[Eug-lug] Linux Mint

[Ben Barrett]

That depends on a number of factors, most boiling down to "what the user
wants"
but including techno-savvy, primary applications & uses, etc.

Mint includes a variety of pre-installed, pre-configured media codecs, so if
the user
is not very tech-savvy and wants to play media (in the home entertainment
style,
or in the web-browsing style, etc) then this helps a lot.  It is "dirty" in
the sense that
the add-on's which offer all the media compatibilities are not all free and
open source.

If the user wants to learn about linux and has the motivation, patience, and
time to
learn about a system, then a more standardized (whether bare or not)
installation
like ubuntu or debian's base itself could be more appropriate.

Also, the personal preferences of the one performing the recommendation
plays a big part :)

cheerio, hope this helps,

   Ben


On 1/13/07, silverlining2007 at gmail.com <silverlining2007 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mr O" <notanatheist at yahoo.com>
> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <euglug at euglug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Linux Mint
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> > Okay, that was amusing on the "About" part.
> > I still recommend Ubuntu for n00bs. I
>
> Why? That is, why recommend Ubuntu over Linux Mint or other Ubuntu
> derivatives?
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