Reviews of Linux Mint

1. 
   roj

   Reviewing 12 (Nov 29, 2011)

   An attempt to put a band-aid on a REALLY bad interface: Gnome 3.
   
   Band-aids are never a good idea, no matter the circumstances.
   
   An *EPIC FAIL* to the dev team:
   
   In short, you shouldn't even have thought of doing this in the first place and you blew it big time. It was a colossal waste of time, energy and resources.
   
   A better approach would have been to maintain Gnome 2 for one more cycle while working with the MATE team to ensure a more mature offering that would not have inconvenienced their user base. At best, this is a HUGE step backwards that has as its hallmark loss of functionality, configurability and usability.
   
   One star - don't waste your download bytes. One doesn't reward stupidity.
2. 
   johnzena

   Reviewing 12 (Nov 28, 2011)

   Linux Mint 12 has a beautiful menu and navigation system but I have had three issues with this software.
   
   First is it would not install my microphone on my logitech camera no matter what I did and what option I chose, it worked with no problem in Ubuntu 11.10.
   
   Second, when I went to install my printers and opened up the printer menu it just showed that I had the PDF printer installed with no option to add a printer anywhere, again in Ubuntu 11.10 there were no problems.
   
   Third, when I did a fresh install on a new computer the computer wouldn't boot up after installation even though when I did a fresh install with Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 there were no issues, they booted up just fine.
   
   Anybody else having issues? Is linux mint 11 less buggy? That sidebar thing in Ubuntu is drving me crazy.
3. 
   Aegis69

   Reviewing 12 (Nov 28, 2011)

   As Ubuntu is now a dead distro thanks to some geniuses at the top deciding it should be changed into a TouchPad OS, this is the only hope for the future of Linux desktop. But if Mint goes a goofy road, then I m going to have to call Linux desktop a failed experiment.
4. 
   roj

   Reviewing 10 "Julia" (Nov 12, 2011)

   Awesome. The only version of Mint worth running. 11 iis based on the broken Ubuntu 11.04 and 12RC has a pile of crap for a UI (MSGE is a half-measure to try and make the ill-conceived Gnome 3 somewhat palatable - it fails miserably - and MATE is alpha code at best). The only good thing about the UI is that it is NOT unity
   
   Stick to this release.
   
   FIVE stars.
5. 
   JSX

   Reviewing 8.0 "Helena" (Apr 1, 2010)

   I installed Mint 8 on a thumbdrive and thought I'd give it a test drive and was impressed. Much nicer than 6.0
   I'm not a Linux geek, and this is pretty straight forward, an easy install.
   Every piece of hardware was recognized for the most part (I can't get wireless to work but there are work arounds for that I'm sure...I did say I was a n00b right?)
   I'd recommend this to noobs like my self, as well as anyone as a matter of fact.
   Having problems with Firefox remembering passwords for some reason not sure as to why.
   
   Edit: It was in private browsing by default, which explains the password problem.
   
   Have no probs giving it a 5 and looking forward to the next release.

Discuss Linux Mint

1. Oct 10, 2009 - 2:53 PM
   psycros

   Um, 32 or 64 bit, FF? Little details like that would be useful.