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From: Mark Warner on 18 May 2010 18:37 Based on Ubuntu, Mint comes with a bunch of extras, non-free software, and a customized Gnome desktop. I'll be test driving it shortly, but if past experience is any indicator, this should be a fine release, and a good starting point for the Linux-curious. It's grown to the point where it no longer fits on a CD; 763MB (for the 32-bit) ISO available as a Live DVD with installer. http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=06074 -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Mark Warner on 18 May 2010 18:51 Mark Warner wrote: > > It's grown to the point where it no longer fits on a CD; 763MB (for the > 32-bit) ISO available as a Live DVD with installer. The above is incorrect. It *is* available as a CD: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Art on 19 May 2010 12:17 On Tue, 18 May 2010 18:37:19 -0400, Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Based on Ubuntu, Mint comes with a bunch of extras, non-free software, >and a customized Gnome desktop. I downloaded the CD version, and ran it from CD on a machine with just 512 Meg RAM. Works fine "right out of the box". I also tried it on a different machine which has only 256 MEG, and also a wireless adapter. While it struggles along in RAM starvation, I managed to check that I got a wireless connection ok. Just as with the latest versions of Ubuntu, it's very impressive (to me anyway) to watch it come up all automagically without having to worry about driver installs. With Mint 9 and Firefox I can watch news or youtube videos without having to install a flash player ... another cool "right out of the box" feature. Art
From: Mark Warner on 19 May 2010 12:58 Art wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 18:37:19 -0400, Mark Warner > <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Based on Ubuntu, Mint comes with a bunch of extras, non-free software, >> and a customized Gnome desktop. > > I downloaded the CD version, and ran it from CD on a machine with just > 512 Meg RAM. Works fine "right out of the box". I also tried it on a > different machine which has only 256 MEG, and also a wireless adapter. > While it struggles along in RAM starvation, I managed to check that I > got a wireless connection ok. Just as with the latest versions of > Ubuntu, it's very impressive (to me anyway) to watch it come up all > automagically without having to worry about driver installs. With > Mint 9 and Firefox I can watch news or youtube videos without having > to install a flash player ... another cool "right out of the box" > feature. My antique laptop (700MHz/512MB) came up and connected automagically as well. Frankly, these new distros are getting downright boring. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Bill Bradshaw on 19 May 2010 13:06
Here is probably a dumb question. Are you saying that I could create a boot CD and watch youtube and hulu without worrying about anything being written to my harddisk? -- <Bill> Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska. Art wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 18:37:19 -0400, Mark Warner > <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Based on Ubuntu, Mint comes with a bunch of extras, non-free >> software, and a customized Gnome desktop. > > I downloaded the CD version, and ran it from CD on a machine with just > 512 Meg RAM. Works fine "right out of the box". I also tried it on a > different machine which has only 256 MEG, and also a wireless adapter. > While it struggles along in RAM starvation, I managed to check that I > got a wireless connection ok. Just as with the latest versions of > Ubuntu, it's very impressive (to me anyway) to watch it come up all > automagically without having to worry about driver installs. With > Mint 9 and Firefox I can watch news or youtube videos without having > to install a flash player ... another cool "right out of the box" > feature. > > Art |