On 2007-11-19, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> Introducing Linux Mint 4.0 â??Darynaâ??
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>| Youâ??ve probably heard of Linux Mint from some blog or RSS feed but never
>| looked into it thinking itâ??s just another distribution which can never
>| outtake Ubuntu, the distribution youâ??re currently using. In this case, youâ??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.
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 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.
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On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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