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   From: "Mike Easter"    
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   Subject: Re: Ubuntu or Mint?   
   Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:28:10 -0800   
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   Chris wrote:   
   > Having played with Vista I am interested in Linux!   
      
   Since you are still confused about what to do, I think we should go back   
   to the beginning.   
      
   > Which would you recommend: Ubuntu or Mint?   
      
   Mint is a 'version' or enhancement of Ubuntu.   
      
   > I have tried the latest Mint and the alpha 3 of Feisty   
   > and they both seem to work perfectly.   
      
   Feisty supposedly has more opportunity to add proprietary things like   
   codecs than earlier versions.  Were you able to do that?   
      
   > How to decide between them?   
   > Please help me to make an informed choice.   
      
   You haven't said what is your experience with computers in general, what   
   kinds of activities you want to be doing.   
      
   Your headers say that you are using the Win newsreader Turnpike 6.05,   
   which I'm totally unfamiliar with;  and you say you have seen/tried the   
   latest Mint and alpha Feisty, which means that you are much more 'edgy'   
   [bleeding edge] than the average user.   
      
   If you are happy with Feisty, that seems like a good choice.  If you are   
   just 'experimenting' with Ubuntu, I think I would have done it somewhat   
   less edgy and used Edgy :-)  Ub 6.10 and then Easy Ubuntu, but   
   Automatix2 is another popular way to get things.  Maybe you can do it   
   with Feisty as well.   
      
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   Mike Easter   
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