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        <title><![CDATA[Linux Mint Debian?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Looks interesting. Is it worth a try?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jkameleon@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:47:53 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[help for Mint]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-350383-3520750]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I usually fall back to the very extensive help forums for Ubuntu.  They're close enough that most of the things I've read were helpful in Mint as well.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke G.]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:16:59 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[mint]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I tried Mint about two years ago as my first Linux experience and was pleased but went on to try others. Last week I installed Mint again. Except for some hassles with hooking up to my wifi that I'm still working on, I am happy with it. My fall-back is still Puppy, but Mint is  sweet. A help page would be of more use than the limited FAQ page and forum to newbies.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[garyfizer@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:00:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Linux Mint]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have been using Mint on both my desktop and my main server for about a year now and I must say it has performed FLAWLESSLY!  The Mint team has really produced a nice product.  I am not sure if I will upgrade right away as it will take a-lot in preparations before I do but I highly recommend Mint as a great Ubuntu alternative.  I moved away from Ubuntu after Unity wouldn't run on my desktop and really made no sense on my server.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jason@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:17:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Support Mint]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Although I have never used Mint (due to various reasons that are not Mint's fault) I like the approach they are taking. It is now at the top on distrowatch (doesn't mean it has most users, it gives you an idea) and that must be because they are doing something right. I just love their approach]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[yaseennoorani]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:57:12 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[gnome 3]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This Mint looks a lot like what Mandriva is doing to KDE4 with it's &quot;Rosa&quot; project, a similar overlay to ostensibly make the typical end user more comfortable with the environment. For my take that means &quot;dumbing down.&quot;I love gnome 3, it took hold of me the first time I logged into an alpha, hacked together and packaged by Mandriva a year or so before there was any set release on the calendar. It was rough and lacking, but I could see the principle behind it. I consider it one of the rare &quot;revolutionary&quot; steps in desktop development as opposed to &quot;evolutionary,&quot; small changes around the edges we typically see.That said I use straight upstream KDE 4 for the most part. But if I ever get a touch device, I'll do what it takes to get gnome 3 on there. I believe gnome 3 would take the touch market by storm if someone put it on their device. The flow of using it is a natural for touch, in remarkably intricate ways.In fact, if I ever do get a touch based device like a tablet, it will be precisely so I can put gnome 3 on it, I wouldn't get one otherwise. Unless I had a full blown, open source Linux OS on the thing I wouldn't have much use for a tab. And I couldn't imagine myself using touch without the smooth flow gnome 3 would provide.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pgit]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:09:49 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hmmm.... git, you say?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-350383-3519989]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I've already reconciled myself with the fact that I'll probably lose my environment again, when OpenSUSE 12.1 comes out in a couple of days. I'll try git, and let you know how it went if you want.BTW, I was forced to switch to OpenSUSE because MySql workbench doesn't work on new Ubuntu/Kubuntu (which means it won't work on the next version of Mint either). The second reason I did that is that the latest and greatest version of Mono is available as RPG only. Since I'm coming from Windows, Mono is an obvious choice for me.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jkameleon@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:10:17 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[VM benefits]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Running my dev environment in a VM is not convenient, in some ways.  But, my decision was based on 1) losing my system due to rogue updates, and 2) changing distros twice before I came to Mint.  Since I can take a snapshot of the VM regularly, it's essentially 'future proof' since I can easily roll back any updates or changes.  And, I can migrate to any current operating system I choose--Windows, Mac, other Linux distro--with no changes at all, as it is totally insulated from the host in this respect.That's my reasoning on it.  I know you can do other things to preserve your config without running a VM (use svn/hg/git to backup your config files, etc).  Maybe that is a viable option as well, but I have not tried it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke G.]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:47:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm using Linux for LAMP development]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I switched from Windows about 6 montsh ago for this reason. I could use WAMP, but things generally work better in their home environment, besides, there are far better development tools available on Linux.OK, I can back the home directory up, put it in separate partition, whatever, no problem. The main annoyance in my case is to set my development environment all over again- php.ini, apache, virtual hosts, xdebug, that kind of stuff. To run the applications I need on regular basis in VM... I don't know... somehow it doesn't make sense. If I'd run them in VM, why would I need to bother about the distro at all?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jkameleon@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:22:07 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Just the ticket]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've built some boxes with the new Ubuntu,  then converted over to Gnome Shell,  then added the extensions manually: all quite satisfying but time consuming.Its great that there is a distro out there that does the work for you.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[phil@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:12:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sounds exciting!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've been running Mint on my main laptop for a year or so now and have been loving it.  I have had a few issues here and there, but with good backups, a separate home partition, and my important tools running in a vm, I don't mind reinstalling if I have to.  I'm a special case, perhaps.  So, I'll be giving 12 a shot when it's fully baked and ready to go!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke G.]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:14:03 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tried it, looks very nice, but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[... the Mint upgrades are just too painful.So... I'll just stick with ol' KDE, I guess.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jkameleon@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:59:18 -0800</pubDate>
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