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Re: [LUG] most graphically impressive live-cd - for a windows user to try

 

Roland Tarver wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Rhia Knowles
> <rhiadratech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Recent mint CDs come with compiz enabled on compatible hardware as default.
>> So boot up eg mint 7, and spin that cube!
> 
> Hmmm - ok - It did not seem to do that when I booted mint 8.1 on my
> year old laptop, however, I will investigate. Thank you Rhia.
> 
> Even though I asked the original question (for my friends benefit),
> personally I don't like "lights and clockwork" - I like simplicity and
> speed, ideally the command line - ok, ok, perhaps with a web browser
> thrown into the party. haha! But I do love the fact that linux users
> have the freedom to choose exactly what they want and how they want it
> :-)
> 
> Best wishes
> roly
> 

I too feel that KDE has gone rather OTT. Which is the reason that, on my
laptop, I have installed Mint 7 Xfce. And it works very well for me.

Neil

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