Are there any Linux Mint users out there ?

It's the easiest Linux distro to live with I've found. No need to go looking for apps, extensions or codecs: they're all there. And should you happen to want an app that wasn't loaded out of the box it's easy enough to round up, you almost never need to download installation packages and you will probably never need to install anything off the command line. If you don't know what all of those things mean then you'll be fine without them; just treat Mint like a foolproof Windows and it's hard to go wrong. Said the man writing his reply from a Mac Pro tower:o

been a user for years now!!! Running the mint 17 long term release.

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

Thanks ,,,, headed to Home Depot tomorrow to get it,,, gonna write it down so I get the right model,,,

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If you Google Linux Mint 17 and burn a DVD of the image you can try it on the live DVD. You'll have a prompt to install it but it won't install unless you click it. So just run it and see what you think.

I wouldn't install it on my one and only computer if I was not familiar with non windows distributions. Years ago it was more 'geeky' than it is now. You had to have a knowledge of the command line.

In recent years the GUI (graphic user interface) is so advanced the in most cases the command line is unnecessary. However, should you get stuck and need it, there are many forums that will instruct you in what to put into the terminal to use the command line.

There are some applications that are windows priority, and it is either more difficult, or maybe impossible, to run those on anything else, but most things are available on Linux.

Set up an old HP dual core for two of my grandchildren running the latest Linux Mint 17.3 release. Very impressive, would be an easy transition for anyone wanting to try Linux. Cheers bongo.
Was so impressed I got myself one too, put a new crucial 120 gb SSD in it. For anyone using the old platter HDD, would recommend as an easy upgrade, but they are a bit pricey. Super fast boot time, and silent. Installed Linux Mint Mate 17.3 and then Compiz on top. Dual booting with my old Bodhi system on the same SSD flawlessly, but so impressed with Mint don't think I will be using it much.

What's it like running as a media server with programmes such as SABNZB, Sickbeard etc?

Need to change my Crunchbang OS as it is no longer supported and was thinking of going Ubuntu Server LTS.

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What's it like running as a media server with programmes such as SABNZB, Sickbeard etc?

Need to change my Crunchbang OS as it is no longer supported and was thinking of going Ubuntu Server LTS.

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If it works in Ubuntu, should work in mint. Mint looks sharper and more intuitive than Ubuntu, tried both. All my music is from the terminal with moc, everything else is on the smart TV these days.

Let's see... started with Mandrake, then Mandriva.... something broke in Mandrake so I switched to PClinuxOS which is a very nice rolling distro. I stayed with PClos until the beginning of this year when I took Ubuntu-Mate for a spin. I've been running Ubuntu-Mate since. I still like the rolling distro approach, but I also like a Debian based distro and so I've stuck with Ubuntu-Mate.

I've tried Mint many times, but I always went back to PClos... I just cannot stand that Mint Green Theme, and I'm too lazy to tweak it. Ubuntu-Mate seems to fit the bill right now, and there's news of painless upgrades on the horizon, so I may stick with it. The Mate desktop is amazing... light and good looking, not to mention easy to tweak!

Linux is linux... find a distro that you like and all will be good.

Regards

Christian

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Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Let's see... started with Mandrake, then Mandriva.... something broke in Mandrake so I switched to PClinuxOS which is a very nice rolling distro. I stayed with PClos until the beginning of this year when I took Ubuntu-Mate for a spin. I've been running Ubuntu-Mate since. I still like the rolling distro approach, but I also like a Debian based distro and so I've stuck with Ubuntu-Mate.

I've tried Mint many times, but I always went back to PClos... I just cannot stand that Mint Green Theme, and I'm too lazy to tweak it. Ubuntu-Mate seems to fit the bill right now, and there's news of painless upgrades on the horizon, so I may stick with it. The Mate desktop is amazing... light and good looking, not to mention easy to tweak!

Linux is linux... find a distro that you like and all will be good.

Regards

Christian

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I just checked out Mate and it looks real good....Could be a game changer for me :tu

My geek son-in-law installed Peppermint on my old laptop, I really like it.

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Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Let's see... started with Mandrake, then Mandriva.... something broke in Mandrake so I switched to PClinuxOS which is a very nice rolling distro. I stayed with PClos until the beginning of this year when I took Ubuntu-Mate for a spin. I've been running Ubuntu-Mate since. I still like the rolling distro approach, but I also like a Debian based distro and so I've stuck with Ubuntu-Mate.

I've tried Mint many times, but I always went back to PClos... I just cannot stand that Mint Green Theme, and I'm too lazy to tweak it. Ubuntu-Mate seems to fit the bill right now, and there's news of painless upgrades on the horizon, so I may stick with it. The Mate desktop is amazing... light and good looking, not to mention easy to tweak!

Linux is linux... find a distro that you like and all will be good.

Regards

Christian

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I had to look up Ubuntu-Mate.... I didn't know it existed. I have used Mint and their Mate version a few times.