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From: Chris Game
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Ubuntu or Mint?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:16:22 -0000
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On 2007-02-13, Chris wrote:
> Which would you recommend: Ubuntu or Mint?
> I have tried the latest Mint and the alpha 3 of Feisty
> and they both seem to work perfectly.
>
> How to decide between them?
> Please help me to make an informed choice.
Well it's really a matter of features. You can read what's in Mint
on the web-site. Mint updates on a different schedule so there will
be some differences in version numbers of various packages. The
web-sites will show when the latest release came out, in each case.
Ubuntu 'out of the box' comes in for some criticism probably because
they have a strict policy on the use of open source software. Things
like Pine aren't included (not in Mint either), nor are the codecs
necessary to play commercial DVDs included. Maybe Samba is in Mint,
I'm not sure, that would be worth checking if you're going to plug
into a Windows network. Other Ubuntu choices, like missing vim
files, problems in partitioning software and the install script, no
Opera and so on, have lead to criticism too.
Those who advocate Automatix neglect to mention the bugs in those
scripts too, you need to know your way around a bit to get that to
do all it promises.
--
Chris Game
"An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own joke."
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
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