and there are NO improvement in mint 13 over mint 12 (h ttp://www.linuxmint.com/rel_maya_whatsnew.php). Everything new is too make it prettier (it seems). On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: