bs_kwaj
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Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:55:10 AM
I was having all sorts of trouble with Ubuntu so I switch to Linux Mint... which is based on Ubuntu.

This is one of the cool desktop backgrounds available. And that would be a nice herfin' spot!

And, of course, there's a little plug for cigarbid in there. :-)

(I scaled this down to be able to upload it here, which makes it a bit less sharp. The original image is 1920x1200 on my BenQ 24 inch monitor. Clicking on the image brings it up about 1/3 bigger.)mint_desktop.jpg

Gene363
Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:12:53 PM
Nice! I think you will like Mint. I have installed and used it on a couple of computers. I also have Mint and Puppy Linux installed on memory sticks to boot corrupted OS installs.
DadZilla3
Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:26:42 PM
What version of Mint are you running? And is it KDE?
bs_kwaj
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Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:23:57 PM
It's Linux Mint 14 Nadia.

It's not KDE. And I'm a little out of touch. Not sure what the manager is?

I'll have to get back in there and do some checking.

DadZilla3
Friday, January 25, 2013 4:14:41 AM

It's Linux Mint 14 Nadia.

It's not KDE. And I'm a little out of touch. Not sure what the manager is?

I'll have to get back in there and do some checking.

bs_kwaj wrote:

Thanks...I've been running XP for awhile on a used computer I bought from a co-worker. When that one craps out, I'll be back to Linux. The last version I tried was PCLinuxOS with KDE. Very user friendly even for a non hard-core geek like me..

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Friday, January 25, 2013 8:16:56 AM
Looks like the default desktop environment is Mate, as oppose to Cinnamon.

OK, here it is in /etc:

bs@bs-GA-E7AUM-DS2H /etc/linuxmint $ cat info

RELEASE=14

CODENAME=nadia

EDITION="MATE 64-bit"

DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 14 Nadia"

DESKTOP=MATE

TOOLKIT=GTK

NEW_FEATURES_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_nadia_whatsnew.php

RELEASE_NOTES_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_nadia.php

USER_GUIDE_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation.php

GRUB_TITLE=Linux Mint 14 MATE 64-bit

z6joker9
Friday, January 25, 2013 11:25:31 AM
I always forget linux has a gui :P

Looking good there.

jackconrad
Friday, January 25, 2013 12:22:13 PM
Addicted to love
DadZilla3
Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:38:12 AM

Looks like the default desktop environment is Mate, as oppose to Cinnamon.

OK, here it is in /etc:

bs@bs-GA-E7AUM-DS2H /etc/linuxmint $ cat info

RELEASE=14

CODENAME=nadia

EDITION="MATE 64-bit"

DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 14 Nadia"

DESKTOP=MATE

TOOLKIT=GTK

NEW_FEATURES_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_nadia_whatsnew.php

RELEASE_NOTES_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_nadia.php

USER_GUIDE_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation.php

GRUB_TITLE=Linux Mint 14 MATE 64-bit

bs_kwaj wrote:

Thanks!

tyyler82
Saturday, January 26, 2013 3:10:38 PM
Makes me want to go water skiing.