Awesome.

[DoFsoCieTy]

Let me start off by introducing myself.My name is Rudy and I recently decided to take the jump to Linux due to Windows freezing up very often and the slow response time.And so I began my search of a good distro.In the beginning I used Ubuntu and Unity was nice and all but it just wasn't for me.And then I found Linux Mint 12 and while I am still new to this very nice distro it really is growing on me.Some have laughed simply because I have only used one other distro and have not tried others but to me personally if it works and it does what I need it to do, then that is what matters to me the most.Thank You to all those who are behind this very awesome distro and I also just became a solely Linux Mint user.Thanks once again.

[tdockery97]

Welcome, Rudy. Glad you're happy with Linux Mint.

[xenopeek]

Hi Rudy, welcome to the Linux Mint forums Thanks for giving Linux Mint a try and I hope you continue to enjoy using it! And just because you can install a gazillion different distros, doesn't mean that you should

Be sure also to check out the Community website (ideas, tutorials, and hardware and software reviews), and the Cinnamon Spices website for adding themes, applets and extensions to Cinnamon (and if you haven't installed Cinnamon, see here the most recent update for a teaser).

You can also chat in real-time with other Linux Mint users. In the Mint Menu, in the Internet section, start the application XChat IRC. You will automatically get connected to #linuxmint-chat for general chat and #linuxmint-help for support with other Linux Mint users

[The-Wizard]

Welcome to the Mint family forums

wizard

[DoFsoCieTy]

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone.

[overthetop]

Welcome aboard!

[nunol]

Welcome to the Linux Mint Forums Rudy!

Cheers.

[Pharoah89]

Hey just left my Windows 8 Beta for my first taste of Linux Mint! Just downloaded the new 12 release, and can't wait to keep using it, it runs way better than any of my Windows distributions! Anyways, glad to be here and hope to have more input soon to help make Mint better for all of us...