A late word about Linux Mint, it is based on Ubuntu, but has all the
proprietary codecs and such to run multimedia content. It also makes it
easy to use the binary blob drivers, and seems to work quite well with
them. It is one of the Distros that Ken Starks (Helios) uses to set up
his free computers for low-income families in Austin, TX., although it's
not his particular favorite. It is very easy to use and does just about
everything a typical user wants it to. I have also used it on computers
I've set up for others locally (Mostly in Spanish, since Microsoft wants
muy mucho $$ to set up Windows with an extra language).
I find the KDE version to be particularly useful.
Stu
On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 10:01 -0700, Paul Mooring wrote:
> Eric Shubert wrote:
> > There was mention of Mint on the list back in August. I ran into someone
> > tonight who said he really likes it. I see that it's moving up the
> > distrowatch list and now sits at #3, above openSUSE(#4) and Mandriva(#5).
> >
> > Anyone here with any experience or insights about it that they'd like to
> > share?
> >
> >
> I try it a while ago, and remember liking it ok. I think it's based off
> Ubuntu, and when I used it not much was different beside cosmetic
> changes (although the default background, themes, ect. looked much
> better than ubuntu in my opinion). These days I don't much care for
> ubuntu so by extension I don't like mint much, but I think if you like
> ubuntu you would likely feel the same about mint.
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