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Post by mikeyuk on May 27, 2009 11:34:13 GMT
A new version of Linux Mint has been released. I am Downloading the ISO image now. I'll remove Ubuntu from the WUBI and install Linux Mint. Can't wait!
For now... Linux Mint is only available using GNOME desktop. Other desktops will launch soon.
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Post by completelyhatstand on May 28, 2009 9:40:39 GMT
I have Mint 7 up and running, I've even made a boot installer on a flash drive, THAT WORKS! (Thanks Elvis for the link). I can't believe how much Linux distro's have come on since my last little foray, no corporate sales pop ups, no unwieldy drivers that insist on installing stuff you don't want, it boots in less than half the time Windows used to take, and its free.
I have known that Linux was a much better option than Windows for a while now, but I didn't realise how much better.
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Post by Jj on May 28, 2009 21:44:55 GMT
Ive been using Mint since january, and rarely use the XP pc at all these days. I too installed Mint7 2 days ago and I can honestly say well done to all concerned, and thanks Mikkh for suggesting Linux in the first place. I LOVE it! Ive also put it on 2 other pc's one for a friend (who crashed a non genuine copy of xp on her laptop). and one for my nephew on an old pc. all worked brilliantly with nothing to do but use after install.
Id like to someday put Mint on a partition on the XP pc and dual boot, as that pc is younger, faster, and has all my 3d stuff on that has been neglected since I found Mint.
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Post by mikkh on May 29, 2009 9:30:44 GMT
I've recently changed to an old 19" CRT on my main PC and it's giving me all kinds of fun getting it configured correctly. Most distros I can manually insert the horizontal and vertical refresh rates to make it look good and more importantly fill the screen. It's a very nice professional monitor that would have cost £300+ in it's day, so I'm loathe to stop using it
The problem is Debian based distros do the 'X' configuration differently, so Mint looks awful on it at the moment
I'll sort it though, or just use it on another PC
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Post by completelyhatstand on May 30, 2009 9:28:46 GMT
I can't get over how much Linux has come on since my last little foray. I have been saying for a while now that I intend to live without XP but there was always some application I needed that Linux didn't cater for.
All that has now changed! I have Mint Gloria on my main computer (a laptop), and the same on a flash drive boot. The only problem I see is that there is no way of telling how full the flash drive is, and persistence is BRILLIANT. I shall have to stop myself going on about it.
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Post by mikkh on May 30, 2009 10:00:24 GMT
You can use the command 'df' (without the quotes) or add -h for 'human readable format'
Use the command
df -h
You should see something similar to this
mikk:$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda7 13G 4.6G 8.2G 36% / /dev/hda5 62G 4.5G 58G 8% /mnt/win tmpfs 1011M 0 1011M 0% /dev/shm shm 1011M 0 1011M 0% /dev/shm mikksoft:/~ mikk:$
And yes Linux has changed dramatically over the last few years. When I started using it 6 or 7 years ago, I was enjoying the challenge of getting things to work, but also getting frustrated over my inability to perform the simplest of tasks sometimes. I nearly gave it up as a bad job several times, but I don't like things beating me and I was (still am) happy to be free of all kinds of anti software running before I can go on the internet safely.
Linux is free, but the price is learning to adapt and having to do a bit of thinking for yourself occasionally - a price most people don't want to pay. But 'money' well spent IMO
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Post by completelyhatstand on May 30, 2009 11:14:18 GMT
Thanks Mikkh.
I'll try it later.
/home/ray/Linux Icon.xcf
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