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On 02/10/2012 07:51 AM, Laura Conrad wrote: >>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Metro <tmetro-blu at vl.com> writes: > Tom> [The first of a series of posts on Linux desktops.] > > Tom> We've discussed the idea of using Mint as an alternative to > Tom> Ubuntu here before, but how many of you have actually done > Tom> that? > > I've used Ubuntu for a decade or so on my desktop, but about a year ago, > I was having terrible problems running it on the laptop (an old > Thinkpad), because of power management and graphics issues. > > So the laptop is now running Mint. There's a wierd problem with Flash > in chromium, and there was a problem with sound being quite noisy, which > got fixed by updating everything. So on the whole, I'm pretty happy. > It certainly doesn't hang when I close the lid or run a screensaver the > way Ubuntu 10.04LTS did. > > I would like to say that the netbook (an Acer Aspire One) is also > running Linux Mint, but the graphical install failed because the screen > was too small, and I haven't gotten around to doing anything different, > so it runs Windows when I use it at all. > My netbook (Acer Aspire One) has an Atom N450 running Fedora 16. There is no problem with graphics on it. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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