Comments on: Linux Mint 13 “Maya”: A Very Stable Release With Long-Term Support

By: Vishal Srivastava

Vishal Srivastava — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:06:04 +0000

Thanks for the review!! I’ve tried a few flavors of Linux and have added Linux Mint to my list.

By: fallen heart

fallen heart — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:55:21 +0000

I love LM too but i am stuck with lm12 due to sopme bug in lm13 with usb dongles……:(

By: Boni Oloff

Boni Oloff — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:12:33 +0000

This distribution of Linux looks very beautiful. I think i love it.
Gonna try this system, better than the new Windows 8.. )

By: elderpav

elderpav — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:24:42 +0000

Not sure what 919263 is talking about, I recently tried Linux Mint and Easy Peasy on my netbook and both of them supported wifi right out of the box. They both had no trouble whatsoever finding & connecting to my home wifi network right away. I must say I’m sold on Mint. I love it. I used Ubuntu before, never was crazy about Unity. I love the Applications Menu, and the Compatibility Mode which made installation a breeze. It correctly detected & had drivers for all my hardware. I’m converted.

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:28:49 +0000

Hi,

@Ted: I would recommend your googling up the word “netiquette”.

@Danny (reviewer): Thanks for your posting your review, it made a lot of sense of sense to me, and it was also quite considerate of you to take some time to share your knowledge with others. Although it might not be 100% accurate, as Cinnamon is stated by the Mint guys to be somewhat unstable as of yet, I learned a couple of new things on this great distribution. Thanks for sharing.

As for the desktops, I have been using Gnome 2 for some time now (since Mint 8, Ubuntu 9.04) and I have got used to the way this desktop works, as it is very simple to use and very similar in functionality to Windows; I completely agree with your stating that the average Windows user will, in most of the cases, feel right at home. So, I am using Mint13-MATE which has proved very stable and easy-using as previous Mint distros. I haven’t tried Cinnamon, but MATE provides the Gnome 2 functionality I’m looking for.

I have also tried Ubuntu 12.04 and its “Unity” desktop which I do not like too much, as for me, it is less productive (maybe not for others). BUT, I installed “gnome-session-fallback” on it, did a couple of simple tweakings, and I now have a Gnome-2 functionality, not 100% though, but which is good enough for me. I know it is better not to have to tweak anything, as everything should run out-of-the-box to choose your settings, just as with Ubuntu 11.04, where you could choose among different desktops (Ubuntu – default = Unity, Ubuntu classic = Gnome 2), but well, I like Ubuntu very much (not its Unity desktop) as it has a fantastic software install app (Synaptic – but need to install manually) which makes it just hassle-free to install any Linux software you want with a few clicks for FREE, and just works great in my PC, so I’m also using Ubuntu 12.04 with the “fallback session” (meaning Gnome-2 like desktop).

I also installed Fedora17, but unfortunately for die-hard Gnome 2 fans like me, it didn’t prove as easy to tweak to get a Gnome-2 experience. I installed “gnome-tweak-tools”, did some tweaking but I just ended up with an ugly-looking, non-functional desktop with Gnome-shell + app menus. Not that useful to me, so, I had to drop Fedora17. I must state that the desktop experience is very important to me for choosing a distro over another. Others might disagree, but I agree with them to disagree.

It must be mentioned, however, that Fedora has the most software installed by default than any other distro I’ve tried, and lets you choose among the latest and cutting edge software available, and that’s really good, as I installed lots of software that I use at work. Unfortunately, fedora 17 does not provide choices to users regarding the desktop, and that is not good for me.

CentOS is also a great Gnome2 distro, but it might prove too plain for some users, and it lacks the great software installation functionality that Ubuntu’s Synaptic provides, but if you just want to get your work done, this distro is just fine. I am also using this in my PC, and works just fine.

So Danny, thanks for the great review, I enjoyed it and I’m just adding my 2 cents.

By: kirk

kirk — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:17:48 +0000

New install for me and the only thing I ran into was some extra stuff I had to do cause I wanted to dual boot with win7 from a 2nd hard drive, but after some research it really was bsdEasy program I was using that was not up to date. I expected more of an issue, but so far has worked great. Yep new learning curve if you have used since Windows all your life (me since 3.11), but once you see where everything is, it sure is a lot faster to get to things and the kicker…it runs faster!

By: kirk

kirk — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:11:48 +0000

3 year old Dell system and Windows 7 couldn’t get my chipset right which in turn did not turn on my wifi and gave me a dumbed down video driver with 800×600 resolution and of course no printer. Dual booting same box and Linux Mint supported all my devices and even gave me a generic NVidia driver and updated it with on click if I needed faster 3d support. Even supported my newer Lexmark printer right out of the box. But than again, I’m not scared of finding a driver or two in return for freedom to do what I want, but I was pleasantly surprised.

By: ted zontag

ted zontag — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:39:23 +0000

“Even Windows users trying Linux Mint for the first time won’t have any problem from the get-go. Linux Mint 13 includes Cinnamon 1.4″

Are you on crack? This Cinnamon is broken as well as having a learing curve as it is very different than windows…Just stupid..please next time write a review that really makes sense…and be honest about this buggy hard to use operating system shell.
Cinnamon and all its Gnome 3 buggy NON INTUITIVE shenanigans can take a hike.
Your review is vapid and not a true reflection of what users will be up against with this broken piece of crap.

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:14:35 +0000

Quite strange! I haven’t had any issues whatsoever. But you’re welcome to try any other distribution….Ubuntu maybe?

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:14:01 +0000

You mean the menu shown for the Cinnamon desktop? You’re probably with the original because you’re on the MATE desktop.

And I took those screenshots myself. :)

By: Senad Jahic

Senad Jahic — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 07:49:55 +0000

“Linux Mint 13 “Maya”: A Very Stable Release” – this can say only somebody who hasn’t realy used Linux Mint 13.

I have this versioin of Linux on two computers and I am searching for different version, since I have some serious issues with this one:

- it destroys data on my USB – USB is not damaged, since I ‘ve tested it on Windows. This problem appears on both computers with Linux Mint 13, but not on Windows.

- when internet connection breaks down, I need to restart my computer in order to reconnect.

By: Kshitij Verma

Kshitij Verma — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:59:13 +0000

Alrighty 2 questions –
> How come you got that mint menu (like the one you have shown in the article) and i am still stuck with the original one in mint maya?
> Did you take these screenshots yourself or downloaded them from the internet?

Thanks! Great article by the way. Just installed from the 800mb disc on my brand new Acer 4736z. Works great!

By: linuxlover

linuxlover — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:50:14 +0000

I am currently using rosalinux 2012 kde for some time now as I prefer kde 4 to gnome3(due to some awkward customization probs). Linux mint was my previous distro of choice before it switched to gnome 3 and mate on version 12.Thanks to your nice review,I will be trying the maya release(mate probably,but cinnamon also sounds nice).Thanks again for the review.:D

By: Danny Stieben

Danny Stieben — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:04:13 +0000

I’m sorry to hear that, shankar. Be sure to keep your system up-to-date to see if that may resolve the issue.

If not, you may want to reinstall the system. Before you do, make sure that the ISO downloaded correctly (compare checksums) and that the burn to CD/USB went correctly as well (verify it).

By: shankar

shankar — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:01:39 +0000

using Lisa from the past 4months, experience was fantastic….liked it a lot……removed windows and running mint in all my systems at office and home…..downloaded Maya recently and performed a fresh installation, system freezing completely while using firefox……searching for solution over the forums and stuff but not able to find solution yet………tought of getting some help over here :). thanks in advance.