britishtrident
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 06:23 PM |
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Linux Mint
Just installed Linux Mint a branch from Ubuntu with all the non GPL media bits you normally have to ferret around for.
Very nice easy install -- looks great.
http://www.linuxmint.com
[Edited on 19/11/06 by britishtrident]
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/11/06 at 07:02 PM |
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Cheers
I'll try that on my old PIII machine upstairs, it's got Ubuntu on it already and that was a pleasant surprise when it worked with
everything on there.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 22/11/06 at 11:55 AM |
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Mint Linux has now been running for a few days and has proved very good stable, hot plugging USB drives and cameras works better than any other 2.6.x
core linux I have tried. Hot plugging didn't appear to work at first but this was due to the Gnome desktop hiding new icons below existing
icons, turning off " desktop auto align" fixed this.
Also been trying Fedora 6 -- which seems great at first but living with it for a few days shows much the same problems as previous Fedora releases, I
have had problems with USB hot plugging and Samba networking. While Yum is still slow and Yum Extender is buggy.
If installing Mint I strongly recommend adding via synaptic Guarddog, Konqeror, Lisa, Samba Kwikdisc and Web,im.
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