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   From: Hadron    
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   Subject: Re: Ubuntu or Mint?   
   Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:23:37 +0100   
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   Chris Game  writes:   
      
   > 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    
      
   Are you sure? They have a strict policy of not supplying codecs which   
   break the law. AFAIK they do ship driver SW which is not O Source.   
      
   > 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.   
      
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