Linux Mint for me; all the way!!

[SkittleLinux18]

Dude, it's the truth! I love Linux Mint. I can't live without it. 9 months of searching for that "distro for me" and I finally found it. Now, I am a KDE fan, so I of course had to pick up the KDE Edition of Mint 4.0; but come now, do we really fret of DM's? haha... Anyway, My laptop is fried (as many of you know from helping me with hardware issues since January). So I bought a new one from Dell. The most powerful computer I will have ever owned. Probably just keep Vista on it. (BOOOOOO!!!!!).... Yeah well, I agree. I just don't want to mess with a brand new computer.
So en lieu of this decision, I wiped the other distros off my Linux box and just went mainstream Mint. Anyway, to bring this thread to a close, Mint is for me! If anyone is new to Linux, or a familiar friend looking for a new distro to seriously check out, I definitely recommend Mint. KDE or GNOME are equally good. Just decide which you want based on your own personal DM preference.

[markharding557]

Dude, it's the truth! I love Linux Mint. I can't live without it. 9 months of searching for that "distro for me" and I finally found it. Now, I am a KDE fan, so I of course had to pick up the KDE Edition of Mint 4.0; but come now, do we really fret of DM's? haha... Anyway, My laptop is fried (as many of you know from helping me with hardware issues since January). So I bought a new one from Dell. The most powerful computer I will have ever owned. Probably just keep Vista on it. (BOOOOOO!!!!!).... Yeah well, I agree. I just don't want to mess with a brand new computer.
So en lieu of this decision, I wiped the other distros off my Linux box and just went mainstream Mint. Anyway, to bring this thread to a close, Mint is for me! If anyone is new to Linux, or a familiar friend looking for a new distro to seriously check out, I definitely recommend Mint. KDE or GNOME are equally good. Just decide which you want based on your own personal DM preference.

get vista off your new laptop it will fly with mint or any other linux on it

[SkittleLinux18]

get vista off your new laptop it will fly with mint or any other linux on it

Welcome to the forums, dude! You really think it will fly? Specs are:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0Ghz
3 GB of RAM
160 Gb SATA Hard Drive
256 Mb nVidia GeForce 8600m GT
16x DVD R/RW Drive
17" HD Widescreen

Is that any good??

[Cool G5]

Me too loved Mint.I had installed 3.0.
It's really a polished distro.
Now i want to install Fedora 8.

[elija]

I have just installed mint, the KDE version. So far I like it.

[SkittleLinux18]

Me too loved Mint.I had installed 3.0.
It's really a polished distro.
Now i want to install Fedora 8.

Yeah man, that is a safe way to go every time. The older, more polished distro. Right on!

I have just installed mint, the KDE version. So far I like it.

I'm glad you do! It's one worthy of users' love. Just out of curiosity, did you do this enlight of this thread I started??

[elija]

I'm glad you do! It's one worthy of users' love. Just out of curiosity, did you do this enlight of this thread I started??

I've been curious for a while and just recently decided to go for it, so no, I didn't
decide based on your thread. Great coincidence though

Will it be the distribution that I stick with? I don't know as I have the attention
span of a mayfly on amphetamine so I keep swapping about. I have pretty much
decided that I like the distributions that have sprung from Debian. I will have to
have a go at Debian again (last time I didn't have time to spend getting
everything installed) at some point. Maybe in a VM to start with.

[Manchunian]

Oh-ho Elija, I've said it to you before and I'm saying it again: you are definitely a 'pure' Debian/Slackware sort of a guy! The Easter holidays are on us, I reckon it's time for you to try again! Mint is good, true, but you don't get that 'I'm getting my hands dirty' feeling that you do with Debian.

[SkittleLinux18]

Oh-ho Elija, I've said it to you before and I'm saying it again: you are definitely a 'pure' Debian/Slackware sort of a guy! The Easter holidays are on us, I reckon it's time for you to try again! Mint is good, true, but you don't get that 'I'm getting my hands dirty' feeling that you do with Debian.

HAHAHAHAHA Great point!!

Ubuntu = newbies
Mint = average/seasoned users
Fedora/Gentoo/Debian = experts!

The next step is to be like Devils_casper.... cause then you're a God.

[Manchunian]

The next step is to be like Devils_casper.... cause then you're a God.

And you won't get that far if you're using Mint! But yeah, I agree: Mint is one of the best developments in recent times: it might help more people to get on their feet with Linux. The more people we convert, the weaker Windows will become.