Linux Mint is none other than the first distribution based on Ubuntu. I recently wanted to try this new distribution, just to see, but she has conquered me.
So I swapped my Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex to me quite disappointed, for a Linux Mint Elyssa based on Ubuntu 8.04 (which fontion very good).
This distribution thus enjoys all the benefits of Ubuntu by offering some improvements.
The main one is certainly the elegance! Indeed, the default theme of Linux Mint is very successful and quite comprehensive.
But the outfit does not make the monk, I suggest you dig a little deeper. And start with the gnome menu replaced by the Mint Menu, offering a menu from the Windows XP and the Vista.
At first glance it may seem daunting for some ... after it's a matter of taste, but I'm pretty quick. Remember that it is always possible to return to the traditional menu.
Then move to Mint Update, the update manager of the distribution. This is pretty well designed as categorizes the different updates depending on their type: updates Certified (source Linux Mint / Romeo (unstable)), the updates approved by Linux Mint (Ubuntu source / other), recommended updates (untested source Ubuntu / Other).
Install Mint, is a complementary application with the web portal of applications of Linux Mint. This portal allows you to install a single click application. Mint. There is such Wine, VirtualBox, K3b, Opera, etc..
Add to that the possibility of installing the application directly from Getdeb.net . Finally Install Mint provided a graphical interface for installing applications via apt. Of course, Synaptic is still present in the distribution.
We also find that Mint Backup allows you to make backups of the / home and therefore the profiles of the various installed applications.
Linux Mint is also a distribution that provided all the video codecs / audio and Firefox plugins needed to take full advantage of its operating system. Until now I had nothing to install. The latest version of Flash is part of the lot.
Finally Mint offers a service to upload file for sharing on the internet ... but it suffers from a severe lack of using their platform computer (1GB shared between all users)
More significant, whatever works under Ubuntu / Debian runs on Mint. So there is no need to look far when you have a concern, simply rely on these communities!
I would add that exite versions KDE, Xfce, Fluxbox Mint.
So why install Linux Mint? If like me migrating to Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 went wrong, it's a very good alternative to install Elyssa based on Hardy.
Otherwise, know that a version based on Intrepid Ibex (Felicia) is currently in RC1 and then when it was released, you will have a slightly more mature and stable.
And finally, as the Linux world is a world of diversity, so you can assert your difference, while maintaining a completely functional!
4 users commented on this post
Let me find the famous words of a song that starts to date a little. A yes here it is:
Take a child by the hand ...
Ah ah ah!
Time passes, the trolls are!
It looks cute all AC, and better! Two remarks: the menu is already in the repositories it seems to me since the 6.10 ( http://www.taltan.fr/post/2007.....-main-menu ) and mint packages, I think a new format is not welcome, it was already struggling with rpm & deb:)
Finally, Deckard talks a lot, but the only thing I saw is turned on its Bécanne Windows and bash one ...
I share your opinion for the mint packages ... I do not know in detail how they work, but it seems that the. Deb is still recognized and proven, so why change?
But as in any case. Deb work, I will continue to use them.
And then it would be an alien-like to convert the mint in deb ... in short, too complicated!
Finally a note for your friend on Deckard:-p
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