Linux Mint Kde Edition, I'm impressed...

[karellen]

downloaded it yesterday, burned it, gave it a try. I like everything: the feel, the theme, the icons, the way it detected perfectly my system specs and set my correct screen resolution...it's a fine distro, perfect for a no-headaches linux experience

[wolfen69]

on a different thread i was extolling the virtues of this distro. but after a few days of using it, i realized KDE was up to the same old tricks. every kde based distro ive tried has been buggy.(ive tried more than a few) on the other hand, gnome always runs perfect. i don't think i have bad luck, i think kde is junk. i can't be the only person experiencing problems with kde.

anyway, i think mint is a good distro, and will use the non-kde versions from now on.

[LaRoza]

Mint was a nice distro, although I didn't really like it. I would recommend it to others, however.

[karellen]

on a different thread i was extolling the virtues of this distro. but after a few days of using it, i realized KDE was up to the same old tricks. every kde based distro ive tried has been buggy.(ive tried more than a few) on the other hand, gnome always runs perfect. i don't think i have bad luck, i think kde is junk. i can't be the only person experiencing problems with kde.

anyway, i think mint is a good distro, and will use the non-kde versions from now on.

I like gnome more than kde, the latter always seem too cluttered for my tastes
and mint seems to me the perfect distro to begin the linux experience :)

[greymongrey]

Gnome is by far the better desktop and KDE has by far the better apps. Just imagine the possibilities if both sides stuck to what they're good at.

[igknighted]

What is the difference between miniKDE edition and the KDE edition (in terms of apps included)?

[miggols99]

I think the miniKDE (like the other mini editions) have no proprietary codecs and drivers. There are also a bunch of packages not put on as well.

[karellen]

What is the difference between miniKDE edition and the KDE edition (in terms of apps included)?

the miniKDE editions fits on one cd, the KDE edition is bigger as it has more applications (openoffice for instance)

[Matakoo]

downloaded it yesterday, burned it, gave it a try. I like everything: the feel, the theme, the icons, the way it detected perfectly my system specs and set my correct screen resolution...it's a fine distro, perfect for a no-headaches linux experience

Agreed. It's an excellent distro. I tried this version on an older laptop, and everything just works.

I admit, I was prepared for a nightmare when it comes to the graphics card and Beryl. I've never used an ATI-card with beryl before, but I have seen a lot of people having trouble with that combination. I needn't have worried though...it worked right off the bat. As did everything else. At least I think so...I haven't had the chance to try if bluetooth works but then again, I have nothing to try with so for me it doesn't matter.

The only problem was with the wireless. The correct card and chipset was detected, but the computer refuses to connect. Since it's a broadcom chip, I was prepared for problems there. But I think that's something that can be corrected, I just haven't had time to try to fix it yet.

Now, this laptop will be used by a Linux virgin once I'm done trying things out. I would use Mint on my own desktop as well if it wasn't for two things:

1. My computer is set up exactly as I want it to be, so there's no need for me to reinstall it.
2. If I ever need to reinstall, Mint is out of the question until there is a 64-bit version of it.

And great that the latest Mint is available with KDE as default. Otherwise, it would be out of the question. The junk known as Gnome won't get anywhere near my computer.

[igknighted]

the miniKDE editions fits on one cd, the KDE edition is bigger as it has more applications (openoffice for instance)

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clearly I understood that, the question is what apps are different... there was no package list for mini on the website (in fact no mention at all aside from the download mirrors

I think the miniKDE (like the other mini editions) have no proprietary codecs and drivers. There are also a bunch of packages not put on as well.

The Gnome "free" edition is called light... is miniKDE the equivalent? I can see it going either way. Perhaps the KDE crowd insisted on having a single CD version as well, and "light" was already taken by the free version so they chose mini instead...

Anyone tried both long enough to say what is/isn't on the mini? I could just download them, but the mirrors are probably the slowest I have ever seen and I am unable to use torrents (kills my router :()