Hello all! New to Linux Mint and happy.

[Jaidyn]

Hi everyone! My name is Jaidyn and I am a long time Linux fan but due to my old computer dying on me, I have been borrowing another computer from my parents which was a Windows 7 machine. Well I finally was given an older Dell Vostro 1500 with a 1.4Ghz Dual Core and 3 GB of RAM. Not the best out there but I like it. Well I came across Linux Mint a few years ago and LOVED it. Well I knew with my "new" computer, I had to have it back. Needless to say I was a bit shocked at all the varieties. Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, and KDE.

Well I have never been a fan of KDE. It has some nifty features, but it was just WAY more than I needed. So I decided to make Live versions of the other three. My favorites were certainly Cinnamon and Xfce. I am a minimalist and even if I had some modern, brand new beast of a computer, I would still be a minimalist so the concept of Xfce was very appealing. I commit to trying out Xfce. I love it.

And then I discovered LXDE. I agree with the common criticism that it doesn't seem as polished or finished as Xfce, but I really enjoy it and my computer is screaming fast. I can easily run all of the distros, so my hardware really isn't an issue. But LXDE just makes me feel happy. So I installed the Xfce version, installed LXDE and am running that DE. I have never been happier. I customized to look how I want, got what couple programs I needed installed (Chromium and Skype) and seriously, this new OS is the best I have ever run.

My apologies for the long spiel but I am so grateful for Linux Mint and this community, the options given and especially having 12.04 (all versions) as LTS. I have already convinced my family and some friends to give Mint a try and they are enjoying it just as much as I am.

Thank you. <3

[caerolle]

Hi jaidyn!

Welcome to the Mint Forums, and to Linux Mint!

I am glad you are enjoying Mint! I use Xfce myself in my Mint set-up, and love the balance between simplicity and beauty (well, it's pretty to me, anyway!). However, I can understand your attraction to LXDE, too. I spend most of my time using Arch Linux with only Openbox and lot of LXDE programs, like the PCManFM file manager. I love the simple, basic system.

Enjoy your new Mint system!

caerolle

[jesica]

Good day and welcome to the Linux Mint Forum

[xenopeek]

Hi Jaidyn, welcome to the Linux Mint forums Thanks for joining the forums!

Be sure also to check out the Community website (tutorials, hardware and software reviews, ideas). 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.

Have fun with Linux Mint.

[The-Wizard]

Welcome to the Mint family forums

wizard

[Jaidyn]

Thank you to everyone for the very kind and warm welcomes. I have been browsing the community here and just loving every bit of it and taking in all that I can.

I do have one minor question which I can't seem to find an answer to though. This is not a thing I am having trouble with really, so I don't need trouble-shooting or anything. But I was curious about the LXDE resource monitor you can add to the panel vs the Task Manager. When the Task Manager is iconified by the clock and I hover over it, it is showing 11% mem usuage. But the resource monitor is showing 18% mem usuage. I am going to go on a limb and guess that the Task Manager is likely the more accurate of the two, I am just wondering why the discrepancy? If noone knows, I am not going to lose any sleep over it, I was just curious.

Thank you again for everything and I will be around learning all I can. <3