Comments on IT Lure: Distro Hoppin`: Linux Mint 7 KDE Edition

Compared to Windows 7, Linux Mint 7 has better fea...

2011-11-10T16:30:19.985+02:00

Compared to Windows 7, Linux Mint 7 has better features. They made it even better with the new edition. I'll consider it instead of any other operating systems.

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Mint 7 is a serious contender. It is every bit as ...

2009-10-11T23:20:52.747+03:00

Mint 7 is a serious contender. It is every bit as good as Windows 7. I'll get this out of the way real quick. Be patient folks. Mint 64 is due the first quarter of 2010. Quality takes time.

I actually like Mint more than Ubuntu. Mint has
alot of potential. Like it or not, until Windows
collapses from cardiac code blote, it is going to be a thorn in the side of quality computing.

Linux, any flavor, has to find a way to solve
the compatibility issue. Make it native. Don't
force us to resort to arcane solutions. There
already are software solutions.

Make compatibility native in the distro. That
will kill Windows market share almost overnight.

The mainstream computer user is looking for an
easy to use, intuitive operating system. Well,
that damn sure isn't Windows. W7 comes close.

Mint .. Please solve that one nagging issue

Who Wants To Be That 800 Pound Gorilla ..

Mint 7

Just tried Mint 7 KDE, and it's my first KDE d...

2009-10-06T02:27:30.626+03:00

Just tried Mint 7 KDE, and it's my first KDE distro. my crunchbang break last week, so i think i might as well try other distro. this is a great, polished distro. thank you mint kde ce team.

and for m$ hater, don't bash m$ too hard. just show them how great linux are nowadays. linux aren't exactly for geek anymore.

-erghiez-

Мне понравилась, хотя не без глюков, но все же сти...

2009-09-22T01:15:28.577+03:00

Мне понравилась, хотя не без глюков, но все же стильная штучка получилась :)

I am a long time user of Mint Gnome. I recently tr...

2009-09-20T18:43:43.940+03:00

I am a long time user of Mint Gnome. I recently tried the KDE version. Quite disappointing but I am biased. Mint has implemented gnome so nicely, there is no way that the KDE release compares to the ease of use of the gnome release.

I am part of teh computer club LEAP-CF.org in Cent...

2009-08-31T17:10:33.718+03:00

I am part of teh computer club LEAP-CF.org in Central Florida. We are a non-profit corporation. Our goal is to convert 'everyone' to run Linux in schools, governments, businesses, Ham Radio, and at home.

The evolution to stability, freedom of choice, and security is working!

A local private school has run Linux since 2005, and is now upgraded to Linux Mint 7 'Gloria', on 48 donated Compaq Evo computers (Thanks, Disney World!!!)!

I give instruction and help in the switch to Linux Mint, and distribute hundreds of Linux Mint CDroms each year, providing FREE demonstrations at warehouse clubs, like Costco.

Sorry Sam's Club SUCKS!

When 7 of us went to Sam's Club in 2006, to purchase 35 to 40 complete computer systems, with a dozen Laser Printers, for 8 businesses, we coordinated with a manager, a conflict arose with a higher up female manager (suffering with severe PMS!)!

Permission to demo Linux Live CD on a Sam's Club demo machine evaporated. Everyone was directed to go to a computer outlet for our purchases! We all surrendered our 'Sam's Club membership', to shop online, and, at Costco.

The road to FREEDOM of speech (in computer software, and use) starts with handing out Free Linux CDroms.
Linux Mint is a great introduction to real FREEDOM!

Alright well... If we could figure out how to run ...

2009-08-29T15:12:59.677+03:00

Alright well... If we could figure out how to run more Games Natively we would be doin really good lol. Seems to me we need a program that runs in the background providing a STABLE environment for running windows games and other programs. Havent had much experience with Wine ect... (Downloading Mint As We Speak) My only Linux experience is with Fedora Core 6... Nifty but slightly confusing for a Windows only user.
I Do like the way windows 7 runs but I just dont like windows all the way around. Hopefully someone will provide me with the game support for linux I desperatly need. Thanks in advance to whoever gets that issue ironed out. and If such a program exists...(I'm a Noob to Linux I beg for forgiveness!) lol. later.

Hi folks, Considering my country, I guess, the edu...

