I PUT mint 13 on my computer yesterday and it immediately paniced after entering my password. So I went back to mint 12. After upgrading the kernel there are no issues with mint 12. And if I didn't need to run it off of battery I wouldn't need to upgrade the kernel. On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > I out mint 13 on my computer yesterday and it immediately paniced after > entering my password. So I went back to mint 12. After upgrading the kernel > there are no issues with mint 12. And if I didn't need to run it off of > battery I wouldn't need to put the newer kernel in. > > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Wayne Davis wrote: > >> Loaded Mint 13 Maya on a drive last night. Looks A LOT like Zorin. >> Going to play with mint & Zorin for a bit. They both look promising for a >> winbabes. >> >> although Ylmf looked promising, my friend's machine, who this is all >> about, is nearly new hardware (1 yr) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 07/05/2012 01:35 PM, Michael Butash wrote: >> >>> From a new user perspective, mint (or others) may be better >>> out-of-install, but a lack of features like install methods for >>> raid/lvm/crypto functions just tell me its immature or a sub-grade >>> knock-off. I'm not an enterprise, just security aware and conscious of >>> mtbf on drives to want/expect enterprise features (it *is* linux still), >>> and more people should too (especially when mint uses ubuntu as a base >>> already). >>> >>> I'd rather just use ubuntu as the distro without unity on it as a base >>> and get general industry support, especially for video driver blob support >>> as it and fedora/cent are the standard vendors are willing to support. >>> >>> I'd like to see what kind of experience mint users have with >>> dist-upgrades as well. Something tells me if canonical isn't catching the >>> big things that break the os, Mint isn't going to either. >>> >>> As for windoze-y linuxes, this odd distro is still going... Remembered >>> this from years ago that looked waaay too much like windoze if that's what >>> you're looking for: >>> >>> http://www.ylmf.org/en/index.**html >>> >>> It *is* based on 10.04 LTS, so at least you get some software support, >>> and hopefully not just odd tcp socket connections back to chinese ip >>> addresses. >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> >>> On 07/05/2012 07:39 AM, Kenn wrote: >>> >>>> I've been having pretty good results with Linux Mint Maya v13 using the >>>> MATE desktop for the last week or so now. I don't run the newest fastest >>>> hardware. I was a big Ubuntu fan for the longest time, but I just cannot >>>> warm up to the Unity desktop on a desktop PC, although it's OK on my >>>> netbook with a small screen. Gnome3 desktop wasn't working out for me >>>> either. The last straw was updating Ubuntu to 12.04 and it hosed up two >>>> machines. Sure, a fresh install likely would have worked, but I was due >>>> for a new desktop. Just my two cents. >>>> >>>> distrowatch.org is good reference for selecting a distro best for you. >>>> >>>> >>>> -Ken >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- On *Thu, 7/5/12, Wayne Davis //* >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm looking for a distro that works well for people weaned off >>>> Winblows. So far, school's out for this one, but i'm giving it a >>>> chance for a while for it to grow on me so to speak. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: