Comments on The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 17.1 (Rebecca)
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 17.1 (Rebecca) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that work even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 17.1 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype,Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.
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This article is ill-timed, as Linux Mint 17.1 KDE is not yet available. Having tried the other desktop environments available for Linux Mint (a waste of several DVD-r disks), KDE is the only worthwhile desktop environment offered. Unfortunately, it is not the defaul DE offered, and the KDE version of Linux Mint is always released later than all of the other versions. Yes, I know that I can install and try multiple DEs, it just seems to always work better to use a version built with KDE than to use a version built with something else and then install KDE.
"KDE is the only worthwhile desktop environment offered"
Are you serious???
Why do you think so?
OH HERE WE GO THE DE wars.. two people about to be bi*ches each other over a desktop
ITS JUST A DESKTOP ENV WOOPITY F*ing DO
Mint 17.1 is very good and I recommend it wholeheartedly, but these instructions assume you either have a blank system to work with or that you don't mind losing everything on your hard drive.
Considering that this seems to be aimed at beginners, it needs, at the very least, either a HUGE WARNING or a link to a howto covering partitioning your hard drive so you don't lose data.
You should refresh your "perfect desktop" articles, in many years I see always the same configuration. You've cut the "truetype install" section (we need it anyway?) and the 17.1 nickname is not "Quiana", like in 17.0, but "Rebecca".
You can install all the apps in terminal with these commands instead of searching for them with the Quick Filter, then follow the instructions for Google Earth It's Way easier!
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"sudo aptitude updatesudo apt-get install filezilla shotwell chromium-browser picasa opera evolution amule vuze skype google-earth-stable acroread gnucash scribus amarok audacity rhythmbox sound-juicer gtkpod xmms2* dvdrip kino vlc* xine-ui xine-plugin k3b normalize-audio sox vcdimager bluefish eclipse ttf-mscorefonts-installer gwibber virtualbox
Well done to you! I wish I had seen this when I was thinking of switching, it would have saved me so much time. OK maybe the comment about beginners needing a warning is valid, but I would think anyone moving to Linux would have at least that amount of understanding. Anyway, THANKS. I'll be sharing this link with many friends who are keen to follow me to Linux Mint.
Hi:
I have a problem here! When I double click on the icon, the first window appears BUT for a millionth of asecond!!!! I see the bar is on English as well as at the bottom it says, "close"????? So It closes on me!!! I attempted it many times over. I also use it and all is fine. I go online, doanlaod etc tec. So what to do??? I greatly appeciate helping me here asap!!