But surely one reason to go with mint is to get off the God awful ubuntu update cycle, which would mean going with the debian version (wouldn't it?) On 27/05/2011 1:40 PM, "yuri" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27 May 2011 08:49, Mayes, Kerry wrote: >> Hi All >> >> I have made the transition to Linux Mint Debian. I made the machine dual >> boot between Mint and Ubuntu L - I didn't really end up with a preference >> between the two, I just had more difficulty getting everything working under >> Ubuntu. > > Can I suggest using the Ubuntu based version of Linux Mint. > It has all the proprietary driver and codec stuff that Ubuntu leaves > out for philosophical reasons, so many things that don't work easily > in Ubuntu will work in Mint. > > The Debian version of Mint is not as polished and less stuff works, > according to Mint's own website. > > Mint is sticking with Gnome rather than Unity, even the Ubuntu based Mint. > > Yuri > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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