tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post8766850187201905225..comments2024-03-19T13:05:39.888+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon: pity, pity, pityDarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-32454004175344865132017-11-14T15:34:14.001+00:002017-11-14T15:34:14.001+00:00Don't tell me what to do, and I will not tell ...Don't tell me what to do, and I will not tell you where you should go to...DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-87779363585669810542017-11-14T15:28:13.498+00:002017-11-14T15:28:13.498+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-57632896430601029422017-06-10T06:27:31.745+01:002017-06-10T06:27:31.745+01:00Mint MATE deserves a separate review, but I have n...Mint MATE deserves a separate review, but I have not done that yet. Maybe later.<br />Or... do you want to write it yourself?DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-37578084671758151592017-06-09T21:54:02.131+01:002017-06-09T21:54:02.131+01:00Comparing Mint Cinnamon to Ubuntu MATE or Xbuntu i...Comparing Mint Cinnamon to Ubuntu MATE or Xbuntu isn't a fair comparison. Mint has MATE version, so that should have been used.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04737960714439897701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-80633353666688197552017-04-26T18:43:29.741+01:002017-04-26T18:43:29.741+01:00Thanks for you insight, Dave!Thanks for you insight, Dave!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-40259042105946191812017-04-26T16:01:36.463+01:002017-04-26T16:01:36.463+01:00I never had an issue like this... I used one of th...I never had an issue like this... I used one of the following but I use mint 18 Sarah 18.1 had a few issues.<br /><br />From the welcome screen, by clicking on “Multimedia Codecs”<br /><br />or from the main menu, by clicking on “Start Menu” >> ”Sound and Video” >> ”Install Multimedia Codecs” or during the installation process, by clicking a checkbox option. <br /><br />I play play MPV movies with SMplayer. I fine it produces a better picture lighting than VLC. if I play them on my laptop. I never like Totem. VlC I use to play DVD's only. Nvidia driver used in mint has always had issues with certain graphics cards with Nivdia. My mint desktop has a radeon 5570 was installed with out an issue. The driver used was radeon. mint 17 and mint 18 have different versions numbers of the cinnamon desktop or mate which ever you are using. IF your dell has a duel graphics card built-in I would change it to intel only. even IBM T500 series has this issue. mine does not have the duel so I am lucky.<br /><br />Flickering screen... main reason if you play video and use the web and then scroll the screen the Xserver will flicker due to it being 26 years old and patched like a patch pair of jeans to keep it functional. Currently apple computers use the same Xserver x11 or maybe even X12 not much better. If you are using a Intel 3000 chip search for an update from Intel's website. <br /><br />The good news is this Xserver is getting replaced. read this link Ubuntu has this in the 17.04 now and will be using it in Ubuntu 18.04. in April 2018 release.<br /><br />https://wayland.freedesktop.org/<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737662675780229471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-24193772854867780312017-03-18T09:41:14.624+00:002017-03-18T09:41:14.624+00:00Possibly they don't want to waste most of thei...Possibly they don't want to waste most of their remaining life in courtrooms.<br /><br />But in any case, after I installed it to my HD with "Include 3rd party drivers" (or somesuch) option selected, I have had no problems.Yksi Turkkulaanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475668667269947741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-1242236775959190632017-03-18T09:38:15.263+00:002017-03-18T09:38:15.263+00:00FYI der, it did improve in 18.1.FYI der, it did improve in 18.1.Yksi Turkkulaanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475668667269947741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-41867893048336841522017-03-12T21:15:30.867+00:002017-03-12T21:15:30.867+00:00I haven't tried 18.1 yet, but I agree that usu...I haven't tried 18.1 yet, but I agree that usually Mint is more stable.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-6268858313994785492017-03-12T20:26:40.084+00:002017-03-12T20:26:40.084+00:0018.1 looks and feels "Mint stable" out o...18.1 looks and feels "Mint stable" out of the box but after a few minutes I found crashing from Package Manager and various other apps to be notable. The VLC preinstall seems to take care of the codec issue. Hopefully they can improve on the next few point releases and iron out some of this wonkiness that is uncommon w/ Mint.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049583779375688449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-33923283707756310932017-02-15T22:48:16.383+00:002017-02-15T22:48:16.383+00:00That is a good result for you, John!That is a good result for you, John!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-34768519994406260622017-02-15T21:21:06.427+00:002017-02-15T21:21:06.427+00:00I recently installed Linux Mint 18.0 Cinnamon Edit...I recently installed Linux Mint 18.0 Cinnamon Edition precisely because version 17.3 suffered from video streaming flickering problems which don't exist in 18.0. No testing, just a straight install. Problems during install? Perhaps, except that the final result is that Multi Media video in both FLASH and HTML5 players play perfectly.John Gohdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15021863331749856164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-996026750697976732017-01-24T16:29:48.420+00:002017-01-24T16:29:48.420+00:00Thanks William. You're right, this is my way o...Thanks William. You're right, this is my way of doing reviews, and I do them <a href="http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2011/06/why-do-i-do-live-system-reviews.html" rel="nofollow">this way</a>. Other person's opinion can be different.