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leke · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:50 pm Post subject: Peppermint Linux

Tis a nice little distro. Very fast and runs great on my old eeePC4G. Install takes little space in comparison to other distros. Peppermint seems to be somewhat cloud orientated which is nice if you like that type of thing Smile

OS home: http://peppermintos.com/
Community home: http://peppermintos.net
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heiowge · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:29 pm Post subject:

I tried it. I was indeed fast and efficient. I quite liked it, but I didn't find it particularly stable though. Is this the norm?

I found Linux Mint LXDE to be just as fast, if not faster and more stable.

leke · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:08 pm Post subject:

leke · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 4:25 pm Post subject:

heiowge, it seems you have jinxed my peppermint install Very Happy

Like you said, I've now noticed some problems with it Rolling Eyes

I'm still downloading the LM LXDE iso. In the meantime, I also tried SliTaz which was like 30MB Surprised

It's pretty good too except it required a lot of manual configuring which I couldn't figure out how to do in the end.
Any time now, I'll have LM ready...any time now...
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heiowge · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:59 pm Post subject:

I think I remember reading that slitaz had issues...

btw, the PC I used LM LDXE and all the others on was my Mum's eeepc 900 series ( similar to the 4G, but with slightly more RAM and a larger screen). I would have tried them on my 2G, except there wasn't enough drive space.

Mikeo0302 · Joined: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:48 pm Posts: 7

I've been using peppermint for about 9 months now. It's pretty good but I'm currently trying to dual boot my netbook (a first-generation acer aspire one) in order to make it more work-friendly. Peppermint is great for fun stuff but I need something more offline-compatible for making lesson plans and stuff.

I haven't had any stability issues, or any issues at all for what I've been using it for (browsing, google docs, etc).

I stried Slitaz for my dual boot, but didn't like what I saw on the live disc. Currently trying to get Xubuntu on the go, but have had a lot of errors installing from the CDS (think I'll try a USB boot) and its been too long since I manually installed an OS to brave Zenwalk

heiowge · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:58 pm Post subject:

I don't know why, but I always had a lot of problems getting Xubuntu onto an eeepc. Ubuntu and Lubuntu went on fine, but not Xubuntu... Confused

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eeepc 1015PX, 1.66 Ghz Intel atom processor, 2 GB DDR3, 320 GB hd running Mint 14 MATE. Running great.