I use Mint as well. Mint 17.3 came out recently should be what most people expect. Ubuntu with their UI is almost unusable for me.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:24 AM, G. Wade Johnson via Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > Good for you. I moved to Linux for my desktop years ago and have mostly > been happy. > > In recent years, I've been using Mint. It's basically a set of > modifications on Ubuntu, which is a packaged version of Debian. I've > been pretty happy with it. > > You can mostly use any help that applies to Ubuntu on Mint problems. > Any "Ubuntu-specific" packages work on Mint as well. > > G. Wade > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 06:37:01 -0600 > Mike Flannigan via Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I plan to buy a computer and install nothing but > > Linux on it. I will use it for Perl processing of > > text files, GIS (mapping), and simple things (e-mail, > > browsing, FTP, etc). I want to be able to Remote > > Desktop into Windows machines, and I want to be able > > to remote into my new Linux machine from Windows. > > Stability and speed are important, but not super > > important. This will be one of about 4 computers > > on a wired network. No servers to speak of. > > > > I value your opinion on which distro to select. I > > am favoring Ubuntu or OpenSuse, but am open to any. > > I have Ubuntu installed on one of my machines. I'm > > not crazy about it, but I do like the wide selection > > of software and easy installation of the software. > > > > Probably the most important thing to me is being able > > to find/obtain support. I'm probably not going to pay > > for the support, but that is an option too. > > > > If you would rather comment on what hardware to buy instead > > of what distro to use, I welcome that info also. I will > > probably buy a high dollar graphics card. Other than that I > > will buy what the computer store (Fry's) tells me to buy. > > > > When I read things like this: > > > https://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/810295-the-top-11-best-linux-distros-for-2015/ > > I tend towards OpenSuse. > > > > One word answers are welcome. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Mike > > 281-286-6869 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Houston mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > > > -- > I know I'm on the right track when by deleting code I'm adding > functionality. -- John Carter > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ >
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