Hi I am quite liking Xubuntu at the mo, but I do have a habit of flitting from distro to distro. Ive been looking at Mint Linux and it looks great, a streamlined and polished Ubuntu. Is it just a fancy looking Ubuntu? Is it a cut down or lightweight version? Would it run better than Xubuntu? Simon --- http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - http://www.tinyurl.com/macspectrum (sent using Sony Ericsson P990i)
On 27-May-10 18:52:43, Simon Royal wrote:
Hi I am quite liking Xubuntu at the mo, but I do have a habit of flitting from distro to distro.
Ive been looking at Mint Linux and it looks great, a streamlined and polished Ubuntu.
Is it just a fancy looking Ubuntu? Is it a cut down or lightweight version? Would it run better than Xubuntu?
Simon
I had noticed that Mint is one of the distros on the latest Linux Format CD, and wondered about it. Now that you ask about it, I've had a look at the Mint website: http://www.linuxmint.com I'm disappointed to find that (as far as I can see) there is no listing whatever of the different packages that may be available for Linux Mint. What development/compilation packages are there? C? C++? FORTRAN? What's available on the scientific/mathematical front? Can you install TeX/LaTeX? Etc. Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 27-May-10 Time: 20:13:37 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
On Thu, 27 May 2010 20:13:39 +0100 (BST) (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk> allegedly wrote:
I had noticed that Mint is one of the distros on the latest Linux Format CD, and wondered about it. Now that you ask about it, I've had a look at the Mint website: http://www.linuxmint.com
I'm disappointed to find that (as far as I can see) there is no listing whatever of the different packages that may be available for Linux Mint.
What development/compilation packages are there? C? C++? FORTRAN? What's available on the scientific/mathematical front? Can you install TeX/LaTeX? Etc.
Ted Mint is based on ubuntu, which is, of course, itself derived from debian. So any package in the ubuntu repository (or any .deb package) can be installed quite easily. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- The text file for RFC 854 contains exactly 854 lines. Do you think there is any cosmic significance in this? Douglas E Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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What development/compilation packages are there? C? C++? FORTRAN? What's available on the scientific/mathematical front? Can you install TeX/LaTeX? Etc.
http://community.linuxmint.com/software From: http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_isadora.php "Featured improvements in this release: 30,000 applications catalogued and reviewable both online and in the new software manager..." HtH, Laurie. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Ive been looking at Mint Linux and it looks great, a streamlined and polished Ubuntu.
Is it just a fancy looking Ubuntu? Is it a cut down or lightweight version? Would it run better than Xubuntu?
Simon
If you like the idea of something different; based on debian and KDE, fast (i've tested it on an old P3) and works without problem [well so far that i've experienced] try Mepis. Given that it's a "one man show" i wonder why larger distros seem to have so many problems. james
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