[HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?

[Dave Winterton]

Hi Julian,
Why not duel boot?, Mint looks to be really good to a non user like me
and then have play with others on a small part of your hard drive.
It's easier than seting up virtual machines.
If Debian/Ubunti is prefered why not Bodhi?based on Ubunti with 
Enlightenment as a window manager ( apparentely you can't call it a
desktop)
It will drive you mad to start with, but the vibrating windows can be
switched off 
and after a while you wonder why every desktop doesn't let you click on
a blank 
bit of screen to call up the menu. And if you just want to log on for
your emails it is so fast.

Manjaro seems very interesting, a beefed up and more rounded Arch based
distro than 
Chakra that is my main distro,

a bit like Julian I am looking at new distros to go along side Chakra,
small and fast being
the basic rule. If we are meeting next week I will bring a few Dvd along
if anyone wants 
to try them.
<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: George DiceGeorge [dicegeorge at hotmail.com]
>Sent: 11/22/2014 7:49:23 AM
>To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?
>
>Ubuntustudio andor lubuntu
>
>--- Original Message ---
>
>From: "Julian Robbins" <joolsr1 at gmail.com>
>Sent: 22 November 2014 12:36
>To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group"
<herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?
>
>Hello Ann
>
>Thanks for the mention of Manjaro it might suit be well
>
>I've installed it in a virtualbox and will try the community version
with
>Cinnamon on it when I get a moment
>
>Julian
>On 20 Nov 2014 14:03, "Ann" <catether at talktalk.net> wrote:
>
>> Although I loved Mint - Mate, I have switched to Manjaro as I like
the
>> rolling release, installing software is so easy - but I haven't had
the
>> courage to install pure Arch yet.
>> Ann
>> On 20/11/14 01:55, brightfield at runbox.com wrote:
>>
>>> I went for the LTS Canonical's knack of screwing rolling releases up
>>> meant I opted not to upgrade to 14.10.. They have kind of cracked it
with
>>> 14.04 for an everyday distro.. That's my 2pence worth for what it's
worth..
>>>
>>> Smiles C
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the EE network.
>>> Original Message
>>> From: Julian Robbins
>>> Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2014 00:08
>>> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
>>> Reply To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
>>> Subject: Re: [HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?
>>>
>>> I actually meant Ubuntu 14.10 which must be out now ??
>>>
>>> Julian
>>>
>>> On 19 November 2014 23:49, <brightfield at runbox.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been using Ubuntu 14.04 for the last few months and it has been
very
>>>> stable.. They have really sorted out the issues with unity?. I find
it
>>>> just
>>>> works... It is very mature now..
>>>>
>>>> Charlie.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the EE network.
>>>> Original Message
>>>> From: Julian Robbins
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:43
>>>> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group
>>>> Reply To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
>>>> Subject: [HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> As you may know Linux Mint used to release its distro based on the
Ubuntu
>>>> packages and its own desktop environments of Cinnamon and mate
about a
>>>> month after Ubuntu's distro releases. But the upcoming release of
Mint 18
>>>> will be the first that will have only the major DE updates and some
major
>>>> application updates but won't have general application new versions
as is
>>>> usual which I can understanding their thinking to improve stability
but I
>>>> really would like new versions of applications without hundreds of
messy
>>>> PPAs everywhere ...
>>>>
>>>> So what do I do ? Go back to Ubuntu and install Cinnamon on top ?
Messy
>>>> but
>>>> would work, or move to a totally new distro like Arch which is very
>>>> powerful but possibly too much work to keep on top of
>>>>
>>>> ..Or something else - any suggestions ??
>>>>
>>>> I want to keep on the Debian/Ubuntu/Mint line rather than Suse or
Fedora
>>>> too ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Also new Ubuntu was released a short while back and its the first
time I
>>>> recall a new ubuntu without absolutely anyone telling me about it
... Is
>>>> it
>>>> that boring now when new distro versions come out that we know what
to
>>>> expect ... ?
>>>>
>>>> Julian
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