Re: [CGUYS] Linux Mint
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Nick wrote: > So over the last few years I have tried various flavors of Linux including > SUSE, Ubuntu, Mepis, Knoppix and a couple of others. None ever fulfilled the > advertised promises of simple installation, peripheral recognition and ease > of use. But I seem to have stumbled on to a version of Linux that comes > pretty close. It's called Linux Mint. > Thanks for your review. I use Ubuntu 99% of the time, both at home and at work. Ubuntu seems to change the default fonts quite often and that annoys me whenever a new release comes out. For instance, 9.04's default fonts for firefox is ugly, IMHO. I decided to install LinuxMint. Installed Sun VirtualBox on MacBookPro. Made a virtual machine with 10G disk and 512Meg memory. Installed LinuxMint. Mounted VirtualBox extras and installed it into LinuxMint. That gave the full-screen 1440x900 resolution. First impressions: Looks pretty (or purdy? :-)). Nice fonts. A bit too Windowsy for my liking, but, quite a nice, polished look. Since it is based on ubuntu, most of my notes for customizing worked without changes (ie: 'apt-get install krb5-user' for installing the kerberos client). A couple of problems: I've run this now for less than 12 hours so ... I still can't figure out how to add the Terminal icon to the menu bar for quick access. Way too many ways to change the gnome configs so some settings override the others. I've tried changing the virtual windows default settings from 1-row x 4 columns to 2 rows x 2 columns, but the setting doesn't take effect. I can't find where it hides the settings under .gconf xml files to hand edit it. The "control center" has the feel of Windows' or MacOSX's control panels. But, are they trying to add a bit too many tweak options, like KDE? Folks who are used to Windows look and feel should definitely give this a try. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Linux Mint
Thanks for the info. on another distro to try. My hacker machines are an eMachines M6805 and a Powerbook G4. I downloaded and installed Linux Mint 'Gloria' Main (32-bit) and my first impression is it's like the description states. It's a wrapper around Ubuntu. It's very pretty and design oriented, though. It doesn't recognized my Broadcom wireless, which is a constant hassle on my eMachines laptop for Linux distros. When I get that figured out, I'll let you know what else I think. Can't install it on my PPC : ( Later, Mark Nick wrote: So over the last few years I have tried various flavors of Linux including SUSE, Ubuntu, Mepis, Knoppix and a couple of others. None ever fulfilled the advertised promises of simple installation, peripheral recognition and ease of use. But I seem to have stumbled on to a version of Linux that comes pretty close. It's called Linux Mint. My test bed for all these versions is and old Compaq laptop (circa 2001) with a 900mhz AMD chip and 384 mb of memory. So far it has recognized everything I have hooked up to it and quite honestly has never run better. I'm impressed. Most importantly it plays MP3s, MPEGs and Windows media things right out of the box with no additional downloads or tinkering necessary. I'm able to stream my favorite radio stations as well. It immediately recognized the other computers on my home wifi network (XP, Vista and Mac) and I was easily able to exchange files. I'm wondering if others have had a similar positive experience. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Linux Mint
This message seemed to have been eaten by Thunderbird on my MBP so I'll try again. Thanks for the info. on another distro to try. My hacker machines are an eMachines M6805 and a Powerbook G4. I downloaded and installed Linux Mint 'Gloria' Main (32-bit) and my first impression is it's like the description states. It's a wrapper around Ubuntu. It's very pretty and design oriented, though. It doesn't recognized my Broadcom wireless, which is a constant hassle on my eMachines laptop for Linux distros. When I get that figured out, I'll let you know what else I think. Can't install it on my PPC : ( Later, Mark Nick wrote: > So over the last few years I have tried various flavors of Linux > including SUSE, Ubuntu, Mepis, Knoppix and a couple of others. None > ever fulfilled the advertised promises of simple installation, > peripheral recognition and ease of use. But I seem to have stumbled on > to a version of Linux that comes pretty close. It's called Linux Mint. > > My test bed for all these versions is and old Compaq laptop (circa > 2001) with a 900mhz AMD chip and 384 mb of memory. So far it has > recognized everything I have hooked up to it and quite honestly has > never run better. I'm impressed. > > Most importantly it plays MP3s, MPEGs and Windows media things right > out of the box with no additional downloads or tinkering necessary. > I'm able to stream my favorite radio stations as well. It immediately > recognized the other computers on my home wifi network (XP, Vista and > Mac) and I was easily able to exchange files. I'm wondering if others > have had a similar positive experience. > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Linux Mint
So over the last few years I have tried various flavors of Linux including SUSE, Ubuntu, Mepis, Knoppix and a couple of others. None ever fulfilled the advertised promises of simple installation, peripheral recognition and ease of use. But I seem to have stumbled on to a version of Linux that comes pretty close. It's called Linux Mint. My test bed for all these versions is and old Compaq laptop (circa 2001) with a 900mhz AMD chip and 384 mb of memory. So far it has recognized everything I have hooked up to it and quite honestly has never run better. I'm impressed. Most importantly it plays MP3s, MPEGs and Windows media things right out of the box with no additional downloads or tinkering necessary. I'm able to stream my favorite radio stations as well. It immediately recognized the other computers on my home wifi network (XP, Vista and Mac) and I was easily able to exchange files. I'm wondering if others have had a similar positive experience. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
