On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
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http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
> I couldn't find a link to the torrent of Linux Mint so I googled it. Is this
> a good place to D/L it from?
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> WOW It is brand mew..... it just came out today!
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jim March <
1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> As to the screensaver...huh. I just realized I have no idea, and I'm
>>> running the same thing! See, I think "Unity" is an absolute turd so I
>>> converted it to Gnome3 via the command:
>>>
>>>
>>>
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/08/installing-using-classic-gnome-desktop.html
>>>
>>> ...but unfortunately Ubuntu put virtually no effort into a rational
>>> set of menus so there's all kinds of stuff missing, including, I just
>>> realized, the damn screensaver controls.
>>>
>>> Arg.
>>>
>>> And this is why I'm strongly considering dumping it for Mint12 - they
>>> at least have put some effort into making Gnome3 work.
>>>
>>> Sigh.
>>>
>>> Odds are it has the latest kernel bits for power management and ACPI
>>> controls, which is another top contender for "why your rig is
>>> crashing"...they only just got a handle on that stuff, with patches
>>> that can be applied to current kernels and if I recall right, Mint12
>>> did so?
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
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