Comments on: Linux Mint: Your Best Choice for a Desktop Linux OS

By: Abhilash

Abhilash — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:01:34 +0000

@Bob
Gnome is the default desktop for Linux Mint, not KDE. I agree with you on KDE being only hype and gnome being the more mature and easier to use desktop… but I dont agree on Ubuntu being better than Mint. If anything else Mint is what Ubuntu should have been.

@Florian
Stop trolling

@Manolis
Mint is proven to be more stable.

By: Satyajit

Satyajit — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:01:00 +0000

Are you mad? Linux Mint is based on ubuntu, or you can say, modified ubuntu. But its much more user friendly and stable.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:21:38 +0000

I have tried mint on several occasions, IMHO it is rubbish, the only linux that seems to read my second hard drive automatically is Ubuntu, which I have used for several years. Also cannot understand why anybody would want to use up resources by running KDE, especially newbies Gnome is much easier to configure.

By: Minted

Minted — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:07:35 +0000

Linux Mint 8 Helena

It has to be one of the best distro’s of 2009….

By: Burtm10

Burtm10 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:21:05 +0000

@skodarally – Switch to OpenOffice. Works natively with Linux, reads and writes to Word files (if you must), prints to PDF, is open source and free.

Burning stuff to cd /dvd lots of tools so don’t limit yourself to Nero. I don’t know Final Draft but my experience with Linux is that Wine works great with most programs and Virtualbox with your favourite Windows version does all the rest. I have 1 program which I use, occasionally, in VirtualBox because there is no alternative in Linux and it won’t run in Wine.

I switched to Mint after Xubuntu and I am extremely happy with it. Does all I need and much more, plus it’s faster than Windoze on my laptop. I no longer dual boot. I feel much cleaner now.

By: skodarally

skodarally — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:31:00 +0000

Can I use Windows programmes like Word (A must have, I am a writer), Nero, Final Draft, etc, if I use Wine? Thanks. I am utterly fed up with Windows and looking to take a new path. Half the time I have had my desktop PC has been wasted trying to get it to work properly!

By: TheMonitor

TheMonitor — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:24:28 +0000

actually, the default does look like windows. But it’s linux…a few clicks and you have 2 panels, and different colors, then customize them, and grab a custom theme, and wallpaper, looks 200% different. may i suggest to not use defaults, make it your own.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:34 +0000

(Regarding Florian) Troll Alert.

By: name

name — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:10:15 +0000

linux mint is very well suited for internet cafes, and could also come in useful for refurbished computer companies (i.e. sell 2nd hand/refurbished gear with a working, free os)

By: Florian

Florian — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:42:18 +0000

Linux Mint is like a themed version of Windows. It’s shit. It does nothing better than Ubuntu, and does loads of stuff way worse.