lol had to reread twice...i thought it was originally another linux rant on why it wasnt windows...
i use ubuntu..actually use it twice...a server for movies etc and a client running kodi
get the odd issue and now and again an annoying feature where you go...seriously..why is this not standard but overall...its bullet proof..had both running over a year...no failures. but i do run updates on the kernel regularly...
might give mint a go over christmas break...
thanks for the post...
linux mint is currently the best for starters
veterans tend to like ubuntu for some reason (i hate the ui)
I liked Mint, except that the WLAN wouldn’t connect to anything on an older Dell laptop, no matter what. I Googled the crap out of the issue and no joy. I saw a number of people with the same issue. Finally threw 7 on it and put 10 on it while I was in the hospital a month ago for something to do.
I’ve installed Mint on VMware player and it works great.
I have a 64 bit Intel i3 box running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Mint 64 bit will install on the hardware but then can’t find the operating system (won’t boot up). Mint 32 bit installs and boots.
I completely disagree with this.
The only issue I have (maybe someone reading is aware of how to update this) is my Adobe Flash is no longer current.
How does one update Adobe?
Mint’s main guy, Clement Lefebvre, does not want you as a Mint user if you support Israel. To my understanding he has not “updated” his request.
It’s a great distro.
Search terms: Lefebvre Israel Mint
The Linux store used to sell tins of caffeinated mints.
Really jazzed you up. Don’t know if they still do.
The only real problem I have with Mint, is that I haven’t figured out how to get Quanta Plus installed. It’s my preferred editor for web stuff.
Due to my increasing distrust and disgust of everything and anything related to MS and Bill Gates, several months ago I decided to dump Win 7 on my laptop and desktop computers and installed Linux Mint 17.2 on both.
I used several Linux distro’s between the years of ‘95 to 2005, primarily debian but when my last Linux box died, I switched back to Windows as I tired of being a “hobbyist” and simply wanted my computers for general internet access and web browsing.
I especially like that package control is handled by apt. Opening a terminal window, su -, enter password then apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade ; apt-get clean, hit enter after the package list has been retrieved and your system is up to date. Yes, I know about the update manager, but it doesn’t remove the .DEB files after installation and I prefer that it does.
Whatever hardware recognition or configuration nightmares that existed in the past are gone and I can honestly say that installing Linux Mint was the easiest and most intuitive OS installation I’ve ever done. I can’t imagine how much more “ready out of the box” it could be.
I’m very pleased with my decision to give Linux another try and I can’t foresee ever going back to Windows or any other MS product. I believe Bill Gates to be an evil man and I don’t ever want to give him another penny.
I watched my son install Mint on the laptop here in less than 5 minutes.
The 17.something version of Mint responds much better than the last version of Ubuntu that was running.
Been using linux to surf the net for over a year now and finally feel like I’ve been deprogrammed from the cult of Windows.
Long time Fedora user - also typing this on Ubuntu (at this point in my life I have 4 count em 4 Linux boxen that I either own, user for work, or support).
Mostly things work but when they don’t I know how to get ‘em working again. Pretty much hate windoze (except when run as a VM) and don’t like the Mac cultists.