[aklug] Re: ubuntu and linux mint?

Mint is a lot more than just a green/black theme on Ubuntu, but as an
Ubuntu-derived distro with Gnome as the stock WM it certainly looks
that way. The difference is really in the details. There is a lot to
Mint of what I would call "fit and polish" details. MintMenu,
MintUpdate, MintWifi, MintInstall just to name a few.

No amount of fiddling has ever made Suspend/Resume on this laptop work
under Ubuntu, regardless of WM. Mint? Just works. Mint rolls your
restricted codices into the base install, so no "unlock medibuntu,
install this, install that" to get basic stuff like flash, video, and
mp3 to work.

I love MintUpdate, and it has seen some serious revision since that
wiki entry. I love the safety level rating for package updates. Do you
really need every update that rolls out, as soon as it is available?
Often not.

MintMenu is forked from TastyMenu. You're not stuck with it.

MintInstall is a nifty way to install packages from a wide variety of sources.

There is nothing earthshattering in Mint. Mint forked from Ubuntu
Dapper Drake and has been kept updated to be concurrent with every
Ubuntu release since. Mint KDE CE was reforked from Ubunry Hardy
Heron, and it is my understanding that the whole project is being
reforked from Ubuntu all over again to handle 64bit support.

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Robert Crowe <crowe.robert@gmail.com> wrote:
> I used it Mint 4.0 KDE for 6 months-definitely what sets apart from Ubuntu
> besides all the included codecs and plugins is Mint Update. The best
> description from wikipedia:
> *MintUpdate*: Update-software designed specifically for Linux Mint.
>> MintUpdate assigns updates a safety-level (from 1 to 5), based on the
>> stability and necessity of the update. Updates can be set to notify users
>> (as is normal), be listed but not notify, or be hidden by default. In
>> addition to including updates specifically for the Mint distribution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution>,
>> the development team tests all package-wide updates. This system is designed
>> to prevent inexperienced users from installing updates that are unnecessary
>> or require a certain level of knowledge to configure properly. MintUpdate is
>> currently in beta 1.5 and will be included in the next Mint release. If
>> mintInstall is used to install a program from the default repositories, that
>> program is able to receive updates via mintUpdate
>>
>
> I looked at what was included in Levels 4 and 5-stuff like kernel upgrades
> etc. Seemed to work smooth-nary a hiccup. Used Mepis 7.0 for almost a year,
> even for my work with Forestry (using gpsman to pull down shp files and
> deliver to the GIS guys on the fire-what a novelty!) and nowadays subsisting
> on Ubuntu Studio 8.10. My take? If your going to spend time to download a
> iso and install it, it's best to use something that works right out of the
> box.
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Lee <lee@afabco.org> wrote:
>
>> Someone mentioned Linux Mint and how it has mostly become their distro of
>> choice.
>> After googling, it does appear to be very popular. But, with apologies, it
>> looks like
>> it's ubuntu with a different topset of packages. Is there more to it than
>> that?
>>
>> thx
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