2009-08-29T11:08:29.685+03:00

Hi folks,
Considering my country, I guess, the education system is largely to be blamed for the huge Windows dependancy we have. I have not used Mint yet, but reading your reviews feel tempted to use it. Just after a week of being on Ubuntu (my second attempt with a separate HDD, since my first attempt on it dual booting with Windows got me frustrated with some partitoin errors, and I scraped the idea of going Linux. Now back on track :D ) I have learned to love it.
Now with regards to GAMES for Linux, what can we say. But another thing I miss here is the IM cam and photo sharing problems. Please don't tell me about Pidgin, it SUCKS for me. With regards to plugins, I don't want to break my head over them. I am right now following a tut somewhere on the Web about installing the linux yahoo with cam and photo sharing. Hope it works.
BUT, apart from that, in spite of being a lifetime windows user, it is great to see there are men and women out there who are making NON GEEK stuff that works better than Windows. I think, apart from the GAMES edge, Windows does not deserve to be called an OS. Apple might be costly, but at least it works near perfect. LInux, gives you BOTH :)
And with regards to finding Ubuntu, Mint or such distros STILL difficult, all I can think of, is a friend who told me she is all for Windows, since she could not get her head around MAC. Now, everyone who is knowledgeable knows that Mac is anyday easier to understand and use than Windows. So, this is a good example, no matter how easy something is, you cannot expect to learn it after a lifetime of CRAP OSes!!
thankyou OPENSOURCE!!! Thankyou!!!

I agree with the folks about 64bit. I would love t...

2009-08-23T18:31:46.360+03:00

I agree with the folks about 64bit. I would love to see the kde and xfce community editions releasing 64bit mint edtions.
I am willing to donate a 64bit amd machine to project
I am waiting on response from merlwiz on the xfce edition.

I must have been really unlucky then. Of course, t...

2009-08-15T03:57:38.669+03:00

I must have been really unlucky then. Of course, there is something to be said for buying quality hardware too. I tried three wireless adapters on three distros (PClinux, Mepis, and Fedora) and on OSX 10.39. Never got any to work. Granted they were "cheap" USB ones (I shoulda said USB before) - one from Rosewill, one from Dlink, and one from SMC (all between $10 and $30) Point is every one will work on windows. That's the manufacturer's fault I know but it does make making the leap to Linux that much more frustrating. And it's great the last commentor hasn't had to use the CLI. I guess s/he's never had to automount a drive or install a java app, etc (I only recently found out about the GUI pysdm for automounting which, AFAIK, I still have to access via CLI). Of course Windows is easier because they invest $billions in making their software (same with Apple). Linux will get their I think because of dedicated people like we find all over the linux world But it's still a domain for programmers and nerds (kinda like myself). Mint is an awesome step in that direction IMO. PC games? Meh, I have a PS3 ;)

Not going to geek out - and if anyone is a noob it...

2009-08-14T21:13:32.908+03:00

Not going to geek out - and if anyone is a noob it would propbably be me, having used Linux for only 6 months or so - but have to say, wireless support flawless on every distro I've used (Puppy, Fedora, various Ubuntus from 8.04+) Only time I had an issue was when I had to reinstall Windows on someone's laptop in school - try finding a working driver and downloading it then - much harder than the simple click to activate restricted drivers in Ubuntu!
Also had no problems with graphics cards, printers, scanners, bluetooth etc.etc.etc.
Mint looks great with the MP3 etc. working out of the box, but even on other distros its only a click or 2 away. And as for photoshop - well I know some people swear by it, but for the limited amount of photo editing and graphics work I do, then GIMP is fine for my needs. Of course, you should buy a system suitable for your needs though and if what you need is Photoshop and Windows only games and other software (I know Cpt.Entropy didn't mention games, but others regularly do), then you'll have to have Windows and not one of the Linux distros - just like if I need a truck to haul my furniture to my new place, I wouldn't try to blame Ferrari for not giving me a big enough boot!
Linux may not be mainstream for everyone yet, but for those who want a computer based on its ability to do a job - Ubuntu started it, others including Mint have picked it up and run with it, and the popularisation of Linux is moving ahead - in direct opposition to the amount you need to do on the command line: note the 'need' I haven't 'needed' to do anything on the CLI on any of my recent trial OSes or my main one (currently Ubuntu, but may switch to Mint after trialling recently) Everything I've wanted to do could be done in GUI - the fact that I have the option to use command line and have done so to learn a bit about it is my choice rather than 'need' - that's not to say that there aren't things that need CLI, but an 'average' user, even what MS has previously called a 'power' user doesn't really need it and I'd debate whether any home user would need it if they didn't want to use it - now big system administrators are a different thing entirely, but then I've run a small home network with server off mine again without resorting to CLI, except when I chose to for my own education.

Gotta agree with captainentropy. Geek out and call...

2009-08-14T06:38:17.976+03:00

Gotta agree with captainentropy. Geek out and call everyone else n00bs if your wish, but he speaks the truth.

and Win7 is just a release candidate now but I'...

2009-08-14T02:31:48.801+03:00

and Win7 is just a release candidate now but I've been using it for months. It is solid. Not a single problem. Runs every program I've thrown at it no matter how old (except a flash drive encryption utility from like 1999. Best Windows yet. Faster than XP. Looks nicer. I preordered a copy (lifelong pirate here) cuz it's that good.

But I will admit, with Mint, wow. It's been EXACTLY what I've been hoping for all along for linux. Bravo. MS has a competitor IMO (and OSX but I don't use it). If it could run Photoshop and Illustrator natively.....

oh, and I just have to comment to all the windows ...

