I agree with your observations about Mint 10 being a slightly better refined version of Ubuntu. I installed Mint 10 on an old Dell Optiplex a few weeks ago over a regular Ubuntu install. It was my first go at Mint as I felt I would need to do less tweaking to get what I wanted than if I'd installed Maverick.
I was less interested in the appearance of Mint 10 (as I like to change appearance from time to time anyway) and more concerned with functionality. There were more out of the box things I wanted available and so it took far less time to commission the machine.
In install terms, it was quick and painless, but it was a fresh install on to an empty hard disk on an old machine. The only thing it failed to detect on the Optiplex was the full range of resolutions on the graphics adapter which needed to be entered manually. That may freak out a beginner but most of us who've used Linux for a while wouldn't find that too difficult a task.
Speed-wise, I haven't compared it on that computer with other distros but I've no complaints and it performs much as I'd expect on a machine of this class.
In all, Mint 10 seems to be Ubuntu Maverick with what was for me a few convenient changes that suit my use. I don't see any issues above and beyond that that wouldn't be common to Ubuntu Maverick.
Mark
On 19/12/10 21:51, James Freer wrote:
I did some distro "assessment" a few weeks ago and i've switched to Mint 9 xfce (not quite answering your question).
I wasn't very keen on purple and the other changes and i wanted the less sophisticated desktop. I didn't mind brown - i just got used to it. I preferred Mint's green to xubuntu's midnight blue [too dark].
Mint's xfce Ver 10 is due out shortly. I'm surprised that Alistair found the Mint main 10 slow... but with recent development they are running a bit slower.
The main reason for using Mint is that they do a final check on *buntu and release when it's ready - not 'as is' on a particular date.
james
On 19 December 2010 21:16, Alistair Macgregoralistairnacf@aol.com wrote:
Hi
I had LinuxMint 10 installed on my laptop for around 10 days and went back to Ubuntu 10.04.
I found Mint too slow and I could never find the software i wanted in the downloader.
Mac
Royal wrote:
Hi
Has anyone tried the new 'Julia' version of Linux Mint. Its version 10.
I used Linux Mint 9 LXDE a few months ago and it was amazing. Stable, gorgeous and very fast even on a P3 500mhz.
Im thinking of putting 10 on my ThinkPad when it arrives.
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