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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 8 (Helena) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 8 (Helena) 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 works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 8 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 9.10 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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Firefox goes to bottom of screen and won't activate.  The system refuses to put any shortcuts on desktop.  Difficult to find programs to activate to work with.  Having used Ubuntu since 6.04 this Mint 8 is frustrating.  Not surprising though.  I have been buying LXF for several years and have yet to get a usable program disk.  Would like to give Mint 8 a fair shot so need a comeback on this issue.  Printed out your Official User Guide and am thinking of downloading Mint from source.  Credible idea or no.  LXF needs to stay in England, maybe.  Won't be buying another one of their over-priced magazines; that's for sure.                                               Always liked and respected Ubuntu.  Just thought of trying something new.                                                                                                               Thanks for letting your ears or ear.    boB