HOW DO I ACTIVATE LINUX???

[jlr1701]

I am truly loving using Linux Mint, but I am very frustrated right now! I know this is gonna make me look like a serious noob , but HOW DO I ACTIVATE LINUX???

I want to be legal and be sure that I am using a Genuine copy of Linux Mint and not some counterfeit junk that some hacker has loaded down with nifty "features"!

I've looked through every menu entry in the Start menu and can't find any way to activate my copy of Mint, and I have not been prompted to do so. Is activation optional or something?

I even tried typing a few things at the weird-looking DOS prompt (GoGenuine, MintActivate, sudo apt-get install genuine-linux, but I got nothing!

I'd really like to get this done! Thanks in advance for any help!

Jeff

[mick55]

You have to send money to me. I will PM you with the details.

Encourage all the members of your race to send me the Activation fee.

Thank you

Count Hasimir Fenring

[Biker]

Hey! I get a cut of that!

[piratesmack]

/dev/null ate all the activation

fatty

[Midnighter]

This is a joke, right?

[Pilosopong Tasyo]

jlr1701, you forgot to ask -- "Are the bundled productivity software like the Gimp and OpenOffice TRIAL VERSIONS?!"

[mick55]

This is a joke, right?

Of course not.

Send me your 12 Million Tribbles Activation Fee immediately or I will have to report you
to the Department of Redundancy Department.

Thank you.

Count Hasimir Fenring

[MintHat]

I am truly loving using Linux Mint, but I am very frustrated right now! I know this is gonna make me look like a serious noob , but HOW DO I ACTIVATE LINUX???

I want to be legal and be sure that I am using a Genuine copy of Linux Mint and not some counterfeit junk that some hacker has loaded down with nifty "features"!

I've looked through every menu entry in the Start menu and can't find any way to activate my copy of Mint, and I have not been prompted to do so. Is activation optional or something?

I even tried typing a few things at the weird-looking DOS prompt (GoGenuine, MintActivate, sudo apt-get install genuine-linux, but I got nothing!

I'd really like to get this done! Thanks in advance for any help!

Jeff

No, don't worry you don't need to activate linux.

[Jezzr]

Genius lol

[Daveleh]

As MintHat says, you do not need to activate Mint or any other Linux distribution. Provided you have downloaded from the Mint website (linuxmint.com) then what you get is what there is; a fully working system, no trials, no limited software, no 'hidden' surprises. All packages supplied are full working versions.

Now it's just up to you to look through the software/package manager and choose what else you need to install and use.

But if you want to send some cash then I'll have some too

Regards

[Pierre]

Since you guys can't even be serious for five minutes :-

No, don't worry you don't need to activate linux.

at least MintHat was

The poor OP is enough !

after the woes from M$ - any one could get

[deleted]

Hey! I get a cut of that!

I want to tax it.
-Hinto

[Midnighter]

Since you guys can't even be serious for five minutes :-

No, don't worry you don't need to activate linux.

at least MintHat was

The poor OP is enough !

after the woes from M$ - any one could get

Hey, I asked! A bit hard to tell around here when people are taking the piss at times.

[rlindsey0]

Come on, guys, it's obviously a joke (good one too). Lighten up!

The OP has posted on this forum 94 times. He knows what the real deal is; he's just pulling our legs.

[deleted]

humm... Is it too late for a refund?
-H

[jlr1701]

Gawd, what a frustrating ordeal! But... I finally got it figured out!!

[Chasester]

welcome to Mint

[deleted]

This reminds me...
A few years back (16, is that a few years ago?) I went "on-site" too early and ended up coding 85% of a project at a customer's site. I let slip the term "memory leak". This was way back when, when you had to distinguish between huge and far pointers on a 16 bit processor. Anyway, this was on a network of about 8 PC's (remember Token Ring?), and some were in a control room and some were on the warehouse floor. After 6 months of being "off site" (I won't mention how long I was there and how many times folks mentioned "memory leak" ) they called and said they were going to take the warehouse computer off the Token Ring http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=token+ring&gwp=13 (for the young guys). I told them that if they did be sure to wrap the network cable up with electrical tape to keep the memory from leaking out... The next time I went down there, there was a softball-sized wad of tape on the end of the cable (OK, it wasn't softball-sized, but you get the picture).
-Hinto

[Chasester]

This reminds me...
A few years back (16, is that a few years ago?) I went "on-site" too early and ended up coding 85% of a project at a customer's site. I let slip the term "memory leak". This was way back when, when you had to distinguish between huge and far pointers on a 16 bit processor. Anyway, this was on a network of about 8 PC's (remember Token Ring?), and some were in a control room and some were on the warehouse floor. After 6 months of being "off site" (I won't mention how long I was there and how many times folks mentioned "memory leak" ) they called and said they were going to take the warehouse computer off the Token Ring http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=token+ring&gwp=13 (for the young guys). I told them that if they did be sure to wrap the network cable up with electrical tape to keep the memory from leaking out... The next time I went down there, there was a softball-sized wad of tape on the end of the cable (OK, it wasn't softball-sized, but you get the picture).
-Hinto

LMMFAO!

When I was still wet behind the ears and worked at a local airport - the guys got me with - go get a bucket of prop wash.

[JasonLG]

Anybody want to go snipe hunting I know a great spot.