Quick query about Linux Mint
Blimey...that took time to spot my deliberate mistake 
Ubuntu is 13.04. It's Mint that's 15.
Ok I'll own up to a typo.
Ubuntu is 13.04. It's Mint that's 15.
Ok I'll own up to a typo.
Well I for one am not up to date with the Ubuntu versions, although it is usually the year.month 
It isn't true that Ubuntu can't install in a secondary (logical) partition.
Quote from: vilefoxdemonofdoom It isn't true that Ubuntu can't install in a secondary (logical) partition.
I'm sure that's true
My Ubuntu installation went fine
Quote from: 30FTTC06 I'm running dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 7 on a laptop, works perfect, infact i just updated to 13.04 which i like. what is mint like anyway.. any good ?
You can customise it properly.
If you want a menu instead of that mobile phone style side-bar, you can have that.
Mint gives a screen layout a bit like Ubuntu had before they ruined it.
Looks like it has all the bits in the correct order anyway
I've not used Ubuntu before version 12.04 so layout i have no idea on, i think the last time i used linux was in 2007, SuSe i believe and a bit of redhat for game servers etc. I do like the Debian based stuff though very easy to use. Thanks for the screeny as well. Im looking for something a little less bloated than Ubuntu, maybe Mint is it.
I've not used Ubuntu before version 12.04 so layout i have no idea on, i think the last time i used linux was in 2007, SuSe i believe and a bit of redhat for game servers etc. I do like the Debian based stuff though very easy to use. Thanks for the screeny as well. Im looking for something a little less bloated than Ubuntu, maybe Mint is it.
Standard Mint is not really less bloated than Ubuntu.
You could try running XFCE "Xbuntu" which needs a lot less power for over-fancy graphics.
See http://xubuntu.org/
You could try running XFCE "Xbuntu" which needs a lot less power for over-fancy graphics.
See http://xubuntu.org/
Could we keep this about MINT please. This isn't chit chat
Bloat is relative, Mint has a lot of the codecs you would need to install separately in other distro's. If you are after a light distro then Mint probably isn't it, but if you want one that will play almost any video/audio file (OOB) then it is. I tend to remove some pre-installed apps, but not many, I cannot stand the new "flashy" menus, I prefer Gnome 2.n look a likes, so I run Mate desktop. Very customisable and you can even use the same applets you had in Gnome.
Bloat is relative, Mint has a lot of the codecs you would need to install separately in other distro's. If you are after a light distro then Mint probably isn't it, but if you want one that will play almost any video/audio file (OOB) then it is. I tend to remove some pre-installed apps, but not many, I cannot stand the new "flashy" menus, I prefer Gnome 2.n look a likes, so I run Mate desktop. Very customisable and you can even use the same applets you had in Gnome.
I like the customability (is that a word?) of the Cinnamon variety.
I use the generic graphics driver though - seems very stable.
I use the generic graphics driver though - seems very stable.
I don't like the cinnamon toolbar, there is just too much you can't do with it. And the fact you have to restart cinnamon to get updates to show 
I have it installed to play with but use Mate as my default desktop, C hasn't really been booted for a while. M15 is waiting for the caja-terminal app to be updated for it, then I will update to M15 Mate.
The Hot Corners really bugged me in the first edition, glad they are switched off now. Why would I want an expo when I was aiming for the menu?
I have it installed to play with but use Mate as my default desktop, C hasn't really been booted for a while. M15 is waiting for the caja-terminal app to be updated for it, then I will update to M15 Mate.
The Hot Corners really bugged me in the first edition, glad they are switched off now. Why would I want an expo when I was aiming for the menu?