<br />DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-37564728031166466112017-01-24T16:00:29.144+00:002017-01-24T16:00:29.144+00:00IMO the best way to truly test/review any O/S is t...IMO the best way to truly test/review any O/S is to install it as a virtual machine. (I use VirtualBox). This will give you a much more valid system test than any Live DVD "installation." It also works with operating systems that don't have the unique Linux "Live" disk/USB feature. Thanks to the author for his review. Readers, remember the review is one person's perspective, which inevitably won't match yours! :-)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020655200228383884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-41110528485873565112017-01-24T15:50:32.663+00:002017-01-24T15:50:32.663+00:00I agree. I've installed both 18 and 18.1 with...I agree. I've installed both 18 and 18.1 with no CODECs issues. The "live" install is meant to verify the installation will run on your machine, and to explore the basic O/S features. It's not meant to be a "temporary" complete installation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020655200228383884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-20079686601634639792017-01-10T06:27:00.012+00:002017-01-10T06:27:00.012+00:00Thanks for support!Thanks for support!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-85753897776737379082017-01-10T05:09:07.748+00:002017-01-10T05:09:07.748+00:00guys stop criticizing the author, he just shared h...guys stop criticizing the author, he just shared his experience with the distro.<br />I too like mint 18 but this doesn't mean that i will not hear any criticism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609327787541676951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-43116633086332442282016-12-09T08:30:37.533+00:002016-12-09T08:30:37.533+00:00Actually it is led by a French man living in Irela...Actually it is led by a French man living in Ireland, and has a development team who live all over the world.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400516542720318309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-51592304234415575752016-11-16T04:57:43.699+00:002016-11-16T04:57:43.699+00:00I'm sorry too. I personally think after readi...I'm sorry too. I personally think after reading all the complaints and bug reports on Mint 18, is that maybe it was released way to early? <br /><br />I don't know. Only time will tell in the next release and I'll try again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-37824905955915578422016-11-15T06:46:21.121+00:002016-11-15T06:46:21.121+00:00Heh, sorry about your bad experience! :(Heh, sorry about your bad experience! :(DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-47812009421794528012016-11-15T03:22:03.570+00:002016-11-15T03:22:03.570+00:00I tried Mint 18 and my hopes were high. Look and ...I tried Mint 18 and my hopes were high. Look and feel was nice, fast and had all the updated software I mostly used. Until I installed MythTV. What a total nightmare.<br /><br />For one, after the huge upgrade, everything for me went down hill fast. I found myself having to use the terminal 90% of the time just to fix all sorts of bugs and problems with getting my Laser printer and webcam to work.<br /><br />Where do I start? MythTV! After installing, My FusionHDTV 5 TV card no longer was recognized under Kernel 4.4.1 - After debugging this issue for an hour, the search for TV channels was so slow, taking almost 20 minutes to find channels. Then after all that, no TV channels found.<br /><br />SO I updated MythTV to version 29 beta and even worse. Now my HDTV card was no longer detectable. After two days of trying to fix these problems, I gave up and tried "Motion" for Linux.<br /><br />I wanted to turn my 1080p webcam into a security camera like I have been doing in Mint 17.3 - Well after installing in Mint 18 and configuring the Motion script. Everything went down hill fast. Video was slow and laggy, everything animated and the compression was utter garbage. <br /><br />On a high end IP camera I also own that uses a Sony 8 megapixel camera, video looked like a analog webcam on it's last leg. Lets also talk about battery life. For me, very bad. Ubuntu Mate had better battery life compared to Linux Mint 18. After two days of testing, it's totally failed me.<br /><br />I deleted it and went back to Mint 17.3 using default Kernel 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64 - for my MythTV and Security camera applications. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-55247818529964935702016-10-29T22:37:30.324+01:002016-10-29T22:37:30.324+01:00pretty pathetic review. Your weird and funky sys...pretty pathetic review. Your weird and funky system and yor pathetic ego produced some weird and funky results. Nothin new here. Get a real system, read the release notes, learn what you are doing and try for some objectivity and a little less vanity and you may even gain some credibility. What a doofus!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11077313810134720762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-54868747486181620052016-10-27T06:59:08.785+01:002016-10-27T06:59:08.785+01:00That's your right :)That's your right :)DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-57478518195968029252016-10-27T06:57:44.296+01:002016-10-27T06:57:44.296+01:00After reading Dark Ducks responses to comments, I&...After reading Dark Ducks responses to comments, I'm reminded of a quote from a movie. "It must be nice to know you're always the smartest person in the room." "No, it's awful." I won't be back to this domain. VegasVaaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608550882598383734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-47455367885770174402016-09-23T09:26:47.886+01:002016-09-23T09:26:47.886+01:00@darkduck : you think that it uses too much memory...@darkduck : you think that it uses too much memory ? ON A LIVE SESSION ? <br />hey get back to earth !!!! when running from disk, it wont use that much !!!! but you re too lazy to install it or you just dont know how to... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08555082444140016819noreply@blogger.com