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Is Linux Mint Better Then Windows 7 I think so do you agree ?

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  • #32
    cable842
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭cable842


    true I used windows 7 for months until the trial ran out and I liked it have to say.

    I like using linux now no worrys no problems.

    No worrying about spyware or viruses the feeling lifted off your shoulders is amazing


  • #33
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    I couldn't sleep at night with all the worry of viruses and spyware.


  • #34
    jaqian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭jaqian


    I think neither is better than the other just different. However Mint will install on a lower spec machine running only 256Mb RAM whereas win7 needs a 1Gb.


  • #35
    cable842
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭cable842


    true it will install on a very low spec and it will run really fast depending on the processer.


  • #36
    bman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭bman


    Stark wrote: »
    I dunno. Have you tried Linux Mint? It's amazing.

    Is this for real? And people thanking it??

    He/she was asking a serious question and you start taking the p!ss over their letter case (not even spelling!). I thought the day was gone when people acted so sh!tty to Linux newcomers. Obviously not.


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  • #37
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    bman wrote: »
    Is this for real? And people thanking it??

    I understood it as a bit of sarcastic joke, it helps to be a bit light-hearted. :)


  • #38
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,173 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    It was a sarcastic joke given that the user in question responds to every Windows or Mac technical query on boards with "you should run Linux Mint instead, it's the best thing ever".


  • #39
    thebman
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    I have both Kubuntu and Windows 7 on this Pc.

    Overall I prefer Kubuntu but can't play games on it.

    I have not booted into Kubuntu in ages because I'm in Win7 in case I want a game and so use it to browse the web.


  • #40
    bman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭bman


    Eliot Rosewater wrote: »
    I understood it as a bit of sarcastic joke, it helps to be a bit light-hearted. :)
    Stark wrote: »
    It was a sarcastic joke given that the user in question responds to every Windows or Mac technical query on boards with "you should run Linux Mint instead, it's the best thing ever".

    Okay. Sorry. I didn't get the sarcastic context.


  • #41
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    Im technically a linux n00b myself too, so I would never intentionally "dis" someone who was having problems. And in fairness, if the major problems with linux based distros - software and hardware incompatibilities - are to be solved, the percentile share of linux has to grow so that manufacturars will take notice and so that it will be worth their while to port to linux.


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  • #42
    cable842
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    hands down linux mint is amazin the runs so fast and is easy to use.

    plus its free and easy to use and very user friendly what more can you want.


  • #43
    Herbal Deity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Herbal Deity


    cable842 wrote: »
    hands down linux mint is amazin the runs so fast and is easy to use.

    plus its free and easy to use and very user friendly what more can you want.
    - Games
    - Drivers that work and give you the full functionality of your hardware
    - Good Audio/Video editing software
    - Generally being user friendly and offering a top notch experience for everything else besides web browsing and text editing/programming.

    Linux is awesome and it's more fun to play with for a technical minded person like myself. It is not, however, an alternative to Windows for many tasks.

    Dual booting is the way to go.


  • #44
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    Herbal Deity wrote: »
    - Games
    - Drivers that work and give you the full functionality of your hardware
    - Good Audio/Video editing software
    - Generally being user friendly and offering a top notch experience for everything else besides web browsing and text editing/programming.

    Linux is awesome and it's more fun to play with for a technical minded person like myself. It is not, however, an alternative to Windows for many tasks.

    Dual booting is the way to go.

    Plenty of games for the system(not counting WINE), but not so many in comparison Windows.
    Every system sucks for gaming if it's not windows(not true). Just a more limited selection.

    All the id software games bar Wolfenstein(2009) are supported, and alot
    of indie stuff/game mods that would put most games to shame.

    Linux is the kernel that currently has the largest number of drivers supported
    by default. Modules/recompiling are always options if not.

    Audio/Video editing software such as Audacity, Cinelerra or Kino should
    do the job quite well. You just need to look around.

    Ubuntu 9.10 seems to be pretty user friendly these days.
    Most people only do basic tasks, so most software needs are met.

