____/ Sinister Midget on Tuesday 08 April 2008 02:08 : \____
> On 2008-04-07, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>> Mini-Review: Linux Mint 4.0 'Daryna'
>>
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>>| Linux Mint is a nice distribution. It is certainly not revolutionary, and
>>| it would be hard to find any specific advantages Mint has over 'plain'
>>| Ubuntu (apart from its looks), but overall, it does feel as a very coherent
>>| package, with considerable thought put into all aspects of the system.
>>| Especially in the looks department, Mint kicks Ubuntu's butt.
>
> I liked it more than plain Ubuntu because I didn't suffer the
> hesitations that I always had with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Nubuntu
> and any other *buntu I may have left out.
Some people don't care about binary/proprietary issues (philosophy), so maybe
it's a good option to have after all. With so many migrations to Linux, the
more options, the merrier.
The FSF never minded Mint's method of doing things...
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