mint mirror?

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:

> Doubtful.  I'd try Mint 12 first, myself.
>
> If you want to try KDE as a solution, you don't need to re-install
> anything.  Go to a prompt and type:
>
> sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
>
> Let it load, restart, next time you login pick KDE or Kubuntu
> (whichever it lists it as) and presto, done.
>
> Mint will have an updated kernel though over Ubuntu Oneiric.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a copy of KUBUNTU. Do you think putting that on the box instead of
> > Ubuntu would solve the problem of it crashing?
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> As to the screensaver...huh.  I just realized I have no idea, and I'm
> >> running the same thing!  See, I think "Unity" is an absolute turd so I
> >> converted it to Gnome3 via the command:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/08/installing-using-classic-gnome-desktop.html
> >>
> >> ...but unfortunately Ubuntu put virtually no effort into a rational
> >> set of menus so there's all kinds of stuff missing, including, I just
> >> realized, the damn screensaver controls.
> >>
> >> Arg.
> >>
> >> And this is why I'm strongly considering dumping it for Mint12 - they
> >> at least have put some effort into making Gnome3 work.
> >>
> >> Sigh.
> >>
> >> Odds are it has the latest kernel bits for power management and ACPI
> >> controls, which is another top contender for "why your rig is
> >> crashing"...they only just got a handle on that stuff, with patches
> >> that can be applied to current kernels and if I recall right, Mint12
> >> did so?
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > I settled for the new Ubuntu.I don't know the kernel version. How do I
> >> > turn
> >> > off the screensaver app?
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Well something is screwball re: power management.  Huh.  <Scratches
> >> >> head.>
> >> >>
> >> >> What version of Linux did you settle on?  Oneiric?  Which kernel
> >> >> version?  There's been some recent work on laptop power
> >> >> management...as in REAL recent.  I think it got patched into Mint12
> >> >> but I'm not certain.
> >> >>
> >> >> Oh, also, turn off the screensaver app if you have it enabled.
> >> >> There's been some weird stuff there for the last few kernels...
> >> >>
> >> >> Jim
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > My laptop just started to panic after I started running it off of
> the
> >> >> > battery. Any idea what the problem is?
> >> >> >
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