Re: [Staffslug] G OS & Linux Mint

Hi All So I've had a *Very* quick look at; G OS (http://www.thinkgos.com) Linux Mint (http://linuxmint.com) I intend to do a write up review as soon as possible but I thought I'd share some initial thoughts with the great un-washed 1st ;-) G OS Looks nice, looks fun, What's the point? I mean its just desktop short cuts after all and if you ain't got an Internet connection well you're stuffed, sort of. I liked the embedded search panel, at first, until I realised each search produced its own Window! surely there should be an option to reuse the current window or at least be asked if you wanted to open the results in a new window. Linux Mint I have to say I like it, dick_turpin ducks to avoid the stale buns being hurled by the Ubuntu clan with shouts of "See, we said we was right" I like the colour scheme even though black is not my favourite colour but the desktop looks very slick and at least its not pooh colour although you do get a very quick flash of brown when the desktop start (weird?). The 'Mint updater' is pretty cool with its numbered ratings. The *Slab* menu is the best I've seen and is how one should work e.g. the slab extension is a scroll bar. I don't have anything to physically install Mint on at the moment but I will do at the weekend some members have installed/run Linux Mint and possibly G OS so I'm looking for some thoughts and comments which I'll have a look at, verify and or maybe yell "Liar liar bums on fire" -- Regards Dick Turpin http://www.cannon-linux.co.uk Arch Linux is an independent i686-optimized community distribution for intermediate and advanced Linux users. Utilising a Rolling Release System packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a snapshot to the stable packages at that time. So there's no need for a fresh install the command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system. _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug