Peppermint OS One
Where To Get Help
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You might also want to check out the Common Questions/FAQ, and Release Notes. You should also keep an eye on the Peppermint OS Community page for news about the Peppermint OS community. There is also a community-based support option available at GetSatisfaction. You can also make a donation to support Peppermint OS One.
Final Thoughts & Who Should Use It
Peppermint OS One is suitable for beginner, intermediate and advanced Linux users.
It provides a great blend of desktop and cloud computing, and it wraps all of it up in an attractive package. Peppermint OS One is fast and I found it to be extremely stable too. Distrohoppers will have a ball with this one; it’s definitely not your run of the mill Ubuntu remaster.
Peppermint OS One also has an informative and well-designed web site. I write a lot of distro reviews and I’m dismayed by some of the icky sites I see. Some of them have very little information about the distro and it makes my job as a reviewer much harder, since I have to track down information to include in the review. The Peppermint OS team did a fantastic job on their site, and provided a great deal of helpful information. I urge other distro developers to take a look at it and consider using it as a basic template when setting up a site.
Peppermint OS is a breath of fresh air and I’ve had a lot of fun using it. Grab a copy of it; I think you’ll enjoy it.
What’s your take on this distro? Tell me in the comments below. Visit the DLR forum for more discussions. Visit JimLynch.com for opinion columns.
Summary Table:
| Product: | Peppermint OS One |
| Web Site: | http://peppermintos.com |
| Price: | Free |
| Pros: | Excellent selection of web-passed applications built right into the desktop’s application menus. Fast and very stable. Software Manager includes a huge range of desktop applications. Attractive wallpaper, unique logo and brand identity. Fast and easy install. |
| Cons: | Lacks educational slideshow during the install. Does not include bundled games or links to browser-based games. Updating the system resulted in a GRUB bootsplash screen appearing at boot up time. Font size errors appeared in some menus. |
| Suitable For: | Beginner, intermediate and advanced Linux users. |
| Summary: | Peppermint OS One is a breath of fresh air. It provides a terrific blend of cloud and desktop computing that is accessible to any kind of user. Highly recommended for those looking for such an interesting blend and for those who simply want a fun, new distro to play with in their virtual machines. |
| Rating: | 4/5 |
(11 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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[...] one that is particularly interesting to review. Peppermint OS One is definitely in that category. Peppermint OS One is a web-centric Ubuntu remaster that passes up common desktop applications like OpenOffice.org in favor of web-based [...]
Superb distro! I love Mint, and PeppermintOS is a fantastic LXDE distribution. Lubuntu/Mint combination, super!
The wallpaper would fit best a distro called CinammonOS. :-)
I have gOS 8.04.2 or whatever the latest update is and it’s on my Gateway laptop. It is one of the oldest of the early distros that started experimenting with the Web and the cloud. Maybe I ought to replace it with this Peppermint OS. I’ll consider it. gOS has actually been a pretty good OS for me these past couple of years.
So if I add Mozilla Prism, Google Docs, and Dropbox to my Ubuntu install, do I have a cool “cloud OS” ?
Wait, for that matter, I could get an even cooler “cloud OS” by adding Google Docs, a VPN, and an online storage service to Windows Vista and I’d be living in the cloud!
[...] review on slashdot– I’ve covered a lot of remastered versions of Ubuntu since DLR launched. But, every once in a while, I bump into one that is particularly interesting to review. Peppermint OS One is definitely in that category. [...]
Looks interesting though some parts (such as links to Hulu, Last.FM, and Pandora) are useless for non US users. Still, an interesting idea in a “cloud OS”.
why the hell are you watching a video of a squirrel being skinned ?
I installed Peppermint Os today. In the past I used PcLinuxOS XFCE which I found too slow on my Thinkpad R40e. In the few hours I am using it I am very surprised about this fast distro. It looks also very stable and has all the new updates including Firefox 3.6.3. I am very enthusiastic and going to use it for a while. Therefore I want tgive the developer a compliment and advice others to use this new exciting distro.
I was about to link to this review, but that was until I saw the YouTube screenshot. Was this really the best YouTube screenshot you could find ?!? I second gino, a previous commenter on this review.
I really hope you can include another YouTube screenshot, because this takes the quality from your Peppermint review.