I have Mint on a desktop (recently dual-booted with windows) and Ubuntu on a recently-purchased Free Geek notebook, so I have been comparing them. From a user standpoint, apart from the visual (color and theme designs, which are largely adjustable anyway), and the as- advertised incorporation of drivers in Mint, they do seem quite similar. There are some modest differences in feel and approach. Apart from that one convenience distinction of pre-installation, I find Ubuntu maybe a bit more comfortable, but that's just personal taste. Again, from a relatively non-techie standpoint, they do seem to a casual user to be highly similar.
Randy Stapilus www.ridenbaugh.com Northwest politics and public affairs WA, OR, ID Public Affairs Digests On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Ronald Chmara wrote: > When it turns out that their low-budget development of the country of > Luxembourg isn't really technically "Scandinavian", they will simply > redefine the term "Scandinavian". > > In a drastic effort to try and get back on topic, anyone played with > Linux Mint? Is it basically just a shortcut to get more proprietary > drivers, with an Ubuntu base? > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Rob Saul <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Tim Wescott wrote: >>> But then Bill Gates will try to buy Sweden. >> >> Nah, Microsoft will just announce they have >> a Scandinavian country 'under development', there >> by causing people to cease considering current >> Scandinavian countries as viable. >> >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, November 18, 2009 9:08 am, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >>>> Since the Nobel Peace Prize is often given to politicians, some >>>> disagree with the choices. But it is often given to non- >>>> politicians >>>> who create international efforts to change the world for the >>>> better. >>>> >>>> Look at the massive international efforts represented by SC09, and >>>> realize that much of it started from the work of a 21yo Finnish >>>> college student named after 1962 Nobel Peace Prize winner Linus >>>> Pauling. It would be fitting to honor that international effort >>>> by giving a Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds, perhaps in 2011 on the >>>> 20th anniversary of the August 1991 Linux announcement, or in 2012 >>>> on the 50th anniversary of Pauling's award. >>>> >>>> Linux is one of the largest cooperative international efforts ever >>>> undertaken. It inspired Ubuntu, One Laptop Per Child, and many >>>> other global projects. Linux conquered the supercomputer space, >>>> the server space, the embedded computer space - by peaceful means! >>>> Linux helped sequence the human genome, helps protect the world >>>> computer infrastructure from viral attack, and is now the pathway >>>> for millions to learn computer programming and participate in new >>>> international efforts. >>>> >>>> The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (a politician some disagree >>>> with, please disagree in a different thread, thanks) is giving >>>> the keynote to SC09 as I write this. Meaning that we are all >>>> three handshakes away from the people that decide on future Peace >>>> Prizes. Perhaps it is time to launch some messages through our >>>> connections and see what makes it to the committee meetings in >>>> Oslo. >>>> >>>> According to the list on Wikipedia, the five people to convince are >>>> Thorbjørn Jagland (chair), Kaci Kullmann Five (deputy chair), >>>> Sissel >>>> Rønbeck, Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, and Ågot Valle. We can start by >>>> sending them Norsk language Ubuntu disks. >>>> >>>> While I imagine Linus Torvalds would be embarrassed by the >>>> attention, >>>> it would sure make his parents happy. And it would mean one less >>>> Peace Prize for a politician. >>>> >>>> Keith >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice >>>> (503)-520-1993 >>>> KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in >>>> Silicon" >>>> Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and >>>> Scan ICs >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PLUG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
