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   Subject: Re: Ubuntu or Mint?   
   Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:02:35 -0800   
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   A2G[Uhc8QPWg3AEYULWEj9T@JbUUc8GQReVFIJQn7nT Mike Easter   
      
   >> I've read about Mint, I've read other people saying Mint is much like   
   >> Automatix2, especially in the Ub forums where Mint is discussed, but   
   >> that's not what I 'see' at various lists of what they do.   
   >   
   > No doubt you've come to the conclusion that the U. forums have a   
   > poor signal/noise ratio, thanks to a lot of clueless posters!   
   > However some threads based on real experience can be useful (where   
   > you're looking for pointers to news-reading clients or photo   
   > organising software, to take an example I've found useful). The   
   > Mint/Automatix thread seemed to be full of people with little   
   > experience of either!   
      
   As I mentioned earlier, I had not installed Mint 2.2 on anything.  I   
   just tried the live CD on two different machines, one which needs some   
   help on its wireless ethernet and one which doesn't.  I haven't been   
   able to get the live CD up on the one I wanted to mess with the wireless   
   on, and Linspire installs on it but doesn't recognize the wireless card.   
      
   I was able to get Mint up on another machine, and so far I would say   
   that I like my Ub 6.06 + Easy Ub better.   
      
   I'm reading about Feisty Fawn's access to the 'forbidden' codecs and   
   some new wireless networking features, so I'm thinking to download   
   Feisty and compare how well it does on the two different machines I   
   tried Mint 2.2 on.   
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
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