<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79591">Welcome, John!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79590"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79589">:) (no, not the list admin, just a friendly guy)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79600" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79616" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79617" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79588"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79587"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79586"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79574"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79573">If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.<br>"I can" is a way of life.<br>More and Bigger is not always Better.<br>The road to success is always uphill.<br>Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself.</div></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79577" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79576" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79575" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79592" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79578" face="Arial" size="2"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79619"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79618" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Corey <jcorey62@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NMGLUG.org mailing list <nmglug@lists.nmglug.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 18, 2015 2:34 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79635"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79634" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [nmglug] considering ubuntu alternative: suggestions?<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79579" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv9161444323"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79581"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79580" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79582" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Hi,
my name is John. I repair computers for a living and I’ve been a subscriber to
the bulletin board for some time and enjoy reading and learning from the posts.
This is my first post. If you’re looking for an easy to use everyday solution I’ve
found that Mint 17.1 with the ‘Mate’ desktop to be the easiest. I t allows you
to create, move, rename desktop icons in much the same manner as you would on a
Windows or MAC machine as well as perform other ‘PC Like’ tasks. I do have a Ubuntu
14.04 LTS machine in my shop that I use as a ‘tool’ to mount troublesome hard
drives from PCs or MACs in order to retrieve data and troubleshoot hard drive SMART
status. Yes Mint is built on Ubuntu but it's been my experience that most of the straight Ubuntu versions are more ‘industrial’ in look and feel while the Mint with ‘Mate’ desktop is
more ‘PC like’. I typically rebuild old Pentium 4 PCs with Mint 17.1 for
customers who want a friendly computer for the grandkids that keeps them
occupied and way from their parents’ computer. Hope this is of same value.</span><br clear="none"></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv9161444323yqt8141550225" id="yiv9161444323yqt86282"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79583" class="yiv9161444323gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79584" class="yiv9161444323gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:33 AM, a <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:a@kaluta.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:a@kaluta.us">a@kaluta.us</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434475238831_79585" class="yiv9161444323gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi all,you all:<br clear="none">
Anyway,I believe the time has come to seek an ubuntu alternative,have a live disk of mint,electronically teleport your thoughts.<br clear="none">
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