Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
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Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#2Is this for real? Do people really use Mint?
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#3Is this for real? Do people really use Mint?
Mint's pretty great. I use it because it's basically a lightweight Ubuntu.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#4> I've been using Linux Mint for years now as my main desktop.
It's amazing considering he signed himself under article reporting Mint containing malware.[1] Fool me once..
[1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-your-linux-mint-desktop-bee...
EDIT:
I dug a few more.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2703044/does-linux-mint-nee...
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1osyn5/linux_mint_cr...
Just stay away from this train wreck of mismanagement.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#5Manjaro (Arch) w/xfce is pretty great, too.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#6Is this for real? Do people really use Mint?
That’s what I setup for my siblings whenever I can. I’m starting to get bored of doing full upgrades from scratch for them, but I only do them once or twice a year.
For Archlinux users like myself of course I could care less about Mint, but it cannot be denied that “normal” users appreciate intuitive and good-looking interfaces.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#7There is very little difference between Mint and straight Debian. I prefer Debian because it's more stable and has a continuous rolling release cycle.
Ubuntu pissed a lot of people of when they forced Unity down our throats. This is why many moved to Mint in the first place.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#8Is this for real? Do people really use Mint?
That’s what I setup for my siblings whenever I can. I’m starting to get bored of doing full upgrades from scratch for them, but I only do them once or twice a year. For Archlinux users like myself of course I could care less about Mint, but it cannot be denied that “normal” users appreciate intuitive and good-looking interfaces.
Install Debian instead and you will never have to do a "full upgrade" again.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#9Is this for real? Do people really use Mint?
Just installed my second Mint machine for desktop work yesterday. Really cannot complain. The difference in desktop responsiveness between this 7 year old Mint machine versus a brand new PC or Mac is night and day.
Every modern OS needs a major GUI refactoring, I swear. It takes a full minute for my Mac to open control panels. Mint can do it in microseconds... Silly that this is the case.