Comments on: A Review of Linux Mint 6: Felicia http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19 Linux, Politics and Geekery Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mewtwo064 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-51 mewtwo064 Sat, 02 May 2009 18:35:15 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-51 Mint 6 simply works. I successfully installed it on 3 different computers using the install under windows method and works most excellently. One of my computers gave me so much trouble even getting Live CD's from other distros to work right (with out having to add commands like acpi=off and/or use compatibility modes) let alone a full install working properly. It was even a breeze to install the missing video card and wireless drivers on my laptop under Mint 6 and they work perfectly! I give this 2 thumbs up aside from a few very minor glitches that I've encountered (but then again, what software is without its glithces? =P) Mint 6 simply works. I successfully installed it on 3 different computers using the install under windows method and works most excellently. One of my computers gave me so much trouble even getting Live CD’s from other distros to work right (with out having to add commands like acpi=off and/or use compatibility modes) let alone a full install working properly. It was even a breeze to install the missing video card and wireless drivers on my laptop under Mint 6 and they work perfectly! I give this 2 thumbs up aside from a few very minor glitches that I’ve encountered (but then again, what software is without its glithces? =P)

]]> By: Abesh http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-46 Abesh Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:36:16 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-46 I installed mint 6 on both my laptop and my desktop and i face the same problem as egonomico.Ubuntu repositories are really fast and i though i keep hearing that mint is an improvisation on ubuntu,how come the repositories are so slow?other than that,i feel mint is a fantastic distribution(GNOME,havent tried out the KDE yet) and things are pretty smooth sailing till now. Does anybody have a solution to speed up accessing the repositories somehow??lik,downloading 300 mb of updates takes the whole night!and that is really frustrasting:( I installed mint 6 on both my laptop and my desktop and i face the same problem as egonomico.Ubuntu repositories are really fast and i though i keep hearing that mint is an improvisation on ubuntu,how come the repositories are so slow?other than that,i feel mint is a fantastic distribution(GNOME,havent tried out the KDE yet) and things are pretty smooth sailing till now.
Does anybody have a solution to speed up accessing the repositories somehow??lik,downloading 300 mb of updates takes the whole night!and that is really frustrasting:(

]]> By: David http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-45 David Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:09:02 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-45 I played around with Mint but gave up because of problems with keeping the wifi working. With Mint 6 I'm hoping they followed close on the heels of Ubuntu 8.10. U-8.10 rocks when it comes to wifi. I played around with Mint but gave up because of problems with keeping the wifi working. With Mint 6 I’m hoping they followed close on the heels of Ubuntu 8.10. U-8.10 rocks when it comes to wifi.

]]> By: Boris http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-44 Boris Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:41:14 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-44 Personally i was a bit skeptical about switching to Linux. My Adobe software (Photoshop and Dreamweaver) all work on Windows only... But i found out that using Wine it can be done. Now, i have LinuxMint on my laptop, with all my Adobe software running with Wine. It's FAST! Love it. Personally i was a bit skeptical about switching to Linux. My Adobe software (Photoshop and Dreamweaver) all work on Windows only… But i found out that using Wine it can be done.

Now, i have LinuxMint on my laptop, with all my Adobe software running with Wine. It’s FAST! Love it.

]]> By: egonomico http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-43 egonomico Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:11:49 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-43 I was playing around with my laptop and had a "formatting" mistake courtesy of Mac OS X so I started from scratch and decided to go with Mint6 over ubuntu (hardy). I was just tired of installing a lot of stuff that I use so Mint was my answer. I had tried it a few weeks and knew I was pretty completed out of the box. The only big problem I have had is that the repositories are extremely slow. Ubuntu updates at +250 kb/s but with Mint I get only a 10 % of that. It sucks. I couldn't find a way to change the location as in Ubuntu (software Origins) so I had to leave it updating and went away to do something else. I'm new to Mint so I don't know if I'm alone with this, but google didn't help. It's gonna be on a laptop that I don't usually connect to the web so it is not a real problem, but it'd be great if this issue went away. Nice review! bye I was playing around with my laptop and had a “formatting” mistake courtesy of Mac OS X so I started from scratch and decided to go with Mint6 over ubuntu (hardy). I was just tired of installing a lot of stuff that I use so Mint was my answer. I had tried it a few weeks and knew I was pretty completed out of the box.

The only big problem I have had is that the repositories are extremely slow. Ubuntu updates at +250 kb/s but with Mint I get only a 10 % of that. It sucks. I couldn’t find a way to change the location as in Ubuntu (software Origins) so I had to leave it updating and went away to do something else. I’m new to Mint so I don’t know if I’m alone with this, but google didn’t help. It’s gonna be on a laptop that I don’t usually connect to the web so it is not a real problem, but it’d be great if this issue went away.

Nice review! bye

]]> By: Bevin http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-35 Bevin Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:50:13 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-35 The daily updates issue is not that serious. It can easily be changed. The default is to update three categories of updates: 1, 2, and 3. It can easily be reset in one minute to update only 1 and 2. Once that has been done, it will update only a couple of times a month. The daily updates issue is not that serious. It can easily be changed.

