Hi. Although I've been dabbling with a number of distros for about 3 years, most of that with Ubuntu, I still feel like a newbie (especially when trying to navigate directories and use Terminal).
I just discovered Mint, and at this point I'm happy with it. I'm now doing things I was unable to do since Dapper. This is puzzling since Mint is nothing more than Ubuntu of a different flavor (sorry 'bout that).
When Edgy was release I dumped Dapper and was very disappointed. I tried Freespire and subscribed to CNR so I could purchase PowerDVD. That's before I found that I could buy PowerDVD for Linux for less money. However, with Mint that's not a problem. It would be nice to be able to be able to run Window media files since so many website use it. Perhaps in the future.
Right now the only ongoing glitch I've found in both Edgy and Mint is the habit of Firefox to close while thinking it is still open, and the only way around it is to reboot. Is there a fix?
New to Mint
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>Make sure your color depth is 24 (in /etc/X11/xorg.conf). As for wmv, you can install mozilla-mplayer (which will be there by default in the next release).
I've done both,thanks. I'll keep an eye on it.
The only other thing I've noticed is I had to really work at getting Totem to launch and play a DVD. Once it did play it was "choppy." However, since I don't know the processor speed of this box, it may be that (but I don't think so).
I have great hope for this distro, I only wish I had some talent (programming, graphics, etc.) to help make it a success. The only think I can really do now is let my Linux buddies know of this distro. I stumbled onto it on distorwatch.org.
I've done both,thanks. I'll keep an eye on it.
The only other thing I've noticed is I had to really work at getting Totem to launch and play a DVD. Once it did play it was "choppy." However, since I don't know the processor speed of this box, it may be that (but I don't think so).
I have great hope for this distro, I only wish I had some talent (programming, graphics, etc.) to help make it a success. The only think I can really do now is let my Linux buddies know of this distro. I stumbled onto it on distorwatch.org.
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The only other thing I've noticed is I had to really work at getting Totem to launch and play a DVD. Once it did play it was "choppy." However, since I don't know the processor speed of this box, it may be that (but I don't think so).
Sorry, one more observation I'd like feedback on. I volume is very low. Is this just my box, or has anyone else experienced this (I'm not running external speakers, just the one in the laptop).
Sorry, one more observation I'd like feedback on. I volume is very low. Is this just my box, or has anyone else experienced this (I'm not running external speakers, just the one in the laptop).
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