Repository and update features are a real plus it seems to me.

[Incorrigible]

Video of Bill Gates wondering what to do after Microsoft:

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=&vid=b5c341b9-d5a0-4524-9dea-9a8f56d19b63

[martin_fierro]

Vey cool. Seriesly.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Oh didn’t mention I have a 6200 card in the PCI -E slot....

[N3WBI3]

OSS Ping

[PAR35]

I'm trying this on a AMD Phenom 9500 (Quad ) with an ECS A770M-A Motherboard with 4 Gig A-Data ...

I play at the other end of the park - I'm seeing what will run comfortably on an old PIII. Once I finish with that, it's on to the old P1.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I try to stay ahead of my two granddaughters that just got Costco HP notebooks with Vista. See this fir a Linuxmint with Fluxbox rather than KDE....I assume it will NOT have the rotating cube:

Development Releases: Linux Mint 4.0 Beta "Fluxbox", 4.0 Alpha "Debian"

There is also Puppy Linux to look at and Damn small Linux....

[PAR35]

There is also Puppy Linux to look at and Damn small Linux....

I like DSL-N - A few more goodies than DSL, but still light enough not to choke an old computer. I've been thinking about giving Puppy a try. Ubuntu won't even load, but runs nicely on my newer box.

[shorty_harris]

I have a Puppy Linux installation on a 128Mb USB stick...the whole thing runs in memory..

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I have not tried this on any Laptops...but this is a very user friendly distro and has some very nice features.

Any word on how it works with home wireless connections?

I'd drop my Mepis for Mint if it is better at handling wifi.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

There is an excelent article in the latest Linux Magazine...Jan 2008...in the section Ask Klaus (Knopper ) where he talks about the various problems with laptops...and they are many....

Some guy had bought a new HP dv 9549 laptop...had trouble with the graphics with Ubuntu 7.04 then he got the wireless working using https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs

So you might look there

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

A more specific resource:

MintWifi

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Thanks. Very helpful.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think these guys are raising the Bar....