[olug] On topicish

Thu May 29 12:17:32 CDT 2014

Linux Mint Cinnamon is very unstable, I have locked it up/crashed Cinnamon
many many times just by turning up the volume. I wish it was more stable,
it is one of my favorite distros.

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:

> LinuxMint cinnamon stable? Recently while configuring a bunch of different
> ethernet interfaces on a laptop i had to kill the networking service which
> locked up the javascript based Cinnamon GUI.   Luckily, ctrl-alt-F2 still
> worked because had to lock up the GUI numerous times.
>
> LinuxMint websites do not use any HTTPS even though StartSSL has free SSL
> versions.
>
> Cannot recommend LinuxMint.
> On May 28, 2014 5:20 PM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:
>
> > Debian isn't bad at all. Repos are quite dated. Most of the time more so
> > than centos. But debian is a mighty stable distro. Centos for servers and
> > use Ubuntu variants for desktop use for more bleeding edge. Just sick of
> > unity. I miss 10.04... Still have an old server on that distro. Never
> > rebooted other than kernel updates.
> >
> > Too many of the Debian/Ubuntu offshoots are too unstable for a daily
> > driver. I guess it is all in what you use it for.
> >
> > Sadly Ubuntu/mint is pretty stable. More so mint than Ubuntu for daily PC
> > usage IMHO.
> > On May 28, 2014 5:10 PM, "Jay Bendon" <jaybocc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Unfortunately i'm boring and really still only use debian for most of
> my
> > > interests.  I too am a little sick of Ubuntu and its children.  I take
> a
> > > look at
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://distrowatch.com/index.php?distribution=all&release=stable&month=all&year=allonce
> > > in a while but nothing really jumps out for me as a replacement for my
> > > current use cases.
> > >
> > > --Jay
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 1:59 PM, T. J. Brumfield <
> enderandrew at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've tried Arch a few times. It is meant to be lean and customizable.
> > You
> > > > get want you want in the distro and starts with a really basic
> install.
> > > But
> > > > it is purely binary and opposed to a source-based distro like Gentoo.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Justin Reiners <
> > justin at hotlinesinc.com
> > > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is Arch Linux the Gentoo of the 2010s? I downloaded the ISO and was
> > > > greeted
> > > > > by a command prompt, and that is it. Surprise! never looked into it
> > > > before
> > > > > today but hear everyone bless it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bodhi is pretty cool, and for some reason a video in terminology is
> > > > pretty
> > > > > snazzy, and enlightenment is quite a treat. I am getting so tired
> of
> > > > Ubuntu
> > > > > these days... Mint is in the same boat.
> > > > >
> > > > > Finally I can write scripts and watch a movie at the same time! I
> am
> > > > > currently looking for a distro that is a little different. Any
> > > > suggestions?
> > > > > Any bookmarked Arch setup sites worth a look? I gave it the 5 min
> all
> > > or
> > > > > nothing and was a little let down by the amount of documentation.
> > > > >
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