Good Morning! I've been running Kubuntu on my desktop computer for about 8 months. It seems to do the job. This is the 3rd time I have tried to escape M$. First in 2000, then again in 2007. This time it looks like I might be able to do so. Last night I installed Mint 17 KDE on my laptop. I was amazed. I was only able to spend 15 or 20 minute with it, however it was a much better experience than Kubuntu. I'm not sure why, however my Laptop running an i3 seems to be faster than my desktop running an i5. I wonder if it is the OS alone that makes the difference. Mint is a much smaller download. Maybe it is optimized in some way. I hope to add a modern.ie in a VM and configure my laptop to do LAMP dev using the localhost. I will probably install a second VM for CentOS 5.x and a third for CentOS 7.x for testing. If this works out, which I'm sure it will, I'll be moving my desktop to Mint as well. I think Linux is finally ready for the mainstream desktop world. This is exciting!! Keith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss