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5 Linux distros I normally recommend to newbies.
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| If you have friends or colleagues who you
| would like to have try the Linux OS, an
| important decision would be the distro you
| choose. There are over 500 out there and
| whatever distro you choose will be a great
| factor in shaping your friends view of
| Linux. The following 5 Linux distros are my
| personal favorites when it comes with
| giving people a feel of what Linux is and
| is not.
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http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/02/5-linux-distros-i-normally-recommend-to.html
- From Mandriva to Mint
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| I have liked Mandriva since Mandrake Linux
| 9.1. Its been an amazing distribution ever
| since. Pure visual delight and ease of use.
| I like KDE for the look and feel, GNOME is
| mostly a no no for me. Mandriva being a KDE
| centric distro fits the bill perfectly.
| Mandriva is the default king of our two
| year old Family Desktop. We all loved the
| latest version and despite KDE being a
| little buggy, find it convenient to use.
| I gave this info to emphasize that it was
| not easy for me to think about moving from
| Mandriva to any other distro, specially a
| GNOME centric Mint. Here goes the story :
|
| My wife's vaio completed 1 year and ran out
| of official warranty. Hence she allowed me
| to dual boot it with Mandriva and Vista.
| She was already comfortable with Mandriva,
| so it was supposed to be a smooth move. The
| problem started right after the first
| install.
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http://abhay-techzone.blogspot.com/2010/02/from-mandriva-to-mint.html
Recent:
Taking a look at Linux Mint 8 "Helena"
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| DW: What's new in Mint 8? What are some of
| the new features people will enjoy in
| Helena?
|
| CL: We answered many of the requests we
| received after the release of Linux Mint 7
| and some of the changes we made were quite
| popular among our users. The Update
| Manager now allows you to ignore updates
| for certain packages. The level associated
| with each package is something we maintain
| so this addition gives a lot more power to
| the user. We also improved many aspects of
| the Software Manager and we implemented
| numerous little things to make the system
| more comfortable to use.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100222#feature
Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition
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| The final release of Linux Mint 8 (Helena)
| KDE Community Edition is available for
| download. I wrote about the Release Candidate
| of this a couple of weeks ago, so I won't add
| too much more now. I'm still more of a Gnome
| desktop user than KDE, but as KDE 4 gets
| better and better, and combined with the
| excellent integration with Linux Mint, this
| one is a real alternative for me.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10015054o-2000498448b,00.htm
Linux Mint 8 KDE released!
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| The team is proud to announce the release
| of Linux Mint 8 âHelenaâ KDE Community
| Edition.
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http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1265
Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition
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| The final release of Linux Mint 8 (Helena)
| KDE Community Edition is available for
| download. I wrote about the Release
| Candidate of this a couple of weeks ago, so
| I won't add too much more now. I'm still
| more of a Gnome desktop user than KDE, but
| as KDE 4 gets better and better, and
| combined with the excellent integration
| with Linux Mint, this one is a real
| alternative for me.
|
| [...]
|
| It may be that this is the same one used by
| Kubuntu, I haven't installed that in quite
| a long time so I don't know what it looks
| like any more. But this is nice, clean,
| easy to use and easy to understand.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10015054o-2000498448b,00.htm
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