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SunnyChahal
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shud be in fight club yaar.but still ubuntu GG
Gigacore
Dreamweaver
Hmm... Mint is based on ubuntu... but it is all-out-of-single-box distro... i mean it comes with almost all the codecs and other jazzy stuffs like Compiz-Fusion in few flavours while beryl in others.... Goodness.. ubuntu embedded C-F in Gusty 
BTW... why is this thread in review section... it was better, if it was in OSS
BTW... why is this thread in review section... it was better, if it was in OSS
QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
Agreed for moving to OS-Section. Avoids trolling and gives more response.
faraaz
Evil Genius
I vote for Ubuntu...less extra crap that you don't need. First thing I do when I install Ubuntu is uninstall every software that I don't use so that at the end of it, I'm only left with Openoffice, VLC Media Player, Audacious, Firefox, Evince document viewer, Yakuake terminal, normal gnome utilities obviously, GIMP & Four-in-a-row game.
Everything else I uninstall. And I tend to delete all the .deb files downloaded to the cache because I love having a completely minimal system with no trash around the place.
For someone like me, Mint is a pain in the ass, because I have to undo the Mint extras and configure it again to what I like it as. So...Ubuntu is wayyy better.
The only case I would ever recommend someone to Mint is if they want a completely offline distro...
Everything else I uninstall. And I tend to delete all the .deb files downloaded to the cache because I love having a completely minimal system with no trash around the place.
For someone like me, Mint is a pain in the ass, because I have to undo the Mint extras and configure it again to what I like it as. So...Ubuntu is wayyy better.
The only case I would ever recommend someone to Mint is if they want a completely offline distro...
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
One important point is that the newest version of Mint lacks Update Manager!
praka123
left this forum longback
Ubuntu!mint is a temp distro(i feel) once the threatening from codec ip owners(for eg:mp3) come,I dont think this type of distros can survive esp in USA&EU.same goes to freespire.but Linspire can have this legally(paid) and coming Redhat Desktop Linux/SLED too.
Ubuntu for their community and for using Debian Sid as base.
Ubuntu for their community and for using Debian Sid as base.
paradisevikas
Jack of all Trades.
dnt ask further questions ubantu definatly
cool_techie_tvm
Ambassador of Buzz
infra_red_dude said:
No update manager!! Wow...i had decided to try Mint in the coming days, but if it doesnt have anything like update manager, that alone is a turn-off (atleast for me)
blackpearl
The Devil
Have to try Mint!
baccilus
Cyborg Agent
cool_techie_tvm said:
It does not have ubuntu's update manager but has it's own update manager which can be configured in various ways.. Haven't been able to try the latest version yet as I have forgotten my BIOS password and it boots directly from hard disk.
I strongly recommend every one to try mint atleast once. It is the best thing to convert people to linux from windows.
I am currently using cassandra( same install since the last several months).
amitava82
MMO Addict
It has a Update manager but not the default Ubuntu one.infra_red_dude said:
I like Mint 4.0 Daryna over Ubuntu 7.10. Internet is faster because there is a issue with Ubuntu 7.10, then Out of the box multimedia, comes with some applications I use regularly, MintMenu and looks cool. Also seems to be a bit faster compared to 7.10.
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