Hi All,
I have had to abandon Ubuntu after the complete disaster that was release 11.10. I won't bore you with tales of lost emails etc. I want an os that is reliable and supports the apps I want to use. I seem to have found that in Mint. After a false start (I bought a distro that proved to be way out of date). I have now got LMDE up and running. Very please so far, wireless worked out of the box, a first!. Plenty of questions, like is Evolution stable under LMDE and can I set up multiple workspaces ? Those probably for later. In the meantime I'll continue to enjoy and transfer my data.
Another Ubuntu escapee
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David A
Another Ubuntu escapee
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Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
Welcome to the Mint forums.
You can ask for help here, but we do also have a chatbox where you can ask for help. You can open XChat in the menu to get there.
Setting up multiple workspaces is just a matter of adding the workspace switcher to the panel. You can also use Ctrl-Alt + arrow keys.
You can ask for help here, but we do also have a chatbox where you can ask for help. You can open XChat in the menu to get there.
Setting up multiple workspaces is just a matter of adding the workspace switcher to the panel. You can also use Ctrl-Alt + arrow keys.
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Feel free to correct me if I'm trying to write in Spanish, French or German.
Feel free to correct me if I'm trying to write in Spanish, French or German.
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overthetop
Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
Welcome to the Mint Forums. I hope you find a home with Linux MInt! 
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Aethyr
Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
You "bought" a distro? I hope you didn't buy Mint. It's free, you know! 
Welcome!
I hope you didn't buy Mint. It's free, you know! Welcome!
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David A
Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
No. I paid to have it delivered on a CD (about £5) as I am fairly restricted on data volume (4 gb/month) on my satellite internet connection.Aethyr wrote:You "bought" a distro?
Welcome!
Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
The CD webshop to which www.linuxmint.com links indeed offers very old versions like Mint 3.
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Feel free to correct me if I'm trying to write in Spanish, French or German.
Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
Hello David A,
Welcome to Mint Forum
There is a lot of useful information for new and not-so-new users here -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 58#p302355
Welcome to Mint Forum
There is a lot of useful information for new and not-so-new users here -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 58#p302355
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rivenathos
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Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
Welcome to the forum and Linux Mint!
Current hardware: a Dell OptiPlex 3010 desktop, a Dell Inspiron 531 desktop, and a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop.
Current OS: LMDE 3
Current OS: LMDE 3
Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
Welcome to the Linux Mint Forums David!
Cheers.
Cheers.
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smillerlsu
Re: Another Ubuntu escapee
Jeez... I just spent an hour trying to figure that one out.Setting up multiple workspaces is just a matter of adding the workspace switcher to the panel.
Thanks for the tip, AlbertP!
I'm a LMDE newb too (obviously)... another refugee from Ubuntu 11.10 / Unity, Finally got tired of that abomination and ran Debian stable for couple of months... couldn't get it to go to testing or sid without hosing my system, so I'm about 24 hours in on LMDE, and and quite content here!