<div dir="ltr">if 17.2 doesn't work try 17.1</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Parabellum7 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parabellum7@yahoo.com" target="_blank">parabellum7@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">"LinuxMint Cinnamon or LinuxMint Mate ... So my question is, which is better for a complete noob to linux? He really is only interested in LibreOffice, Chrome and maybe Firefox."<br>
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Hi Nathan,<br>
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If the machine is higher-spec then either one should work well so it would be mostly a matter of preference. Pretty much any app will run under either desktop.<br>
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If the machine is lower-spec, you'll find that Mate is a lighter desktop. It's clean, logically arranged and somewhat resembles the Windows XP menu system. I tend to advise Mate.<br>
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Changes were made to version 17.2 (all desktops) which seem to be causing erratic operation on a fair number of machines. It seems to be related to the default activation of desktop animations and compiz, something which I find very annoying.<br>
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Many people seem to be liking it, I'd just say if you go with v17.2 you might want to test drive it thoroughly so your noob's first Linux experience isn't a bad one.<br>
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--Kenn<br>
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