Comments on: Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” KDE CE released!

By: Californication

Californication — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:24:46 +0000

I really love this version! Even though I should get more memory… ughh..

By: Woodstock69

Woodstock69 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:16:09 +0000

I’d like to agree on the need to keep KDE 3.5.10.

I really, really hate KDE 4 at the moment (it’s worse than Gnome in my opinion). And why the Vista look-a-like theme?! I want a Linux desktop not a Vista one. Sure KDE 4 will improve (4.4?), but until it does I need to get my work done.

Yes, i could use gnome, but I don’t like it. Yes, I could use another distro, but I’d like to support this one. If I had the knowledge to contribute or make my own fork of Mint, I would, but I don’t, and I’d like to help not re-invent.

A DVD could have, as has been suggested, KDE 3 and 4, plus the most requested community apps or just make them separate CD’s. I’d like to see a survey of peoples favourite apps that should be included and then see what can be accommodated.

Until then, thanks for a distro that heads in the right direction and keep up the good work!

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:24:48 +0000

I have been unable to find a quality KDE 4.2 and then I tried MINT. I wish it was 64 bit so it could recognize my 4 gigs of ram but then again the 2.7 gig is plenty on a system that uses less than 500mb with KDE effects enabled. Great OS, by far the best implementation of KDE 4.2 I’ve used! Thanks MINT. (ubuntu let me down with the 9.04 release, no wireless, sound, or graphics even with the proprietary ATI Driver installed.)

HP DV3 (13.3 LED screen), AMD ZM-82 2.2 Ghz 2mb L2 cache, 4gig ram, ATI HD 3200 w/64mb sideport and 320mb shared system memory, RS 780 Azilia HD Audio controler, Broadcom Wireless N. Running MINT 6 KDE 4.2!

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By: Mike Riley

Mike Riley — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:58:25 +0000

This distro really is the “Ubuntu of the Redhat world” and I’m exited to give it a try.

By: MiKe

MiKe — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:40:14 +0000

will there be a gnome version soon?

By: lee8oi

lee8oi — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:39:51 +0000

Lex. I got impatient myself and downloaded this release over a week ago. Not sure how long until the mint 7 release will be out, but I don’t think it will be 2-3 months. These guys are right on top of things usually. if you look on distro watch you can see ubuntu 8.10 was release october 30th, 2008. the first release candidate of mint based on 8.10 was released november 10th, then the official release was out on dec 12th. So give em a month or so if you can wait…otherwise dive right in….try one out in may, the other in june :O)

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:53:00 +0000

Thanks Lee8oi – I was not meaning to breakdown the obvious hard work of all the developers – but I live in a country where bandwidth is very expensive – so I am trying to decide if I should download Mint 6 (1/2 of my month’s total bandwidth! Or wait for Mint 7? If it will be 2-3 months or longer – no point in waiting?
I was going to install 9.04 – but the reviews of mint are making me rethink this.

By: lee8oi

lee8oi — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:05:36 +0000

Lex, 9.04 hasn’t been officially released yet as of the date of your message. There has been release candidates, but the official 9.04 release isn’t scheduled to be released until the 23rd. should see it available for download by the 24th. So ‘Catch up’ might not exactly be the right wording. Be patient. Mint might be based on Ubuntu, but theres much more to it, and alot of work to be added to ubuntu in order shape it into Mint. But don’t sweat. Mint 7 will be out before you know it :O) cuz clem and his team rock like that.

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:07:11 +0000

Linux Mint looks great. How long before you catch up with Ubuntu 9.04? I would love to install Linux Mint – but it seems odd to be installing a distro that is based on a version on Ubuntu that has just been replaced. Any time frame for when Linux Mint will be released based on 9.04?