Linux Mint 12 Images
On this page you’ll find all of the images in this review of Linux Mint 12. They are ordered by title and include the install routine, booting, login, desktop, software manager and other important images.
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- Application Menu
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- Application Menu Error 1
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- Application Menu Error 2
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- Banshee
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- Boot Menu
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- Chromium Browser
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- Duck Duck Go is Linux Mint 12′s new default search engine.
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- GNOME 3 Menu
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- Install 1
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- Install 2
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- Install 3
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- Install 4
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- Install 5
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- Install 6
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- Install 7
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- Install 8
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- Install 9
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- Linux Mint 12 Desktop
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- Live DVD Desktop
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- Login
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- MATE
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- Multimedia Category in Software Manager
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- Software Manager
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- Software Manager Internet Category
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- System Settings
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- Themes
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- Themes and Wallpaper
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- Update Manager
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- VLC
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- Welcome to Linux Mint
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- YouTube
(11 votes, average: 4.64 out of 5)
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Well Jim, I knew that you would get off your duff and review Linux Mint within a week or so of its release, so congratulations on doing so.
For GNOME lovers, Mint really is saving the day, and if GNOME developers and distro builders are smart, they will at least provide something like what Mint has done to provide users with alternatives. Try as they may, not everyone will – today – or any time in the near future, sucumb to the urge to run touch devices. I have stuff from the Droid family. Yes, it’s good for quick access to stuff, but I wouldn’t use it in a million years when I have to be greatly productive, fast, and efficient. The only thing it’s fast at is clearing out SPAM Email, and a REGULAR Email client does a better job any day; it’s just good to have a mobile device when you are away. As far as I am concerned, mobile stuff won’t replace traditional devices in my lifetime, unless revolutionary improvements are still in the works. The “inventions” we have recently seen are disasters when they come to replacing traditional desktops, which, at least to me, were the optimal in speed and efficiency.
As far as the rest of Mint goes, I think it’s good for the novice and casual user. It can be used by veterans as well, but hobbyists who want access to everything may not be quite as thrilled with it. I can do without it myself, but I wouldn’t want to see it go anywhere; it’s great for bringing usable technology to thousands of new potential Linux converts! :-)
Everyone is focusing on MGSE on their reviews. Too bad because I want to read a MATE review. I content to stay with GNOME 2.x and if MATE in Mint 12 is not good enough, I might not upgrade my Mint 11 boxes.
Still waiting for MATE review
Thanks, Brian. Glad you enjoyed it.
Hmm. Liquidkermit, thanks for the feedback. Perhaps I’ll do a quick look for Eye On Linux of it. That could be interesting.
Thanks for the overview. I am a long time LinuxMint fan and am very much interested in how it approaches what I see as the Vista of Linux desktop environments. Even though I am on to the XFCE LMDE variant at this point, I wonder if they have provided the shell extensions to GNOME LMDE. I might be tempted to switch my work box over if rolling release is added to the feature list.
Also, I remember reading several pieces where Carly Simon cited David Geffen as the source of inspiration for “You’re So Vain.” ;) I understand why it wasn’t just put out there years ago; the song incites the listener to introspection without this detail.
Yes, it’s not good enough, both mint 12 and mate. Stay with Gnome 2.x
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I have not tried Mint 12 but it offers nothing you can’t already do with gnome shell in Arch Linux or any other distro the extensions are all there. The negativity of reviewers is unbelievable not only with Gnome shell but with Linux in general. thank goodness you do try to give a quality review even if i don’t always agree i always read yours.
Interesting review (as usual). Thanks alot! And yes – MATEd Mint review would be super. As by me – merging Mint with Gnome 3 Shell was mistaken. Xfce/KDE would be much much smarter move. In the worst case even Unity would be more reasonable change than Gnome Shell. As I can see, people spit less after using Unity compared with Shell. But well, what`s done is done.
Jim,
As always, a great, balanced review. It does, however, bring up this whole ‘dumbing down’ of the desktop thing. Nothing has polarized the Linux community like this since I have been involved — early 2004.
Not wanting to throw any more gas on the fire, I am still curious about your opinion on one aspect. At what monitor size does touchscreen become a practical, usable element for the desktop? I know there hasn’t been any real research on this (or we wouldn’t be headed down this perplexing development path), but my gut level says:
Touchscreen becomes usable for the average user at 42 inches or larger.
Do you want to hazard a guess?
Hawkeye52
Hi Hawkeye,
Thanks for the feedback.
Good question on the touchscreen. I suppose it depends on how it is implemented. Would they do it like Apple with the Magic Trackpad thing? So you use the trackpad rather than touching the screen itself?
I think leaning forward to touch a large screen would be awkward and rather uncomfortable after a while. But if you were working off a trackpad or some other device that was near your keyboard then perhaps it might work.
But I think the larger question for interface design on the desktop is whether or not you are application-centric or task-centric. Unity & GNOME 3 are geared toward being application-centric while MATE, Xfce and KDE are task-oriented.
I very much prefer the task-oriented approach. I do not want one application taking over the screen and I want to be able to easily switch between applications, minimize windows, etc.
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Thanks for another review Jim!
Just like I thought the first time, Mint 12 is THE Linux distro to watch. Although I’m a little disappointed that nothing was said about MATE (yet?), the review about LMSE in very interesting.
As a happy Mint Debian-user, I will play it safe and hold out for the Mint 13 (LTS). By then, I will finally have my first ever laptop and I’ll use it for Mint while maintaining my desktop with Mint Debian.
Mannn. Don’t review Distros in a Virtual Machine and come to an opinion…. it isn’t the same as installing to the Metal