re: #115 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I’ve been farting around with Linux since about 1995, and using it totally fer reals since 2004. I am “The Linux Guy” in my IT-oriented job. I only mention this because lately it seems that anyone who has successfully installed Ubuntu twice now considers themselves a Linux expert, which is approximately the same as someone who has correctly aired up the tires on a Beetle and therefore considers themselves a master Volkswagen mechanic.

When you say you are “looking for something better than Linux Mint”, I wonder what you mean. Are you dissatisfied with the Mint desktop environment? If so, which one? Mint? KDE? MATE? Xfce? Do you hate the package manager? Do you have hardware that isn’t supported? What -specifically- is/are the source(s) of your malcontent?

My kid is a radical penquinista—he keeps me in touch. Mint seems to run more poorly on our laptops than Ubuntu 10 or so. It seems to flood something every morning that brings our hardwired and wifi commo to its knees until a complete reboot.