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Phillip McCleod

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12. i've been using mint since it was an ubuntu spinoff

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 10:47 PM

Jan 2013

it is much much more now. revulsion to first gnome3 and then unity was so strong that mint created both cinnamon and mate as complete desktop environments. they've also gotten a lot more serious about repository maintenance i think thanks to the debian lmde experiment. ubuntu is debian-based it makes sense that ubuntu-based mint would go debian-based itself and it has. with style.

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Do you like Mint 13 and if so which desktop are you using? n/t [View all] RKP5637 Aug 2012 OP

Replying to my own post. I just tried Mint 13 Cinnamon via a Thumb Drive. Works great RKP5637 Aug 2012 #1

I use Linux Mint Adelante Aug 2012 #2

The more I've been using LM 13 Cinnamon I've been amazed at how solid it is and RKP5637 Aug 2012 #3

I'm a die hard Ubuntu 12.04 LTS user ...wife uses it too. L0oniX Dec 2012 #11

Tried it and didn't like it hobbit709 Sep 2012 #4

I've heard that also, that wireless connect (for Mint 13) has been a problem for some. I was reading RKP5637 Sep 2012 #5

Mint 11 had absolutely no problem with the wifi on my laptop. hobbit709 Sep 2012 #6

Wireless connectivity is the holy grail of Linux distros AgingAmerican Oct 2012 #9

Here are the requirements for Mint 13, which is the latest release. RKP5637 Oct 2012 #10

runs like a charm. Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #13

I really do like Mint 13 TroglodyteScholar Sep 2012 #7

I have a couple of desktop systems here. One gave me a lot of problems with RKP5637 Sep 2012 #8

i've been using mint since it was an ubuntu spinoff Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #12

I'm using Mint 14 Cinnamon Adelante Jan 2013 #14

i really like cinnamon from a user experience pov Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #15

Well, Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) is coming to its end of life pokerfan Feb 2013 #16

I've been using Cinnamon now since about the time I first posted this and RKP5637 Feb 2013 #17