Comments on: Linux Mint 5 Review

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By: Hexadecimal

Hexadecimal — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:31:26 +0000

@JDS: You’re right, you can’t trust me. My affinity for men completely discredits everything I say.

By: JDS

JDS — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:02:53 +0000

I like your review(s) except you are gay. Not sure if I can trust a review from a gay person.

By: McLovin

McLovin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:14:04 +0000

As the head of the the Mint Art-Team, I would like to say for the entire team, thank you for your positive comments about the art work that is being produced. Mint has always been a distro that has had some great art work, and having started the art-team has made things come out faster, and of higher quality, also it has made a standard for the wallpapers, so official wallpapers are always available in both full screen, and wide screen formats, most are also available for both the main Gnome edition, and the KDE CE edition.
Mint has recently joined the Opendesktop.org community, and gotten a community site similar to Gnome-Look.org, and can be found at http://www.linuxmint-art.org/ where users can get everything for their Linux Mint system. We are also working on getting more themes and wallpapers into the default repositories to make it easier for users to install new themes and art-work.

By: Hexadecimal

Hexadecimal — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:36:44 +0000

@FatFox: I’m glad it works for you; sorry about your printer though. For my use, I’ve found OpenOffice to be enough. As for Adobe software, I really hope they adopt the Linux platform for their programs. I know Inkscape was better than Illustrator CS1 when I used them, except Inkscape doesn’t have brushes :(
I wasn’t going to tell you running XP in VirtualBox was a solution, becuase it’s not. I literally have to close everything I’m working on because my computer grinds to a halt when I use it. It does beat dual-booting, though. Hopefully in the years to come Linux will be more supported by major commercial products.
In any case, I’m glad you’re happy with it :)

By: FatFox

FatFox — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:36:49 +0000

I use Mint 4 on my laptop, and now Mint 5 on my spanking new Desktop (with the power to fully use ComizFusion).

It just works (my USB Linksys wireless dongle works out-of-the-box, rather than the disk based driver install necessary on Vista), is elegant, stable, and allows me to be more productive.

The only gripes I have are not with Mint, but Linux in general –

1) My Canon printer/scanner has no Linux drivers (only the paid-for TurboPrint)

2) Open Office is simply not as visually powerful as MS Office (2003 or 2007)

3) Adobe.Or lack thereof. GIMP may suffice for PhotoShop, but there ain’t any real Acrobat Pro, Illustrator, InDesign, etc. etc. that will do the business in an integrated way. (Not that I could print the results in any case!!)

So, 1. is my own fault for not researching before purchasing a printer (and on principle I’m never buying any other Canon product, ever again. Lazy C**ts)

2 & 3 are serious issues/problems for widespread Linux adoption.

Please don’t try and tell me that running XP inside VM Ware or VirtualBox is a solution for the masses.

So I’m left with my laptop up and running Mint 4 for my email, calender, web adventures, etc., and my desktop thrashing away at my hard disk (if you run Vista you’ll know what I mean) whilst running Office & Adobe apps.

Except when I want to show off Desktop Cube, wobbly windows, ring switcher etc. when I’ll boot into the lovely Mint 5.

And then back to an operating system I despise in order to get some actual work done.

Great review, and on another point I personally prefer a fresh install (just back up your email etc. first!)

Oh, and Rhythmbox is just rubbish. A few clicks on the Mint Software portal and we have Amorak back. I think it’s an app-size thing for the live cd.

btw, I notice that openSUSE has a DVD installer clocking in at over 4 gigs – wtf is on that thing??

I for one am more that happy with mint as it stacks up against other distros, it’s just that I can’t use it 24/7, which annoys me immensely.

Still-waiting-for-the-killer-apps Fox out.

By: Lim-Dul

Lim-Dul — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:24:17 +0000

Well – anyways, Mint still supports both methods. =)

By: CaptSaltyJack

CaptSaltyJack — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:17:10 +0000

By the way, “sudo apt-get dist-upgrade” != “sudo do-dist-upgrade”. Two totally different things, as I understand it. The first one will update your distribution with major changes that are usually held back (e.g. kernel updates). The second one upgrades your entire distribution (e.g. 7.10) to a newer one (e.g. 8.04).

By: Hexadecimal

Hexadecimal — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:01:13 +0000

@Kevin: Thanks for promoting Linux Mint!

@Raihan: I haven’t tried either of those yet, so I can’t say for sure ;)

@Didier: Thank you! I appreciate it being translated!

@ml2mst: Thanks! I did remove the comment about “Flatfish”, however, it wasn’t necessary, and I very much doubt they are one in the same. I did want to say that I visited your site and listened to some of your songs; they sound awesome :D

By: Didier

Didier — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:16:35 +0000

Greetings, it´s a very good review, i will translate it for the LinuxMint Hispano Portal in spanish language.

Best Regards,

Didier
Adminitrator
Linux Mint Hispano