Comments on: Linux Mint 6 x64 released!

By: Mike S

Mike S — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:52:09 +0000

I love Mint BTW better than
Sloppy distribution of Debian and for most part you got alot of features that save my but that Ubuntu lacks on its distribution like AptToCD and Backup as well as preset stuff that I usually have to futz with also Mint didn’t destroy root access like other distrobutions I can’t even do an install without thirty prompts for SUDO and then totally fail.

Also even though it doesn’t work with my dual monitors NVIDIA was at least able to install on Mint, I tried the exact same thing on FEDORA it was not the latest stuff and UBUNTU had issues on compiling using root and I got a blank screen and it never came up so I couldn’t fix the video without going into shell and figuring out what I have to edit as root in /X11 messing with all the configs with Display in the end it was easier to reinstall so this time I installed Mint instead.

Major problems I had:
Dual Monitors that program doesn’t work when you start mixing LCD, VGA output with different resolutions also positioning gets messed up.
Not Mints fault it does that on all Linux versions that tool needs a rewrite but I know graphics are one of major draw backs for all Linux distributions.

NVIDIA drivers working with two monitors.
I have a 8800 GT nvidia card and have two ACER 22 inch monitors hooked up on that same card. But it only works with the stupid VGA hookup on the back and it’s max resolution is like 640×480. I boot into windows I got a huge selection of resolutions. Also this is not Mints fault but I thought I put this out there.

By: nyxclusive1

nyxclusive1 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:53:56 +0000

I have to say I absolutely loooooooooooove this version you making me switch from MS all the way with this one. When I get a little money together I will surely donate to this distro as well thanks alot Clem and the rest of the team. 🙂

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The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Monthly Stats - February 2009 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:13:08 +0000

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By: John

John — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:09:18 +0000

Awesome release once again Clem and Team,

I always use Mint for my laptop/other peoples PC’s….

On my HP dc5850 it rocks! Nice one!

-John

By: VinDSL

VinDSL — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:05:14 +0000

I’ve been running Mint 6 x64 on my quad-boot (Mint6/Vista/W7) Toshiba A215 lappy for a couple of weeks, and this release has been extremely stable. The only problems I’ve run across are WiFi (had to compile my own driver) and SSH (had to uncomment a line in the SSH config file). That’s it! Kudos!!!

By: jj

jj — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:33:13 +0000

Hendro: Do you mean x86 by x32? I think so.

By: jj

jj — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:31:32 +0000

The Intel Celeron CPU (530 and later) models are x86 64 / 32bit-compatible CPU’s.

By: edward

edward — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:55:12 +0000

thanks clem! (wow, it’s the chief! :D) now i’m so nosy, that i will try the felicia-xfce-community-version-livecd and then i’m gonna decide… if upgrading is easy, i always want to have the hottest version! 😉 keep on! without linux-mint winxp would still be installed on my pc, because former linux-distris were too geeky for me…

By: Clem

Clem — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:01:06 +0000

Edward: There’s going to be a new newest and shiniest version every 6 months, your choice should be motivated by how often you want to update your OS. Mint 5 is a long term support release which is going to be supported for the next 3 years, if you’re happy with it and if it works for you you shouldn’t be looking for reasons to replace it. Mint 6 isn’t going to be around that long.

By: edward

edward — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:54:38 +0000

Hello Mint-enthusiasts! Give me some reasons why I should change my nice, well running Mint5 to that x64-Version of Mint6? Where are the advantages for me? Should I try the Main-Version, because my PC is more than 6 years old or would it be better to held the current one?
I’m not such a Linux-Pro as you might see… Thanks for your answers!