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Author: Michael Havens
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...
the only thing that comes with mx14 you've heard of is libre office. The
file manager and browser I've never heard of before. The windowmanager is
xfce.

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Michael Havens <> wrote:

> try mX14.
> it is small (cd sized) and it is fast!
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:23 AM, sean <> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like you should hate DVD drives instead.
>> On Jun 21, 2014 11:10 AM, <> wrote:
>>
>>> I hate Unity too...
>>> And/or the M$-like bloated KDE.
>>> Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of
>>> support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu.
>>> But I could not burn the DVD, so I installed it on VirtualBox,
>>> transferred the system to my real box, fixed up the MBR and booted my
>>> shinny new Xubuntu.
>>> No sound...
>>> Darn...
>>> After fiddling with it for a day I decided: screw it, I'll go Debian
>>> Xfce.
>>> So I got my trusty net-install CD and...
>>> It said that it needed 'proprietary firmware' from Realtek, but WAIT!
>>> It also said that I could install from the 'proprietary firmware DVD'!
>>> Which (of course) I could not burn either...
>>> So I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system to my real box,
>>> fixed up the MBR and booted my shinny new Debian! :-)
>>> No sound...
>>> And not second monitor...
>>> Darn... :(
>>> After fiddling with it for a day I decided: screw it, Mint worked
>>> before, I may as well give it a F$%#ING try (I *NEED* a box!)...
>>> Of course I could not burn the DVD!!!!
>>> So I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system to my real box,
>>> fixed up the MBR and booted my shinny new Mint 17 Xfce.
>>> And now everything works!
>>> But I am hard headed and now I am facing years (I installed LTS) of
>>> hating MINT!!!!
>>> Grrrrrrrrr...
>>> 3 wasted days later, and with a fully functional system that I hate, I
>>> am seriously considering to end it all and hang myself from a pumpkin
>>> tree...
>>> I warned you that it was a useless and meaningless rant!
>>> So there...
>>> ET
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