Comments on: Linux Mint 5

By: Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:11:32 +0000

I have played with most of the new distros as they appear, but my main PC’s are all running Mint now on Elyssa (5R1). Over the last three weeks, I have been continuing my “Linux Missionary” work in darkest Microsoftland (XP & Vista) and another 5 people (7 PC’s) have been liberated to Mint Linux this week! Converts have found it very easy to change to Linux Mint and I am on hand to help if needed. Long live Mint! Who needs to waste money on a new computer now!
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By: nickispeaki

nickispeaki — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:39:49 +0000

Hi, all!

yes, mint – rules!

but for now i have a little problem: mintUpdate is hanging and don’t update my system (mint 4.0 ‘cuz i have prob with videodriver on my note). It’s update prob have 3 monthes..

2 years on Mint. From 2.2 to 4.0. tried Ubuntu 6.

By: Conker1r

Conker1r — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:29:36 +0000

-”I found Linux Mint to be the best distro I have ever encountered. For the first time ever, I found myself wanting to contribute to the development of OS. I made a donation, in hopes that it will continue to be improved and evolved. Hopefully Clem will stick around!”-

I agree. This is the only distro for which I actually want to contribute to. I can’t contribute financially so much. But I do help with the forums and helping other users.
BTW. Linux Mint loves my Sony Vaio laptop!

By: bobo

bobo — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:47:15 +0000

LinuxMint, for me anyways, just plain works.

I love Debian, Ubuntu (any Debian due to best package management via apt) but, by far, I have had the best experience with Mint. Hardy Heron, which I installed, required more than a few tweaks to get it up to snuff. WiFi, while better, never worked right on Hardy. LinuxMint did everything, I mean everything, right during the install. I use a Dell Vostro 1000 for my Linux machine and unfortunately can’t run Compiz on it. Oh, I can run it but, then video won’t play. So, I’d rather be able to play video (via VLC).

Purists whine about the software portal but, they miss it’s purpose. I have Mint on my 75 yo mom’s PC and for her to use the portal is huge. My 75 yo mother got Google Earth running fine on an Ubuntu based distro! Yup. Try doing that with Ubuntu. I use portal too. I have to say that Mint comes closest to being a distro that Windows users can transition to with ease. I commend the guys at Mint. It’s my choice and will continue to be.