Cinnamon Mint

[abacus]

Hello All,
I have been a Linux user for a while now and just upgraded to Mint Linux 13 Cinnamon. Does it get much better than this! I am forced at work to use Windows and the family are all Mac users. I have to provide support to numerous relatives across a number of platforms. I have been reluctant to move people over to Linux because it would create too much anxiety for me, but Mint Linux has reached that stage of maturity that it is a serious contender for the basic Windows user. (Mac users are an entity to themselves and not worth the bother of even trying to convert them!) I am seriously excited about the new distro. I hope to learn a lot more than I know so I can spead the word.

[xenopeek]

Hi abacus, welcome to the Linux Mint forums Thanks for joining the forums! With Linux Mint 13 being a long-term support release (supported till April 2017), the MATE edition especially may be a good candidate for relatives (se the pros and cons of Cinnamon and MATE). TeamViewer is a real help for remote support.

Be sure also to check out the Community website (ideas, tutorials, and hardware and software reviews). You can also chat in real-time with other Linux Mint users. In the Mint Menu, in the Internet section, start the application XChat IRC. You will automatically get connected to #linuxmint-chat for general chat and #linuxmint-help for support with other Linux Mint users.