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?

And if he does go with Ubuntu, I’d suggest Xubuntu (Xfce is saner than Unity, IMO.) and stick to 12.04 (long term support version) or 13.04. 13.10 has really screwed up my Chromebook and I’m going to have to wipe & reinstall once I figure out how to back up my music.