I am computer technician from Arizona, and now the proud owner of a great little mid-line rig. with Mint 10 purring along nicely.
I started my foray into linux a little over three years ago, with ubuntu Intrepid running on a dell optiplex 170l:
- Celeron D 2.4 Mhz
onboard intel 82865 graphics/sound/net
1 Gb DDR ram
80 G hd
NO ODD !!
And then, I put together my mid-line rig:
- Athlon II x4 440 (propus, 3.0Ghz)
2 Gb DDR3 1333 RAM
ATI Radeon HS 4670 (HIS)
2x Super-Multi ODD
320 GB HD
I decided that, with this new rig, I needed a new OS. one that was for x86_64 platforms had support for all of my hardware out-of-the-box,a lot of software already available, didn't mind some non-free software hanging around, and looked good doing it.
I had heard of Mint, and have even had a friend try it out, and he had good things to say, so I gave it a try... and well,...
I Love it.
I will probably go back to Slackware someday, but just not exclusively anymore.