    I do agree that certain people should stick with windows though, such as
    hardcore gamers and people who solely depend on closed apps.

    No dual boot for me, at least since, 2006:)
    More people will discover Linux in the meantime.


  • #45
    Herbal Deity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Herbal Deity


    Naikon wrote: »
    Linux is the kernel that currently has the largest number of drivers supported
    by default. Modules/recompiling are always options if not.
    I'm not sure what you mean by this.

    On Windows, if it's not there by default, you download the driver for your Wireless/Video/Sound card, install it and it works. On Linux, there's a good chance you'll have to blacklist devices and mess around with packages before you get your device to work, and even then, there's no guarantee you'll find a driver that will run your device as well as in Windows.
    Naikon wrote: »
    Audio/Video editing software such as Audacity, Cinelerra or Kino should
    do the job quite well. You just need to look around.
    Audacity is utter crap in Linux. Audacity in Windows would be one of the main reasons I dual boot. I don't know about the other two.

    Ubuntu, and I presume Mint, when set up (or if you're lucky and everything just happens to work first time), is user friendly for basic web browsing, simple word processing etc. This is what most people, including myself, do most of the time. It's good in that you're not vulnerable to viruses etc. , but if you seriously want to do anything else, Windows or OS X are the way to go.

    I don't see the point in Linux masochism, nor pontificating one OS over another.

    Win 7 is pretty impressive, I have to say.


  • #46
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    Herbal Deity wrote: »
    I'm not sure what you mean by this.

    On Windows, if it's not there by default, you download the driver for your Wireless/Video/Sound card, install it and it works. On Linux, there's a good chance you'll have to blacklist devices and mess around with packages before you get your device to work, and even then, there's no guarantee you'll find a driver that will run your device as well as in Windows.

    Most natively supported hardware works out of the box.

    Just because manufacturers choose not to release source code
    for their drivers is not a good enough reason to bitch about hardware support.

    I can count multiple times where no drivers for the ethernet card or
    even the chipset was installed upon a fresh install of Windows XP or Vista.
    Herbal Deity wrote: »
    Ubuntu, and I presume Mint, when set up (or if you're lucky and everything just happens to work first time), is user friendly for basic web browsing, simple word processing etc. This is what most people, including myself, do most of the time. It's good in that you're not vulnerable to viruses etc. , but if you seriously want to do anything else, Windows or OS X are the way to go.

    I don't see the point in Linux masochism, nor pontificating one OS over another.

    Win 7 is pretty impressive, I have to say.


    What 'other things' is Linux incapable of handling at the same level as windows?


  • #47
    Herbal Deity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Herbal Deity


    I wasn't bitching, I understand why Linux has issues and I would very much like it if it no longer had these issues and could be as good as Windows. Also, just because Linux issues aren't Linux's fault, doesn't mean they're insignificant.

    I just think it's silly to be proclaiming Linux as better than Windows, or just as user friendly etc. when there is just no distro currently out there that this is really true of.


  • #48
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    Herbal Deity wrote: »
    I wasn't bitching, I understand why Linux has issues and I would very much like it if it no longer had these issues and could be as good as Windows. Also, just because Linux issues aren't Linux's fault, doesn't mean they're insignificant.

    I just think it's silly to be proclaiming Linux as better than Windows, or just as user friendly etc. when there is just no distro currently out there that this is really true of.

    Fair enough, it's just that I wanted to nitpick:pac:

    I am aware that Linux is not the be all and end all. Just wanted to challenge some points.
    Hell I use OpenBSD for all my routing needs. Every OS has it's strong/weak points.

    Linux is a good choice though if you don't require specialist software capable of running
    only on Windows machines.


  • #49
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    There is a balance to be had, and I think Herbal Deity pushes a little to the other extreme opposite Linux fanboying.

