Comments on TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: Linux Mint 3.0: A Date with Cassandra

I must be really lucky. My laptop with Cassandra f...

2007-10-22T02:16:00.000+08:00

I must be really lucky. My laptop with Cassandra found the wireless WPA and pretty much set itself up. It was so easy, I forget if there was anything that I needed to do except put in the password.

Thanks for the info. I'll download the new version...

2007-09-27T10:52:00.000+08:00

Thanks for the info. I'll download the new version today.

New Version of Mint is out as of 9/24/2007. Linux...

2007-09-27T06:12:00.000+08:00

New Version of Mint is out as of 9/24/2007. Linux Mint 3.1 Celena. Could you take a look and update your review?

mint is good but as great as pclinuxos. i found pc...

2007-09-19T10:42:00.000+08:00

mint is good but as great as pclinuxos. i found pclinuxos 2007 to be the most stable, usable and fast desktop among the linux desktop flavors.

I've been using linux for about 8-9 years now, and...

2007-09-17T21:23:00.000+08:00

I've been using linux for about 8-9 years now, and I still found mint to be one of the nicest 'smoothest' distros I've ever used. Hardware support is magnificent, I am using it on an IBM thinkpad and I've yet to find a piece of hardware that doesn't work. Even my wireless pcmcia card and my usb bluetooth adaptor worked instantly, with no configuration whatsoever. This review is excellent for the non-linux user thinking about trying linux. Don't be too hard on the guy he's not writing for a magazine.

My advice is to use the KDE community edition, even though it's a little bigger and requires a DVD it's well worth it.

I agree with you David. But adding codecs or addit...

2007-09-13T16:25:00.000+08:00

I agree with you David. But adding codecs or additional software to Mint is a breeze because it is based in Ubuntu. I love Cassandra and I love this review.

I just want to point out if you download Cassandr...

2007-09-13T15:59:00.000+08:00

I just want to point out if you download
Cassandra Light Edition you will not be able to play Flash, encrypted DVDs, Windows Media, or even MP3s. This is because the Light Edition is a proprietary software/codec Free version. If you want these features out of the box you will need to download either the Regular or Community Edition. I appreciate the review and I agree Mint is an elegant distribution.

Thank you all for the comments. I’m glad that I’m ...

2007-09-13T15:41:00.000+08:00

Thank you all for the comments. I’m glad that I’m not the only one who is seeing the potential of this young distro.

a pleasant review for a sweet distro, that's a fac...

2007-09-13T08:40:00.000+08:00

a pleasant review for a sweet distro, that's a fact. the only mods that i have made is to change the boot splash and desktop wallpaper to cassandra blue. it would be really good to see linux mint be a pre-installed distro in the future. what, is that gateway calling ? would do 'em some good !!

Well, I guess the word is out then, huh.I was hopi...

2007-09-13T06:11:00.000+08:00

Well, I guess the word is out then, huh.

I was hoping to keep this gem of a linux distribution all to myself. LOL!

Great article!

I certainly agree that the review is very good and...

2007-09-13T05:41:00.000+08:00

I certainly agree that the review is very good and makes me want to try Mint (I have already), this is IMHO what needs to be done to have more Windoze users shift to (or at least try) any Linux flavor.

To Michael: I have had the same problems you describe with WPA support in a laptop from my workplace, I suggest you try SAM Linux or MCN Linux or even PCLinuxOS, they have the best WiFi support I have seen on a LiveCD.

2 cents more ;-)

Warper

Great article.Mint is a very good distro.I used to...

2007-09-13T03:42:00.000+08:00

Great article.

Mint is a very good distro.

I used to be a "Red Hat / Fedora kind of guy" for quite some time, and before that I used HP-UX a lot (since 1991 in fact...).

I switched to Mint on my "main" desktop half a year ago (after some serious trouble with Fedora 7), and I have absolutely no reason look for alternatives.

Of course, there might be trouble here+there, also in the Mint, but hey - that's was most distro's offer as an "add-on".
Fortunately, forums exists...

I'm still running XP on the laptop, however.
Main reason is that wireless WPA-access seems to be so d*mned hard to get running on most (any?) *NIX out there currently.
Yes, I know about all the 'chipset' stuff, manual configuration, ndiswrapper etc.etc., but still wishes now and then that some distros will make a real breakthrough in this field.

