Hello all. I'm a retired engineer living in the Dallas, Texas area. After years of kicking around the idea of using Linux but not doing anything about it, I've finally decided to make the move from Windows XP (thank you Windows 8 ). I've played with a Ubuntu live disk a little bit, but didn't much like the Unity desktop, so I'm looking at Linux Mint, trying to decide which desktop environment to use - I'll be experimenting with live disks with MATE, Cinnamon, KDE, and Xfce before installing.
Oh, my user name "slipstick" is from the old term for a slide rule which I used in my early days as an engineer and now collect (have over 100 at present).
Hello from Texas
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Hello from Texas
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In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they ain't.
Re: Hello from Texas
Hi slipstick, welcome to the Linux Mint forums Thanks for joining the forums! MATE, Cinnamon, KDE and Xfce each have their strengths. Good luck with trying them all, and I hope you find one that clicks for you We're here if anything goes boom.
Be sure also to check out the Community website (tutorials, hardware and software reviews, ideas), and if you go for Cinnamon the Cinnamon Spices website for adding even more themes, applets and extensions to Cinnamon.
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.
Have fun with Linux Mint.
Be sure also to check out the Community website (tutorials, hardware and software reviews, ideas), and if you go for Cinnamon the Cinnamon Spices website for adding even more themes, applets and extensions to Cinnamon.
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.
Have fun with Linux Mint.
Re: Hello from Texas
still have mine as well"slipstick" is from the old term for a slide rule
Welcome to the mint family forums
wizard
Re: Hello from Texas
Hallo!
Goo day and welcome to the Linux Mint Forums.
Hope you have a fab times,
Regards.
Goo day and welcome to the Linux Mint Forums.
Hope you have a fab times,
Regards.