2009-08-14T02:22:55.210+03:00

oh, and I just have to comment to all the windows haters - make Linux as easy to use and you will find more people trying to use it. Even though I'm not an advanced linux user I guarantee you I'm more knowledgeable than 90% of the population on it (I'm a scientist and I use it for data analysis). Poor wireless support as well as other drivers, definite need for command line use which means you have to learn lots of new language and man this man that which rarely solves the issue. Took me days to scour the net to figure out how to automount a network drive right. Windows=easy: map network drive, check the box, score.

I just started using Mint 7 64bit (gnome obviously...

2009-08-14T02:17:50.448+03:00

I just started using Mint 7 64bit (gnome obviously) and it is really, really, really good. Best Linux distro I've ever used. I'm still a newb but I've tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, PClinux, Mepis, ScientificLinux, openSUSE (all the latest versions) and Mint is by far IMO the best. A frakking dream actually. I loved PClinux the best before because of it's ease of use but with it and I couldn't get Intel vid drivers to install right or on others I couldn't get drives to mount right. Fedora 11 for instance would crash so hard trying to update the system I had to hard reboot. Plus I need to use 64-bit so that limited me a bit more.

If you think that Firefox m$ exploit is weird, try...

2009-08-11T16:17:47.159+03:00

If you think that Firefox m$ exploit is weird, try looking at the xbox 360, there are 1500-2500 boxes being returned for repairs every single day...if these were cars or most other goods there would be a recall, but because its Microsoft they get away with it..god help us when the day comes our cars are using ms products/systems...imagine the insurance companies, we cant re imburse you as its a software fault by MS you have to claim off them, and MS says, its not our fault its a hardware problem....then your only hope would be to find if anyone has a hacked linux system for your model car....dont laugh its not funny and more than likley going to happen.

I've been with windows from the very early day...

2009-08-09T23:01:15.474+03:00

I've been with windows from the very early days but as of late became a little peeved at spending a lot of time combating malware,spyware,virus and "potential security problems ". My last windows update was a fine 320mb of security patches. I am a total newbie to Linux but took Mint for a test drive and a week later I'm converted ( with a little xp running in VB for the few specialist programs I need ). Fast, lean, secure and free. What's not to like. Mark

Haha. I knew that would happen. :) What did we lea...

2009-08-09T21:51:21.165+03:00

Haha. I knew that would happen. :) What did we learn, kids? Do not put too much trust in Google! Next time, I'll be sure to ask my grandpa, as he studied a bit of Russian when he was in school. :)

Thanks for the correction, Lirik!

lol! don't try to translate english to russian...

2009-08-09T18:42:50.545+03:00

lol! don't try to translate english to russian.
you tried to say "have a great day!"
and what you wrote was "there is a great(as big, not as good) day!"

:)
nice try..

Thanks for the heads-up Mr. Russian Anonymous. I h...

2009-08-09T16:25:19.205+03:00

Thanks for the heads-up Mr. Russian Anonymous. I have updated the article.

Есть великий день!

И где его можно скачать? (Russian)

2009-08-09T15:14:16.641+03:00

И где его можно скачать? (Russian)

Mints awsome, so much nicer than windows...just a ...

2009-08-09T10:57:31.388+03:00

Mints awsome, so much nicer than windows...just a pitty that their are not that many good games for linux..and that wine really does blow atleast crossover works well ^^ either way Mint rules.

Excellent review! Made me laugh too. I agree that ...

2009-08-09T01:32:02.720+03:00

Excellent review! Made me laugh too. I agree that the Gnome version is better IMHO but KDE does look more 'clean' as a M$ rival.

The only reason I have never made the full switch to linux, although it is the main partition, is due to the lack of compatability with a lot of games and apps (wine is OK sometimes, but the problems with new releases breaking old fixes drives me nuts!).

I will keep on with mint but even though i dont want to use m$, i have no choice!

"on the yahoo thing, all they did was rena...

2009-08-07T23:41:17.906+03:00
"on the yahoo thing, all they did was rename the server"
Yeap, I also said that in the article.

"Cause pidgin sucks on kde, no taskbar icon."
If you go to "Tools --> Preferences --> Interface" in Pidgin you can select to show the system tray icon (if that's what you meant with "taskbar icon" :) )

Thanks for the comment and thank you all out there for reading my article! :) Have an awesome morning/day/evening/night!

on the yahoo thing, all they did was rename the se...

2009-08-07T23:32:57.756+03:00
on the yahoo thing, all they did was rename the server, its a quick fix in kopete and gaim or pidgin, google it I can't remember the exact name but i believe they just added a one to the end of the prefix. Cause pidgin sucks on kde, no taskbar icon.

And to the 64bit comment. KDE 4.2.2 seems to have some audio bugs on 64, on 32 as well, but 64 seems like to fail over when using more then one imput on an audio channel. Kubuntu is a nice 64 kde enviroment though, suse is too if your into that.

Wish they'd release a deb of their themes and wallpapers. I don't care for the distro, but I really like the visuals.