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We have a winner! Fresh Linux Mint 17.1 -- hands down the best
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I tried the latest Xubuntu 14.1 last week and I was surprised to find quite a few rough edges so now i'm back to Linux Mint 17 XFCE.
The one advantage that Xubuntu does have is that Simple-Scan works out of the box with my printer/scanner which it doesn't on Mint 17 which im putting down to newer Sane drivers in Xubuntu. Im hoping 17.1 of Mint will fix that issue.
The other thing I like about Xubuntu is how they put a lot of the additional settings for non XFCE stuff into the XFCE settings manager which is cool and I wish the Mint team would do the same. But apart from that I still think Mint XFCE is the better release in terms of polish and once 17.1 XFCE RC is released im grabbing it.
The one advantage that Xubuntu does have is that Simple-Scan works out of the box with my printer/scanner which it doesn't on Mint 17 which im putting down to newer Sane drivers in Xubuntu. Im hoping 17.1 of Mint will fix that issue.
The other thing I like about Xubuntu is how they put a lot of the additional settings for non XFCE stuff into the XFCE settings manager which is cool and I wish the Mint team would do the same. But apart from that I still think Mint XFCE is the better release in terms of polish and once 17.1 XFCE RC is released im grabbing it.
Yeah, Mint 17.1 is pretty awesome.
@Koriel
Rolf Bensch has a sane ppa which is tracking git. I use it in Linux Mint 17 and it gives all the latest scanner support.
A lot of the distros are supporting 1.0.23 or 1.0.24 but there has been a lot of additional support activity lately.
Rolf Bensch has a sane ppa which is tracking git. I use it in Linux Mint 17 and it gives all the latest scanner support.
A lot of the distros are supporting 1.0.23 or 1.0.24 but there has been a lot of additional support activity lately.
@skelband
Thanks, I'll check that out.
Thanks, I'll check that out.
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I have used Linux Mint a lot over recent years - bouncing between it and Xubuntu as my primary. Mint has always been attractive and solid. But, this latest 17.1 release with the newly overhauled Cinnamon desktop is FANTASTIC! I mean it's like Mac OS X pretty (supports HiDPI displays too), and as rock solid as always. I can actually feel the speed increase and see the lower memory footprint of the new Cinnamon as well. Smooth!
Even if you are not a buntu fan, I highly recommend throwing Mint 17.1 Cinnamon on a thumb drive and taking a look at what all the coming hype will be about. I can't wait to see the new Mint Debian in the Spring, and likely moving to that version (if it's as good as this one). ;-)