The default is to update three categories of updates: 1, 2, and 3.

It can easily be reset in one minute to update only 1 and 2.

Once that has been done, it will update only a couple of times a month.

]]> By: duh duh http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-32 duh duh Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:11:43 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-32 Yeah, shame their daily updates renders my computer frozen until it finishing scanning. Yeah, shame their daily updates renders my computer frozen until it finishing scanning.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-24 Jonathan Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:27:48 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-24 My XP machine died and I had an old box that I installed Linux Mint on to use as a temporary replacement. I am now in no hurry to fix my other PC. I have been using Linux Mint for over a week now and its wonderful. I have a few years of linux/unix experience with RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, and FreeBSD. Linux Mint takes all of the complicated aspects of linux out unlike the other distros. I also had an issue with flash as mentioned above but again it was a simple fix. I did have a problem with installing it with my old onboard video card but after using the safe graphics mode the install worked fine. The only other minor complaint I had was that mintUpdate was checking for updates more often than I preferred but it was very simple to change the preferences. I do like that there are updates put out almost everyday. Makes me feel comfortable that there is constant work being done on the distro as nothing is ever perfect. I highly recommend Linux Mint for those wanting a desktop that just works. I have other linux boxes that I use for other purposes but this will be my daily desktop. My XP machine died and I had an old box that I installed Linux Mint on to use as a temporary replacement. I am now in no hurry to fix my other PC. I have been using Linux Mint for over a week now and its wonderful. I have a few years of linux/unix experience with RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, and FreeBSD. Linux Mint takes all of the complicated aspects of linux out unlike the other distros. I also had an issue with flash as mentioned above but again it was a simple fix. I did have a problem with installing it with my old onboard video card but after using the safe graphics mode the install worked fine. The only other minor complaint I had was that mintUpdate was checking for updates more often than I preferred but it was very simple to change the preferences. I do like that there are updates put out almost everyday. Makes me feel comfortable that there is constant work being done on the distro as nothing is ever perfect. I highly recommend Linux Mint for those wanting a desktop that just works. I have other linux boxes that I use for other purposes but this will be my daily desktop.

]]> By: kneekoo http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-23 kneekoo Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:58:44 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-23 Meldroc Said: "Wi-Fi uses Ubuntu’s NetworkManager" Just to put things in order, NetworkManager comes from RedHat, not Ubuntu. The latter only adopted it for its obvious utility, like other distros have it. See the below link: http://www.redhat.com/magazine/003jan05/features/networkmanager/#interview Yes, I also had problems with the pre-installed Flash Player - some Flash content was not displayed for some reason. However, I used the official Adobe package to replace the one inside Mint but it only worked after I *completely* removed the old one. mintUpdate got updated so now it only gets the new files... or that's what's official, 'cause I'm using Felicia (Mint 6) and I didn't get the updated package through the regular channels. Overall, I liked the review. As Linux Mint is my favorite distribution, it felt good to see such a positive article that gathers pretty much the same opinion about this not anymore a newcomer on the Linux stage but still not so well known. Meldroc Said:
“Wi-Fi uses Ubuntu’s NetworkManager”

Just to put things in order, NetworkManager comes from RedHat, not Ubuntu. The latter only adopted it for its obvious utility, like other distros have it. See the below link:
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/003jan05/features/networkmanager/#interview

Yes, I also had problems with the pre-installed Flash Player – some Flash content was not displayed for some reason. However, I used the official Adobe package to replace the one inside Mint but it only worked after I *completely* removed the old one.

mintUpdate got updated so now it only gets the new files… or that’s what’s official, ’cause I’m using Felicia (Mint 6) and I didn’t get the updated package through the regular channels.

Overall, I liked the review. As Linux Mint is my favorite distribution, it felt good to see such a positive article that gathers pretty much the same opinion about this not anymore a newcomer on the Linux stage but still not so well known.

]]> By: findrew http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-22 findrew Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:40:10 +0000 http://www.meldroc.com/?p=19#comment-22 Mint6 is great for newbies. I'm a techie by trade but when I first encountered Vista I knew the time for change had come. I started with Ubuntu Hardy and liked it but couldn't see myself recommending it to anyone who was 'just a user'. Then I tried Mint5 - pretty good but: Mint6 is the business! Three happy Windows converts and counting! Back to the review, I too had problems with the default flash plugin so changed to the 'adobe-flashplugin' from the 'flashplugin-nonfree' and that seems to have fixed the problems (I was getting 100% cpu usage on sites with even minor flash content) Nice work guys!!! Mint6 is great for newbies. I’m a techie by trade but when I first encountered Vista I knew the time for change had come. I started with Ubuntu Hardy and liked it but couldn’t see myself recommending it to anyone who was ‘just a user’. Then I tried Mint5 – pretty good but: Mint6 is the business! Three happy Windows converts and counting!

Back to the review, I too had problems with the default flash plugin so changed to the ‘adobe-flashplugin’ from the ‘flashplugin-nonfree’ and that seems to have fixed the problems (I was getting 100% cpu usage on sites with even minor flash content)

Nice work guys!!!

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