panic

Michael Havens bmike1 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 26 22:07:37 MST 2011


http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
I couldn't find a link to the torrent of Linux Mint so I googled it. Is
this a good place to D/L it from?

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> WOW It is brand mew..... it just came out today!
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at 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
>>
>
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>



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