New Mint User

[TravMan63]

Greetings...

Just installed Mint 9 (dual boot with XP Pro) on a Panasonic CF-51 laptop for my wife. She's new to Linux.
She was up and running in no time and installing some games and surfing the web.

Our household also uses Ubuntu, DSLinux (and OS X) and have a few other distros we use on occasion.


I've been using computers since my 1st Commodore-64.
I presently work as a PC support tech for a medical billing facility.

I chose Mint because I was - familiar with Ubuntu, and (mostly) everything 'just worked' out of the box. The visual appearance is also quite nice.
Most options are also nicely laid out and easy to find and configure.
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Sláinte!
TravMan 63

[Mike54]

I've been using computers since my 1st Commodore-64.

I remember after buying the first C-64 I ever saw, I had to write a terminal program for it. No way was I going to use my old VIC-20 to get online, not when I had the C-64.

I chose Mint because I was - familiar with Ubuntu, and (mostly) everything 'just worked' out of the box. The visual appearance is also quite nice.
Most options are also nicely laid out and easy to find and configure.

Maybe I was lucky, but it was like Mint jumped right onto my box and there were no issues whatsoever. I enjoyed using Ubuntu, but I was sold on Mint after the first couple hours. Tonight, I will be installing Mint on a second PC and on my iMac.

Sláinte!

Mòran taing agus slàinte mhòr agad! (Many thanks and great health to you!)

[Oscar799]

Hello TravMan63,
Welcome to Mint Forum
You will find lots of useful information here and people willing to help,though we do appreciate it if you try to find the answer yourself first by searching the forum and using Google before you post.
There is also a lot of information on our Community site http://community.linuxmint.com/
and on our IRC channels - MintMenu>Internet>XChat automatically joins #linuxmint-help and #linuxmint-chat
Have fun with Mint

[hairbear2705]

Welcome, Travman63....
I remember those heady days of the Vic-20 & C64.....Spectrum owner myself!!
Always nice to have another voice in this camp.
Hope u enjoy Mint