Mint 16RC "released"

[#1]

In all honesty, 3.11.0 was pretty good for me, i've been using it since the 16rc release, mint 15 was aweful, not 100% which one  i was using,  but i did try another and that was Rubbish as well.
System kept hanging on boot, random lockups..... i'll see how this 3.12.0 is now i've updated.

[#2]

Quote from: 30FTTC06

what do you guys' use ?

$ inxi -S
System:    Host: gouda Kernel: 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.13  Distro: Ubuntu 13.10

[#3]

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System:    Host hector Kernel 3.10-2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Distro LinuxMint 1 debian

(As of last night).

[#4]

Sadly the Nvidia drivers are still excrement when it comes to optimus enabled laptops
It's as if the people who write these drivers don't use Multiple monitors or something 
That said the drivers are considerably better than they used to be but not yet at a stage where I could actually use Linux as my main OS.

[#5]

Don't know about laptop drivers but the desktop series are fine with multiple monitors. Using 2 here, an 19" and a 20.5".

[#6]

Probably more due to the way optimus works for the inbuilt display than anything else, essentially to use the Nvidia GPU you render on the Nvidia then copy into the intel's framebuffer since it's the intel gpu connected to the internal screen.
A right mess.
Out of interest are you using an Nvidia or an AMD/ATI card?  I'd love to run linux on the HTPC but it's HD video decoding didn't work as well as it does on windows last time I tried it and that machine has one of those Fusion APU's (E350) which is to gutless to handle 1080p video without the GPU accelleration working properly.

[#7]

NVidia. Full hd decode in hardware.

[#8]

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jeremy@hector:~$ inxi -dG System:    Host hector Kernel 3.10-2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Distro LinuxMint 1 debian CPU:      Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (-MCP-) clocked at 1000.00 MHz Graphics:  Card NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] X.Org 1.12.4 Res: 1920x1080@60.0hz           GLX Renderer GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88 Disks:    HDD Total Size: 1250.3GB (29.8% used) Info:      Processes 161 Uptime 9:23 Memory 833.0/2012.4MB Client Shell inxi 1.4.23

[#9]

hairybiker@Duo:~$ inxi -dG
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 610]
          X.Org: 1.14.5 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1366x768@59.8hz, 1600x900@60.0hz
          GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 610/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2000.4GB (41.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HD204UI size: 2000.4GB
          Optical: /dev/sr0 model: N/A dev-links: cdrom
          Features: speed: 48x multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram

[#10]

adw@nofate:~$ DISPLAY=:0.0 inxi -SdG
System:    
           Host: nofate 
           Kernel: 3.12-1-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 
           Distro: Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid
Graphics:  
           Card: NVIDIA G84 [GeForce 8600 GTS] 
           X.Org: 1.14.5 
           driver: nvidia 
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.1hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce 8600 GTS/PCIe/SSE2 
           GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 319.76
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1950.4GB (78.4% used)
           1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3160215ACE size: 160.0GB
           2: id: /dev/sdc model: SAMSUNG_HD502HI size: 500.1GB 
           3: id: /dev/sdb model: ST3250620A size: 250.1GB
           4: id: /dev/sdd model: HDS722540VLSA80 size: 40.0GB 
           5: id: /dev/sde model: SAMSUNG_HD103SI size: 1000.2GB
           Optical: No optical drives detected.

I appear to have unplugged my DVD drive at some point ...  

[#11]

It also doesn't list my BR burner 
I used to have a drive list like yours but put a 2TB in over xmas, and moved everything over.

[#12]

I dropped the 40Gb (It only had a windows 7 install that I can't remember when I last booted anyway) and replaced it with another 1Tb drive last night and made a 2.3Tb LV out of the 2x1Tb and 500Gb drives.
I also re-connected the unplugged DVD drive whilst I was in there 

[#13]

Ouch! I had an LV ONCE. I lost 1Tb of stuff when a disk failed on it. No redundancy and no easy way to recover from a failure on it.
Now I just leave them as is and mount to sub folders as needed.
E.g. My "server" has 4 disks in it. one 40Gb system & home, one 2TB, 1 512Gb and 1 3Tb. All mounted to different areas and shared via nfs. This way I can move stuff about and maintain some free space on the drives.