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Just want to say thanks for all the hard work that went into making Linux Mint! :D


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Welcome aboard Denz,
You will love Bianca as much as all of us do. :)

Greetings, npap
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Just installed it on a Acer laptop here at work.

No problems. This distro is very nice. I really like the Mint desktop and control center among many other things.

Great work!

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Quicksilver 689 wrote:Also wanted to let everyone know - for those who (like me, at least, in the beginning) have had some issue or another with these iso's - at work, i dl'd the "penguin" site's ISO *once*, burned it *once*, and it worked perfectly from the get go.
Quote. It's been the same for me; everything went flawlessly. 8)
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Post by killer »

Holy cow, this distro is great! So much better than Ubuntu. Finally a distro that automatically mounts an NTFS partition read/write without my having to screw around with it.

And if that NDISwrapper utility works... neato.

Looks cool, too, (although the start button goes buggy when the task bar is set to transparent).

Has anybody seen the ranking on Distrowatch? Change 'Data Span' to last 7 days and click 'Refresh.' Mint is now number 7, ahead of Mandriva!

I haven't had time yet to mess with it much, but if it plays multimedia as well as advertised (mpc, flac, and DTS as well as mp3 would be nice) I'll be using (and recommending) it a lot.

As far as a KDE version, so far I do miss KView, KDisk, and having a file browser with an address bar, and that also doubles as a web browser (Konqueror, which could hardly <i>not</i> be included).
Personally, I usually use X-CD-Roast for burning, Video-DVDRip for the obvious, and I'm gonna have to get XMMS on this thing.

So there's my feedback so far. Keep up the good work, and spread the word!

Re: running windows apps, you could try Crossover Office, it's a better implementation of wine than wine alone.
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Welcome Killer,
Glad to see that you are another Mint enthusiast. :) You can still enjoy your favorite KDE programs.
Go to Menu and click on Install Software. When Synaptic comes on, click on Search and type (for example: Kview) or any other package, Kdisk, Konqueror etc.
You will be directed to the program you want, and selecting it you can install it.

Greetings, npap
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Post by killer »

Thanks, npap.
I should've realized, of course.
I'll install a few of my faves and see how they do.
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You're basically referring to "Cassandra" :)
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Post by NiksaVel »

This is exactly the problem we have with branding that every now and than some1 points out here in the forums... this is Linux Mint, release name Bianca...

Bianca is too stressed out everywhere... while it should be Mint or Linux Mint instead... it's just a release name after all... :)
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Well, I kind of disagree on that... there's a lot of excitement with every new release and it's nice to have a strong identity for each so people can easily say "I'm running Bianca" or "I'm running Bea". Other distributions don't seem to do that (some don't even have code names) but I think it's a pity.

Look at how much Microsoft is stressing the codename. May it be in Vista or XP, you know what you're running and the underlying fact that XP and Vista are indeed Microsoft Windows is obvious.

Linux Mint is still new and people are not used with the way we do things (when we do them our way) but this will change. I think it is important to stress the codename, it's part of our Minty culture to have a strong feminine identity with each of our releases and it's part of the fun as well.

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it's part of our Minty culture to have a strong feminine identity with each of our releases and it's part of the fun as well.
I absolutely agree with this Clem, and hope we will never loose our identity and/or fun :D
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I agree with you Phil, with the fun part.
Once they see our pretty Bianca, they will see what we mean. :)
(Random>The Mint Café> page four.) :)
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Post by NiksaVel »

yes, while I agree with the fact that each respective release should have it's own unique identity, I still think that we need to take care to have Mint stressed out just as much... it's all part of the brand...

While we don't have to advertise to the public so much as windows might have to, considering that we are not out to sell as many copies as inhumanely possible, it would still be wise to follow some basics of marketing - and that is clear representation, namely the brand, and brand includes the logo (which I am really looking forward to seeing which will be chosen), the name Mint and/or Linux Mint and a slogan (we've already had a few of these)... these are the only symbols that are PERMANENT (or at least should be)... while release names come and go... in a year or two only a select few will remamber barbara or bea... but all will remamber Linux Mint...


Now to get back to the point why I initially started this reply... Why should we keep any form of marketing principles? To introduce Linux Mint to as many people as possible - for their own sake so they get intrigued and realise what a great distro this is...

I first heard about Linux Mint in the ubuntu forums (not edgy or dapper forums for that matter)...


just a piece of advice.... (from a guy whose mom is a marketing specialist.. :P :P :P )
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Welcome finux ,
The more the merrier. :) It's good to see that college people are always pioneers.

Greetings, Npap
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Good work Finux,
Greetings from the other side of the Atlantic. :)

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