On Sunday 02 August 2009 08:10:43 am John Beardmore wrote: > Jeffrey Silverman wrote: > > ... I suggest Ubuntu, or, possibly even better, > > Linux Mint, which is like Ubuntu++, but is just a bit less well > > known. > > So what is it with Mint ? I've seen it highly praised in a > number of places, but when I've looked at the mint web site, it > mostly seems to boast about not being geeky and having a nice > colour scheme. Technical stuff is not prominently displayed. I'm > all for not putting off lay users, but... > > I assume if it's like U++ there's more to it than that ? Is > there a technical edge ? Better testing ? Fewer bugs ? > > > Cheers, J/.
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