    I get the impression that you think Linux is only good for web browsing and Office documents. Firstly these are, I would hazard, the two most common tasks done on computers. Secondly Linux is a lot broader than that. I do all my graphics work on Inkscape. I do web dev and ftp work too, although I know this isnt uncommon for Linux users. Im also getting set up soon with a *nix version of Mathematica, which is an extremely advanced Maths program. On the whole I think your trying to pigeonhole Linux as much as the fanboys are trying to un-pigeonhole it, if that makes sense. :)

    Finally I dont see how you think Ubuntu is not user friendly? Unless your talking about its installation and configuration, which is an advanced task and is never meant to be user friendly. The only reason Windows is user friendly in this regard, for instance, is because it gobbles all its given. An Ubuntu install generally means partitioning, which is never going to be easy.


  • #50
    Herbal Deity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Herbal Deity


    Eliot Rosewater wrote: »
    I get the impression that you think Linux is only good for web browsing and Office documents. Firstly these are, I would hazard, the two most common tasks done on computers. Secondly Linux is a lot broader than that. I do all my graphics work on Inkscape. I do web dev and ftp work too, although I know this isnt uncommon for Linux users. Im also getting set up soon with a *nix version of Mathematica, which is an extremely advanced Maths program. On the whole I think your trying to pigeonhole Linux as much as the fanboys are trying to un-pigeonhole it, if that makes sense. :)
    Heh, I'm a CS student myself, I use Ubuntu all the time. I don't think I could live without a linux terminal.

    I don't mind celebrating it for what it is, but I hate the "Linux is just as good/better than Windows" attitude.


  • #51
    Snowbat
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    Herbal Deity wrote: »
    Audacity is utter crap in Linux. Audacity in Windows would be one of the main reasons I dual boot. I don't know about the other two.

    Audacity works fine for me in Mandriva 2009.1 - I use it regularly.

    What problem are you seeing and in which distros?


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  • #52
    cable842
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    Linux Mint 8 Release Candidate is out today Im looking forward to trying it.

    woo hoo mint is amazing....


  • #53
    Stark
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    That's the release candidate that's out.


  • #54
    cable842
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭cable842


    i hope its really good now linux mint 8 rc


  • #55
    Sheeps
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    Windows 7 is better than any linux distribution that I've tried. Posting this from Ubuntu at the minute. For me, windows is a better opperating system for two reasons. 1. DirectX and 2. Visual Studio.

    Also, trying to install the correct drivers on a new Linux installation is a pain in the ass.


  • #56
    jaqian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭jaqian


    cable842 wrote: »
    Linux Mint 8 Release Candidate is out today Im looking forward to trying it.

    woo hoo mint is amazing....

    Will be installing it tomorrow on brothers pc. Booted it as a live cd on my own system and looks very impressive.


  • #57
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Im getting an extra 45 minutes of battery life on mint 8 vs 7. Yay extra battery life :D

    Good improvement over mint 7, fresh look :pac:


  • #58
    cable842
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭cable842


    really 45 mins thats cool man.

    mint 8 is cool not really I started to test it but the 02 broadband modem would not work with it at all. kept disconnecting and reconnecting.

    Im goin to wait till the full version comes out and use that but 45min extra is cool

    would the battery better be the same fedora 12.

    Ive used 7 mint for a while now and i really like it. it does everything I want and its great no problems battery is a plus.


  • #59
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    To be honest the only reason im using windows as part of a dual boot configuration is so that i can play online games. And i use linux for anything that requires security-online shopping, backing up important documents etc. Is this why most people use linux?


  • #60
    Sheeps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭Sheeps


    mehmeh12 wrote: »
    To be honest the only reason im using windows as part of a dual boot configuration is so that i can play online games. And i use linux for anything that requires security-online shopping, backing up important documents etc. Is this why most people use linux?
    Eh, Linux isn't going to help you all that much with internet security.


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  • #61
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    Sheeps wrote: »
    Eh, Linux isn't going to help you all that much with internet security.

    But i thought that in terms of viruses linux is more resistant-im running mint 7 with low level privileges and having a antivirus running for the small amount of known linux viruses. And im behind a router firewall and the linux ip table personal firewall. Is this not much safer that if i way say using a windows machine with IE installed?


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