Linux Mint 12 Now Available

[likemindead]

Same for me. With the changes that GNOME is going through, my choices would be Xfce > Openbox > Fluxbox > LXDE > others.

[mccracken]

[The Doctor]

Farewell, Apple. Hello Linux Mint!

That's right, I packed it in. My MacBook Pro is now on the shelf. In a while, it goes on Craigslist -- not because it's been obsoleted by the latest version of Mac OS -- Mountain Lion as mine will work okay (some MacBook Pros will not). Instead, there's a cushy comfort zone that's dangerous for a product reviewer to fall into.

I decided on Linux Mint 12, the Gnome/Debian version, as the base. Windows 7 or 8 would probably live in a virtual machine, as well as other virtual machines I already use.

That's the best way to do it!  Linux on the desktop, Windows in VirtualBox.

[The Doctor]

MATE 1.2 Desktop Environment Released

The development team behind the MATE desktop environment proudly announced last evening, April 16th, that the stable 1.2.0 version of the popular project is now available for download and upgrade.

MATE 1.2.0 is a fork of GNOME 2, providing a traditional desktop environment for Linux operating systems and low-end machines.

Mate is included with Mint 12, but was reported to be very buggy.  Perhaps this new release will address and fix many of those earlier problems.