Linux MINT is AWESOME!!!

yeah, Mint has just replaced PCLinuxOS to be my next distro-of-choice, after I get a new machine.

 

I have Linux Mint, Mandriva 2008, and PCLinuxOS 2008 installed on my laptop. PClinuxOS is my favorite. I still can't connect to our work WPA2 wireless network with Linux mint.

I like the graphic theme of Linux Mint, but the lack of features of some of the tools are frustrating sometimes. For example, how does one connect to a printer being shared by a CUPS server? There is no interface offered for this CUPS feature. Your only option is to install the driver locally.

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[And I really want to be able to rename files and folders from the File Dialog.]

 

What do you mean exactly?

 

I mean than in applications based on GTK (most of the ones that come with Linux Mint) you can't rename files or folders from the File Save/Open dialog box.

This is reason enough for me to prefer KDE. But, of course, there are other reasons, why I prefer PCLinuxOS.

 

Linux Mint is the best. Ive been through so many headaches trying to get linux/freebsd on my notebook. I have an ATI card and couldnt even get through the install with Ubuntu (no display). Thats why I was so surprised that Mint worked right out of the box. I was expecting alot of manual tweaking but about the only thing I had to setup was compiz. Since there was nothing to setup I had time to install cedega and play a few games Awesome distro, imo looks the best out of the box too.

 

I liked it too, like being able to open the terminal already in a directory.

But I switched to Ubuntu because I love the boot screen (look + sound effect) better. Although the windows-like interface of Mint is nice to new comers, I'm using Linux because it's diffrent, not similar >-<. One of he reason why I now love Gnome better than KDE

 

But Mint has Gnome too. It's what I use.

 

Yes but it is not the "standard" gnome interface. It has been modified to be windows-like. That's what I mean

 

It's easy to change the settings back to the original menu setup.

 

The first time you open a file, it tells you what codec is missing and will install it so it's of a big problem. Although I like the OTB Cube on Mint.


You can switch? >-< Could you tell me how?

 

Yes thanks, I just tried it on my dad's laptop. However I can't find the internet connection status icon to add it

 

Do you guys think Mint can outlive the founder? I used Libranet years ago when it was popular, the founder got cancer and died, then the distro died. I don't know how the Mint team is organized?

 

I dunno, maybe.

Are you still on Fedora? or went back to Mint or Ubuntu? I finally went with Ubuntu 32bits but I might give 64bits a shot next month

 

Same as you, ended up with 32bit Ubuntu... I actually work out of my virtual machine, and using linux daily like I've been doing, I really feel like I'm more productive (or maybe I just like the environment better, dunno) But I sure like it when I boot up and it goes to desktop, gets online, and stops, waiting on me to do something as opposed to vista running and churning endlessly

 

The user account booting so fast is making me confused, I still wait 30-55 seconds in front of it. Maybe because I've been used to wait for MSN messanger to boot up for the last 5 years while aMSN doesn't autoboot here.

Now if I could only get those workspaces to work (I want that damn cube!)

 

Same thing. But unlike, it doesn't have to CUBE enabled by default though

 

Yeah, I had to enable the cube, and install emerald....no biggie though. If you've used Mint, you've used Ubuntu pretty much.

 

But now I can't use the cube (well, I can't use more than one workspace). I can see the workspaces but they are "locked". That happened when I installed emerald.

 

That's odd....basically same hardware and distro....I didn't have any probs with emerald? Checking the ubuntu forums?

 

I got it working. I uninstalled metacity and everything works fine.

Have you been able to use a GPU clocking utility? Nclock can't read them and at full speed, enabling transparency makes the gpu overheat >-< (93C after playing with the cube for 45 seconds)

 

I haven't tried actually....what are you using to check gpu temps?

 

nvidia-settings , it's the GUI controlled panel, got it through synaptic

 

Anyone to remove the sluggishness while browsing or minimizing/maximizing tabs?
Also it took a bit of effort to configure my display correctly. It thought I had an 800x600 monitor...

 

What driver are you using, and do you have compiz enabled?

 

Under which category?

 

The nvidia restricted driver. Note that after installing this did I have the resolution issue.
And yeah I do have compiz installed.

 

JCMS, I can't install that as it tries to uninstall nvidia-glx-new driver?

 

Regarding the problem people had with the Mint Live CD not completly booting in to a working OS (just a blank screen without menus or icons): In the boot menu select “Start Linux Mint in
safe graphics mode” option and press F6 on the keyboard. You should now see a line with options on it. Edit that line and replace “quiet splash --“ with “nosplash noapic noacpi --”

It worked for me and I found the solution in the Daryna user guide: http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=0&t=9053&sid=c50e43a7b5c9f67fc9c6d12d1ac74af1

I'm running Linux Mint on my Dell XPS 1330 and loving it! I am back running Linux (old SuSE user) and just getting back on track. Right now I need to get used to not everything being installed as in the good old SuSE days, but so far it's going great!