[Wolves] G OS & Linux Mint

[leei at webmail.co.za]

> Hi All
>
> So I've had a *Very* quick look at;
> G OS (http://www.thinkgos.com)
> Linux Mint (http://linuxmint.com)
>
> I intend to do a write up review as soon as possible but I thought I'd
> share some initial thoughts with the great un-washed 1st ;-)
>
> G OS
> Looks nice, looks fun, What's the point? I mean its just desktop short
> cuts after all and if you ain't got an Internet connection well you're
> stuffed, sort of.
>
> I liked the embedded search panel, at first, until I realised each
> search produced its own Window! surely there should be an option to
> reuse the current window or at least be asked if you wanted to open
> the results in a new window.
>
> Linux Mint
> I have to say I like it, dick_turpin ducks to avoid the stale buns
> being hurled by the Ubuntu clan with shouts of "See, we said we was
> right" I like the colour scheme even though black is not my favourite
> colour but the desktop looks very slick and at least its not pooh
> colour although you do get a very quick flash of brown when the
> desktop start (weird?).
> The 'Mint updater' is pretty cool with its numbered ratings. The
> *Slab* menu is the best I've seen and is how one should work e.g. the
> slab extension is a scroll bar.
>
> I don't have anything to physically install Mint on at the moment but
> I will do at the weekend some members have installed/run Linux Mint
> and possibly G OS so I'm looking for some thoughts and comments which
> I'll have a look at, verify and or maybe yell "Liar liar bums on fire"
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Dick Turpin
> http://www.cannon-linux.co.uk
>
> Arch Linux is an independent i686-optimized community distribution for
> intermediate and advanced Linux users. Utilising a Rolling Release
> System packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a
> snapshot to the stable packages at that time. So there's no need for a
> fresh install the command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system.
>
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Hi Dick,

Hope you are well.

Have you managed to install Mint Linux 4 as of yet as I would like to know
what you thought of it.

Thanks,
Lee


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