My Journey to Becoming a Linux End User on Linux Mint
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No, but you had an extra [ in your filename right in the middle.
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@scottalanmiller said:
No, but you had an extra [ in your filename right in the middle.
I uploaded it and it didn't work so I backspaced everything, but must have missed that one.
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I see, it is a SESSION icon, not a desktop icon. What's the complaint then? It is an icon meant to help you identify individual sessions and not X2Go. That's a singular case of something different than we would normally be talking about with icon sets since it is a different thing and the purpose of it is for you to have unique identification for each session to help you find what you need quickly. They make it super apparent that you are supposed to change it to something that you can identify.
I think that that is a far stretch from "open source projects have weird icons." This is a unique case and it is what it is for an important reason and it isn't a desktop icon but a running app icon for the toolbar.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Awww.. you aren't disconnecting them. Yeah I won't use Skype like that either. I break it into the two windows, one for the list of users, and another for hte chat windows.
How do you do that? I see how to make it one window per conversation but not two total.
yeah, I guess it's one window for the user list. .and one additional per conversation.. which is my prefernce.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I see, it is a SESSION icon, not a desktop icon. What's the complaint then? It is an icon meant to help you identify individual sessions and not X2Go. That's a singular case of something different than we would normally be talking about with icon sets since it is a different thing and the purpose of it is for you to have unique identification for each session to help you find what you need quickly. They make it super apparent that you are supposed to change it to something that you can identify.
I think that that is a far stretch from "open source projects have weird icons." This is a unique case and it is what it is for an important reason and it isn't a desktop icon but a running app icon for the toolbar.
I didn't realize that's what it was when I said that before. That's why I said this above
Ah ic, that's the default icon for the agent.
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However, like I said, IMO even their normal icon has a little to be desired. I think it would be a lot better though if they included an svg icon instead of an undersized png.
Eh it might even be an svg, it just looks really dated to me.
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@johnhooks said:
However, like I said, IMO even their normal icon has a little to be desired. I think it would be a lot better though if they included an svg icon instead of an undersized png.
Sure, they could spiffy it up. But it at least is a sensible icon.
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I know exactly where you are coming from. I am currently using OSX with VM Fusion running a Windows 7 domain connected box, and a Linux Mint system all as full screen side by side desktops. OSX and Windows have shared user file space, so the Desktop and Documents has the same files, and I can just change OS with a 3 finger swipe. I haven't found a perfect 1 size fits all OS. Somethings I prefer doing in Mac, Some things work better in Windows, and occasionally I need something in Linux. Having the option to "change" OS's instantly with a swipe works best for me.
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Well, after some testing I am making the full leap now. My laptop is installing Linux Mint 17.2 as we speak. @ataylor14 is getting my "old" laptop, which is actually the newer one, in a week so I need to be ready to make the transition now.
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I am now on Linux Mint native. So far it is working really well. Only thing that I have not figured out that is important is two finger scroll gestures that I am used to elsewhere by default these days. Although I need a mouse for this setup anyway so once I have that it won't matter so much regardless.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I am now on Linux Mint native. So far it is working really well. Only thing that I have not figured out that is important is two finger scroll gestures that I am used to elsewhere by default these days. Although I need a mouse for this setup anyway so once I have that it won't matter so much regardless.
I just installed it on a laptop last night. It had the option under the touchpad settings. You could also turn natural scrolling on.
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@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I am now on Linux Mint native. So far it is working really well. Only thing that I have not figured out that is important is two finger scroll gestures that I am used to elsewhere by default these days. Although I need a mouse for this setup anyway so once I have that it won't matter so much regardless.
I just installed it on a laptop last night. It had the option under the touchpad settings. You could also turn natural scrolling on.
Awesome! That fixed that. Thanks.
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I upgraded to Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa about a week ago and everything continues to run great. Really no issues at all on my Mint laptop. It never gets shut down or power cycles and has been completely stable. Not a single crash or glitch in two weeks of continuous use and uptime since getting to Greece.
I am starting to notice that my laptop only has 4GB of RAM, though. I have so many things open most days that it is a little bit limiting, but not too bad. I miss having 6GB, that makes all of the difference.
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Why was this distro chosen?
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Linux Mint is widely considered the best desktop distribution of Linux. It's completely focused on that role and developers two of the leading desktops (Cinnamon and MATE) itself rather than using "just what is on the market." It's the only large market desktop focused Linux option and is absolutely awesome. Cinnamon is far and away my favourite desktop so using it on its native Mint makes sense. Mint is also very stable, heavily tested and maintained and extremely up to date.
What makes something "the best" is pretty subjective, but there is very little competition for Linux Mint when it comes to general desktop use. And it is full of options like Gnome, KDE, LDXE, XFCe, etc. should you want to move between different desktops.
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So thought of trying Linux Mint, tried downloading the iso and looks like the Linux Mint site is down now!
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Apparently Linux Mint ISO was hacked and injected a backdoor with it, which could be why they took down the site till that is fixed! http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994
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@scottalanmiller as per the Linux Mint blog "As far as we know, the only compromised edition was Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon edition." You have this version rite?
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Not good news for open source software.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
Not good news for open source software.
Not really bad news for OSS in general. Highly embarrassing for Mint. (forking it up
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