Just my 2 cents...

//Michael.

Precisely Arindam, our opinions are alike.

2007-09-12T23:13:00.000+08:00

Precisely Arindam, our opinions are alike.

@SM, perhaps this link can help solve your problem...

2007-09-12T23:04:00.000+08:00

@SM, perhaps this link can help solve your problem.

i have been using Linux mint Bianca for the last t...

2007-09-12T22:56:00.000+08:00

i have been using Linux mint Bianca for the last three months and I must say it is fairly easy for a newbie. This has all the advantages of ubuntu minus the limitations of non avalaiblity of codecs , restricted drivers,etc which is required to be separately installed in ubuntu by the user.Thus for the newbie it is the most easy distro to install and use.

I tried installing it on my Xubuntu laptop. It we...

2007-09-12T22:36:00.000+08:00

I tried installing it on my Xubuntu laptop. It went through everything smoothly until it got to the grub-install.

For some reason, it could not install grub on my hard drive. (Xubutnu did, but not Mint.)

I tried changing the device name (it was using hd0, and for some reason I think it's sd0), but to no avail.

I'm not a linux expert at all, although as I was 'raised on DOS' so to speak, I am comfortable with the command line.

But my knowledge is very limited, so there's probably some way I could have fixed the problem. In the meantime, no matter how much I like Mint, I have to stick with Ubuntu. (Until someone tells me what I did wrong.)

Well-said Nimix & Gnome, thanks for your comments....

2007-09-12T18:45:00.000+08:00

Well-said Nimix & Gnome, thanks for your comments. Certainly, you made the right choice Gnome. I forgot to mention the boot time speed of Mint, I think it’s more faster than Ubuntu.

I feel the strength of the new, popular distros li...

2007-09-12T04:01:00.000+08:00

I feel the strength of the new, popular distros like Mint, as well as Ubuntu and PCLOS, is in their ease of adoption for the novice Linux user. This is a very fast-growing segment right now, and it's about time. The more experienced users don't usually give them much attention, so often cursory reviews like this are sufficient to pique interest enough to try a live cd or install. Plus, since Mint is an offshoot of Ubuntu it's common knowledge that hardware support is top-notch - at least it should be common knowledge for 'the more seasoned crowd'.

I can't speak to wireless cards but USB devices work effortlessly. Mint's a great place to start your migration from Windows. It's about as painless as Linux gets, while still having all the power and control the Vets might want. It's more than eye-candy, it's smooth and thorough and flexible and a pleasure to run, on a variety of hardware.

I guess you might be able to tell what distro I'm posting from. ;-)

JUN is right. In addition, if you are a more seaso...

2007-09-12T02:04:00.001+08:00

JUN is right. In addition, if you are a more seasoned linux user then you can always find a way to know whether those chipsets are supported and how to fix it if it doesn’t work. But ever-increasing hardware devices are already supporting linux or are already supported by linux so it’s not that much of an issue.

Well my friend, first of all, this review is not j...

2007-09-12T02:04:00.000+08:00

Well my friend, first of all, this review is not just intended for more advanced Linux users like you, maybe. This review is summarized and dummyfied to cater Linux and would-be Linux users in all levels. I agree with you that I'm not a professional reviewer but I have given my own honest view and information regarding this distro.

Although I do appreciate and understand the need f...

2007-09-11T21:47:00.000+08:00

Although I do appreciate and understand the need for reviews like these, as they should appeal to the Linux know-nothings, but to the more seasoned crowd, this review falls far short of the mark that a professional reviewer would have set. A real review should contain a great deal more detail than this, and should contain actual benchmarks and hardware tests. You did none of that, and so the reader is left wondering about things like wifi support/functionality for common chipsets like Broadcom, Atheros, etc.. Or how about things like USB support for things like external drives, webcams, etc..???

Umm.. Hello? Who gives a crap how "pretty" Mint is if it cant support common hardware?.. Really.

Thanks, but no thanks.

You're welcome nimix

2007-09-11T17:36:00.000+08:00

You're welcome nimix

Thanks for the review. I'm downloading it right no...

2007-09-11T17:33:00.000+08:00

Thanks for the review. I'm downloading it right now.