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Not exactly new but . . .

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. . . it's been awhile. I started out with Cassandra and while I was using Gloria real life got in the way and I kind of dropped the whole linux thing for a while. But now I've returned and am loving it.

I've installed Julia on a dual boot with Win 7, using the windows boot loader so I don't booger up any Win updates, with Mint as the default boot. I'm amazed I actually remembered to use boot, root, swap and home directories when I was partitioning. I managed to install VMware Player upon which I installed a spare Win XP I had laying around (I need it for Quicken and Netflix streaming; Quicken just isn't stable for me in Wine). Julia is rock solid so far, as I would expect.

Now I don't need to boot into Win 7 at all, but it's there for whatever. I've forgotten how much I really, really enjoy Mint. I think I'm going to become a minor sponsor. It's the least I can do to show my appreciation.

A quick question, though. I have LMDE installed in a VM in Win 7. Seems to run just fine for me, although I was a bit reluctant to use it as a main OS just yet. Is Mint moving toward being based directly on Debian rather than Ubuntu? Just wondering.
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Re: Not exactly new but . . .

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Is Mint moving toward being based directly on Debian rather than Ubuntu?
Good question ey. I hope so personally.
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Welcome back Eggnog.
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Re: Not exactly new but . . .

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Welcome to the Linux Mint Forums :D
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Re: Not exactly new but . . .

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Welcome to the forum! I started out with Mint 3 Cassandra also.
Current hardware: a Dell OptiPlex 3010 desktop, a Dell Inspiron 531 desktop, and a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop.
Current OS: LMDE 3
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welcome to the Mint family forums

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Re: Not exactly new but . . .

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Hello Eggnog,
Welcome to Mint Forum :P
There is a lot of useful information for new and not-so-new users here -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=38355
We have a Community site http://community.linuxmint.com/
For real-time help and discussion there are IRC channels,open MintMenu>Internet>XChat and you will be automatically connected to #linuxmint-help and #linuxmint-chat
Have fun with Mint

PS. LMDE will continue as an edition of Mint but the Main Edition will be based on Ubuntu for the foreseeable future
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