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...
Installed Linux Mint 17.2 Mate with absolutely no hiccups. System runs fast, quiet, and cool. The only thing I did that was not straight out of the box was optimized the file journaling to reduce the writes to the SSD (see here) and logically integrated the extra hard drives into the file system as described above (see here and here). Those tweaks were simple and worked the first time as well.
I wish doing Windows installs were as easy.