____/ Kier on Monday 19 November 2007 23:07 : \____
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:07:10 -0600, Sinister Midget wrote:
>
>> On 2007-11-19, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>> Introducing Linux Mint 4.0 ‘Daryna’
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| You’ve probably heard of Linux Mint from some blog or RSS feed but never
>>>| looked into it thinking it’s just another distribution which can never
>>>| outtake Ubuntu, the distribution you’re currently using. In this case,
>>>| you’re in for a big surprise mister! Linux Mint IS Ubuntu but it also
>>>| provides some extra goodies and a brilliant, gorgeous and sexy interface.
>>>| So basically, you should think about Linux Mint as Ubuntu with a twist.
>>>| And not just any other twist, a BIG twist, one that will make you erase
>>>| any distribution you have and install Linux Mint instead because it simply
>>>| ROCKS!
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxlove.org/2007/11/19/introducing-linux-mint-40-daryna/
>>
>> I've had Ubuntu and friends on this machine and the last one from time
>> to time. I never really warmed to them. I used Ubuntu with a persistent
>> drive for a long time, and that worked out OK. But I never really liked
>> the feel of Ubuntu for everyday use.
>>
>> For one thing, all of the versions and revisions that have been on the
>> 2 different machines have hesitations every once in awhile. Ubuntu
>> especially, but the other derivatives had the same anomoly. I thought
>> it was the machine. But I changed machines and tried Ubuntu again. I
>> still had the hestiations. It wasn't even something I'd see in the load
>> average, no sign of the CPU or memory spiking, nothing. Just a
>> momentary (a second, or even less) pause of everything. Not once a day
>> or less, but several times a minute.
>>
>> I never experienced that problem with anything else I tried.
>>
>> So when I tried LinuxMint I thought I'd have the same problem with it
>> that I had with other derivatives.
>>
>> Well, I've had it installed for about a month. I've been more than
>> happy with it. None of the hesitations that I experienced with the
>> other derivatives. Everything worked first try with only a signle
>> exception: a cheapo wireless dongle I bought from CompUSA a year or two
>> ago, and I only used it for administration of the wireless router
>> anyway, since this machine has no need for wireless otherwise. (I had
>> that same maxed-out machine problem with a couple of the Ubuntu
>> varieties I tested just before this one, too. I never had that with any
>> non-Ubuntu varieties I'd installed or played with. So I think it's
>> something in common with Ubuntu.) It looks good and it feels good. It
>> had most or all of the files necessary for multimedia, so I didn't even
>> have to download that. I did add some KDE stuff, but that was simply
>> because there are a few apps that I like and will always have around.
>
> I liked Mint a lot when I tried it a while ago, and it's very good on
> multimedia from the get-go as you say. And the fresh green theming is a
> nice change from a lot of the blue-dominated stuff every distro and its
> mother seems to have.
>
> Generally the only thing I add from KDE is Kate and k3b.
>
>>
>> The only thing it had different than what I was accustomed to is that
>> it uses Gnome by default. But I'd already made up my mind a couple of
>> months back that I was going to put a lot more effort into getting
>> accustomed to Gnome, figuring out how to configure some of the settings
>> to what I want and all then, and only then deciding what desktop
>> direction I wanted to go. So haveing Gnome default wasn't a big deal.
>
> I still prefer Gnome over KDE by a large margin, as good as KDE is. I've
> somehow lost the taste for using KDE, it feels quite alien to me these
> days.
>
>>
>> I may have found my new favorite. This wasn't installed as 4.0. But I
>> suspect it is now because I've had a steady stream of updates for the
>> last couple of weeks.
>
> I haven't tried 4.0 yet, but I probably will. At the moment the FrankenPC
> has got the latest Ubuntu on it.
You can install it alongside 3.5.
See instructions here: http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde4-beta3.php
This should also work fine in Ubuntu. You can then enter a KDE 4.0 session or
start individual applications in their latest and greatest mode.
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~~ Best of wishes
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