LinuxMint Question

[Michael Havens]

if 17.2 doesn't work try 17.1

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Parabellum7 <parabellum7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> "LinuxMint Cinnamon or LinuxMint Mate ... So my question is, which is
> better for a complete noob to linux? He really is only interested in
> LibreOffice, Chrome and maybe Firefox."
>
>
> Hi Nathan,
>
>
> If the machine is higher-spec then either one should work well so it would
> be mostly a matter of preference. Pretty much any app will run under either
> desktop.
>
> If the machine is lower-spec, you'll find that Mate is a lighter desktop.
> It's clean, logically arranged and somewhat resembles the Windows XP menu
> system. I tend to advise Mate.
>
> Changes were made to version 17.2 (all desktops) which seem to be causing
> erratic operation on a fair number of machines. It seems to be related to
> the default activation of desktop animations and compiz, something which I
> find very annoying.
>
> Many people seem to be liking it, I'd just say if you go with v17.2 you
> might want to test drive it thoroughly so your noob's first Linux
> experience isn't a bad one.
>
>
> --Kenn
>
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