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The mintBox, a Linux Mint computer

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Re: The mintBox, a Linux Mint computer

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Post by crumblan »

JaggedJax wrote: post #28
crumblan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried Mint for the same reason, and this search default really soured me on it. I didn't find it easy to remove, either. Just wanted to warn others.

I found it about ten times easier than changing the default search in IE. Clicking the Search engine icon in FF and then clicking "Get More Search Engines" takes you to: http://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php#siteinfo-legal From there you just have to click the icon of the one you want. They should put them at the top of that page and not the bottom though (I added the anchor to the bottom of the page).

Fair enough, but I had an edge case where I wanted to use Pentadactyl, and it kept using the branded search as default no matter how I tried to tweak the settings. I eventually got rid of it, but it was infuriating for me that there was no simple way to hit, "I don't want this," and have it removed totally.

Re: The mintBox, a Linux Mint computer

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Post by kijin »

noonespecial wrote: post #27

In the course of my business, I deal with dozens of different embedded PC's. There's one thing I wish players in this space would keep in mind: If you want to take a shot at this window of power and performance (the level at which people start thinking "set-top box") you really have to beat out the $250 netbook I can get at walmart. If my first thought is, "nice form-factor but a netbook/mini-itx/mac-mini solves the…

Most netbooks don't even support 8GB of RAM. This device is clearly intended to be much more powerful than your typical netbook or Raspberry Pi.

Re: The mintBox, a Linux Mint computer

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Post by mtgx »

tikhonj wrote: post #17
fingerprinter wrote: post #11

I'd love one of these...though I would put Ubuntu on it...but at those prices? I don't think so. The mintBox is available in two versions. mintBox Basic ($476 + shipping, duty & VAT): 250GB HDD APU G-T40N (1.0 GHz dual core + Radeon HD 6290 – 9W) 4GB RAM Flat metal case mintBox Pro ($549 + shipping, duty & VAT): 250GB HDD APU G-T56N (1.65 GHz dual core + Radeon HD 6320 – 18W) 8GB RAM Ribbed metal case

I'm curious: what do you see as the advantage of Ubuntu over Mint? My understanding is that Mint is just Ubuntu with a different default desktop environment and some multimedia codecs. Do you just like Unity? (For what it's worth, I actually like it as well.)

As someone who's never used Mac OS, I much prefer Mint over normal Ubuntu. With Mint everything seems pretty natural to me, and it doesn't feel like I have to relearn almost anything at all. With Ubuntu, my first experiences with it were pretty frustrating, and I was even complaining to a more Linux-loving friend that I find it even less intuitive than Windows. Mint actually seems more intuitive than Windows to me.

Re: The mintBox, a Linux Mint computer

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Post by joezydeco »

noonespecial wrote: post #27

In the course of my business, I deal with dozens of different embedded PC's. There's one thing I wish players in this space would keep in mind: If you want to take a shot at this window of power and performance (the level at which people start thinking "set-top box") you really have to beat out the $250 netbook I can get at walmart. If my first thought is, "nice form-factor but a netbook/mini-itx/mac-mini solves the…

I deal with embedded hardware all day long as well. I don't need a case of Raspberry Pis. I need a guarantee that the board will be available for the next five years.

My customers have products that run for that long, even longer. I can't be changing hardware every year because the chip has been end-of-lifed or has become suddenly scarce and the price has quadrupled. And this happens a lot. Even the pico-ITX stuff disappears and reappears constantly, especially when it's from Asia.

Re: The mintBox, a Linux Mint computer

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Post by blackguardx »

seclorum wrote: post #61

For $250, I've built an Android and Ubuntu tablet, using the Pandaboard ES as the base with a 10.1" capacitive touchscreen (multi-touch). It functions extremely well and makes me wonder why no serious manufacturers are pursuing this avenue right now .. it seems to me to be a very powerful combination of parts. Ripe opportunities abound for anyone with the skills to bootstrap a hardware startup constructing such thing…

Where did you get the display?

Re: The mintBox, a Linux Mint computer

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Post by crumblan »

ekianjo wrote: post #36
crumblan wrote: post #2

For anyone thinking of trying Mint; they will install customized search engines in your Firefox and Chromium, it is a shit experience, and it is irritating to remove or avoid. I would suggest you do not use Mint if you plan on doing any internet searching.

And you don't have any problem with IE being packed with Bing search out of the box ?

I use neither Windows nor IE, but I am assuming it's set as a preference and not installed as an extension.

Re: The mintBox, a Linux Mint computer

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Post by crumblan »

drusas wrote: post #60
crumblan wrote: post #2

For anyone thinking of trying Mint; they will install customized search engines in your Firefox and Chromium, it is a shit experience, and it is irritating to remove or avoid. I would suggest you do not use Mint if you plan on doing any internet searching.

Since Linux Mint 12 this is not the case anymore. They listened to their users, and removed the Google Custom Search. As a convenience to its users, Linux Mint has a dedicated webpage where you can easily add search easily with one click: http://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php You can of course add search engines in any other Firefox supported way also.

Brilliant, I'll have to look at it again.
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