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Oren
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« on: April 14, 2010, 06:04:49 AM »

My wife's Asus netbook runs very well on their Linux operating system, and her Hewlett Packard laptop performs nicely with Ubuntu desktop. She has been looking for an alternative to Ubuntu - an operating system that is developed a little more carefully, with fewer "bells and whistles" and more solid computing.

After trying quite a few distributions, she has settled on Linux Mint - an off-shoot of Ubuntu, modified for users who prefer a reliable, no-nonsense, full service operating system.

http://www.linuxmint.com/

And it runs the Hewlett Packard flawlessly (with the exception of the no-name camera built in - Linux will normally operate a quality web-cam).
As far as I can tell, Linux Mint would be a good choice for someone looking to replace their Windows operating system with a general-purpose Linux system.
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« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2010, 10:01:34 PM »

Mint does seem to be getting good reports (not tried it myself though).

Isn't this the beauty of FOSS. You can keep trying different distros, derivatives & alternatives until you find one that does what you want instead of telling you what you can have.
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2010, 12:39:35 AM »


Isn't this the beauty of FOSS.



Free Open Source Software - beauty, indeed!
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