Author Topic: Linux Mint 17.3 a great operating system and its free (Read 11690 times)

rum · « **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2016, 06:39:34 PM »

I've been a Linux user for the past couple years, using Linux Mint Xfce. I tried many distros of Linux as my default OS starting in the early 2000s. I always went back to Windows, because there was just too much I had to learn that I wasn't interested in learning. I don't know how practical it is to claim that an ordinary computer user accustomed to Windows can seamlessly switch to Linux, as that wasn't the case with me, and I had above-average computer knowledge when I attempted to make Linux my default system. But my knowledge gradually increased over the years to the point that I now use it with ease. The command line is great, and I often use youtube-dl. You can also download Youtube channels and playlists with it. One of my favorite Linux features is the ability of the file managers Thunar and Nautilus to create custom actions based on CLI commands and bash scripts. So you can make just about any command accessible in the right-click context menu within Thunar or Nautilus, to manipulate files.

Incidentally the principal Mint developer, Clement Lefebvre, has been excoriated for his anti-Zionism. I only learned about this after I started using Mint.

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #6 on:** February 03, 2016, 06:45:20 PM »

Quote from: McCork

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

You will have to burn it into a CD (or DVD if it is more thant 750 MB)

Thanks.

About 15 years ago an acquaintance told me that Linux was great and that I ought to try it.

But I haven't yet! :thinking:

Paul FHC · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2016, 10:04:21 AM »

Will one notice a difference in browsing speed if they switch to linux? I have an old laptop that I can't part ways with yet. Obviously the "free" was an adjective that was music to my ears but I'm wondering what linux offers in terms of performance.

Matthew · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2016, 12:57:07 PM »

Quote from: Paul FHC

Will one notice a difference in browsing speed if they switch to linux? I have an old laptop that I can't part ways with yet. Obviously the "free" was an adjective that was music to my ears but I'm wondering what linux offers in terms of performance.

Generally it's faster on the same hardware than Windows. Imagine the speed of Windows XP on the hardware in question, increase the speed a bit, and imagine the system being a lot less ancient (giving you a similar experience to Windows 7 or Windows 10) and you'd have Linux Mint.

Matthew · « **Reply #9 on:** February 04, 2016, 01:00:00 PM »

I use the MATE edition.

Cinnamon is probably the fanciest, bells-and-whistles-iest version.

The important part is to use some version of Linux Mint. It's by far the most popular Linux distribution.

I like how everything works from the moment you finish installing it. Your video card, networking, etc. all just works. You can browse the 2016 Internet, watch Youtube videos, etc. without having to install anything first. All those "multimedia capabilities" come with the operating system itself. That wasn't always true, for example Linux in the 90's or the first decade of the 2000's.