Not really, I am pretty happy with Ubuntu in what concerns using GNU/Linux.
No longer have any patience to play around with distributions.
Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
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Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#52I've never understood the love for Mint. All it is is Ubuntu with a Gnome 2 style desktop and things already configured for Linux newbies. I installed it long ago and it was way buggier than Ubuntu. Right now on openSUSE Tumbleweed with Gnome Shell, couldn't be happier. And if I were to give a vote for most 'desktop ready' system, I'd go with Fedora (the only thing I dislike about openSUSE is how PackageKit and YAST…
The problem I have with Mint is that a dist-upgrade is not possible. You can try it, and break everything in the process. They officially recommend a clean wipe and install. Or at least this was the case a few releases ago.
I went through last 2 or 3 dist-upgrades (do not remember, since it was pretty mundane and quick too, thanks to ssd) without a hitch
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#53I've never understood the love for Mint. All it is is Ubuntu with a Gnome 2 style desktop and things already configured for Linux newbies. I installed it long ago and it was way buggier than Ubuntu. Right now on openSUSE Tumbleweed with Gnome Shell, couldn't be happier. And if I were to give a vote for most 'desktop ready' system, I'd go with Fedora (the only thing I dislike about openSUSE is how PackageKit and YAST…
The problem I have with Mint is that a dist-upgrade is not possible. You can try it, and break everything in the process. They officially recommend a clean wipe and install. Or at least this was the case a few releases ago.
That's no longer the case, you can dist-upgrade to 18.2 from 18.1 or 18.0. See: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3306 for the how-to.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apparently https://freetype.org/patents.html
Didn't know about that. Thanks for the link. When is the last of the ClearType patents due to expire? Is the patent expiry date based on the Publication date/Filing date/Priority date + a fixed number of years?
I didn't know about this before myself, so I'm afraid I'm not in a position to help clarify your questions.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#55Arch Linux is best Linux!
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem I have with Mint is that a dist-upgrade is not possible. You can try it, and break everything in the process. They officially recommend a clean wipe and install. Or at least this was the case a few releases ago.
That's no longer the case, you can dist-upgrade to 18.2 from 18.1 or 18.0. See: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3306 for the how-to.
Good! Let's hope they make this possible for major releases as well.
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you mean "normal" as similar to Windows 95, then there was a very good reason to experiment with alternatives: the US patent system.
Maybe. But experimenting sounds different than enforcing something on the end user. BTW, OS/2 had that Win95 taskbar look first.
OS/2 did not have the Start menu. Here is Microsoft's "TaskBar with Start Menu" patent: http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5920316
Re: Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you mean "normal" as similar to Windows 95, then there was a very good reason to experiment with alternatives: the US patent system.
A lot of that experimentation has been like efforts in trying to reconfigure the fundamentals of bicycle. Should pedals be pedals and should they be really at shoulder level, maybe the wheels should be side by side and one bigger than the other, steering wheel or touchscreen instead of handlebars .. Meanwhile, bicycles work.
The inventor of the start menu and taskbar disagrees with you:
https://www.windowscentral.com/creator-first-start-menu-thin...