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Has anyone ever tried Linux Mint?
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I have just loaded this distro over the current Ubuntu 10.04 copy that I had, and I think it is quite a bit better, it has a stunning GUI, and is sooo much easier to use than Ubuntu... :erm:

My only concern is that i do not think it is updated as often as Ubuntu 10.04 is, and i think that may a be slight concern. But over all it is really fantastic and am enjoying it, I have only been using Linux well on 5 years, still have a lot to learn but overall i think it's really worth the try.

What do you guys think?
 
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Linux Mint 9 (based on ubuntu 10.04) does not recognize my broadcom wireless card (dell vostro 3700) out of the box (requires hacking), while Ubuntu 10.04 does throug its restricted drivers GUI installtion. But. yes, I agree with you Linux Mint is definitely a brilliant move to make linux accessible (even more so than Ubuntu) to the masses. Watch the space, Linux Mint has just released a LM Debian Edition that will be a rolling release from now on (meaning there is no need to install new version every 6 months like we have to in Ubuntu to get the latest bleeding edge open software out there).

Having this, also take Maverick for a try--you will be blown away; it has a very intuitive install, and a UI refresh that comes close to making this release the best ever--and did I say it is fast, really fast.

Glad you found your niche distro. Power of Choice!
 
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jargon7 said:
My only concern is that i do not think it is updated as often as Ubuntu 10.04 is, and i think that may a be slight concern.
What do you guys think?
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It's essentially a polished Ubuntu. It uses Ubuntu repositories + Mint repositories so everything Ubuntu gets Mint will get.

Unless you are referring to the Debian based version maybe?
 
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Smiley_lauf said:
Linux Mint 9 (based on ubuntu 10.04) does not recognize my broadcom wireless card (dell vostro 3700) out of the box (requires hacking), while Ubuntu 10.04 does throug its restricted drivers GUI installtion. But. yes, I agree with you Linux Mint is definitely a brilliant move to make linux accessible (even more so than Ubuntu) to the masses. Watch the space, Linux Mint has just released a LM Debian Edition that will be a rolling release from now on (meaning there is no need to install new version every 6 months like we have to in Ubuntu to get the latest bleeding edge open software out there).

Having this, also take Maverick for a try--you will be blown away; it has a very intuitive install, and a UI refresh that comes close to making this release the best ever--and did I say it is fast, really fast.

Glad you found your niche distro. Power of Choice!
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hmmm i must admit that i never really found any problems thus far with LM9, if you know your terminal well, then it shouldn't be an issue with drivers and all that jazz.
I agree with you, i think that it will soon make it big, maybe not as big as Ubuntu, because of the financial backing etc but it will eventually be one of the main distros that come up when you search linux in Google soon enough.
 
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ponder said:
Unless you are referring to the Debian based version maybe?
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Nay, I was talking about the LM9.. not the debian version, not to keen on that one, I like a distro that's updated all the time...
 
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jargon7 said:
.. not the debian version, not to keen on that one, I like a distro that's updated all the time...
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That statement makes absolutely no sense seeing the Debian version is a rolling release :confused:
 
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I've got a flash drive I dedicate to Mint Isadora live-desktop that I just LOVE; even without a persistent desktop it's such a damn handy tool, but get that aspect right and you have a 'machine' you can fire up almost at will anywhere on any hunk o' metal ...that you carry around in your pocket!
 
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Besides automatically installing codecs, what other difference does it have to a debian based distro?

given that ubuntu is built of a sid snapshot (and by implication any ubuntu based distro), why not attack the source and install debian sid?
 
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milomak said:
out of interest, does debian mint build from debian testing or unstable? and then how far behind is it to the source?
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Not to sure really, I think it was a complete rebuild... not to sure actually, good question...:confused:
 
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out of interest, does debian mint build from debian testing or unstable? and then how far behind is it to the source?
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It's based on Testing.

If I'm not mistaken Debian has had no fix release cycle to date although it looks like they are adopting one for Stable now so you can't really determine how far behind testing is to incoming code for unstable. Their motto has always been "It's ready when it's ready".
Ubuntu will just take a snapshot in time of Unstable and go from there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Releases for some release cycle information.

I'm great lover of Arch, mainly due to their rolling release methodology & pacman. So if I had to chose between Ubuntu or Mint Debian I would go Mint Debian.
 
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worded that badly. my question is do they publish when they took a snapshot of testing and then built Mint?
 
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worded that badly. my question is do they publish when they took a snapshot of testing and then built Mint?
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That info should be in the developer mailing lists. But does it really matter seeing it's a rolling release and as testing undergoes changes Mint gets updated.
 
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That info should be in the developer mailing lists. But does it really matter seeing it's a rolling release and as testing undergoes changes Mint gets updated.
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i am missing something here - mint is a rolling release while testing is not considered to be one?
 
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