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anybody else use it ? so far i really digg it and it has alot more to offer than ubuntu other than the fact alot of the apps and the kernel are out of date. but that casn be easily solved by doing upgrades. im sorta steering clear of 8.10 for now until they work the bugs out a bit.

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I haven't used it, but I do question how one flavor of Linux could have "a lot more to offer" than another.

Pretty much any flavor can run any app.

Perhaps it just has a selection of apps that are more inline with what you do with Linux? :unsure:

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I haven't used it, but I do question how one flavor of Linux could have "a lot more to offer" than another.

Pretty much any flavor can run any app.

Perhaps it just has a selection of apps that are more inline with what you do with Linux? :unsure:

Mint comes with all the codecs, video drivers and other stuff that isn't gpl that ubuntu can't bundle.

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the kernel is the only thing that bugs me a bit, its still 2.6.24-16 and id like to know how to update it to at least 2.6.24-19 if possible ?

i wanted to use ubuntu 8.10 but it wouldn't boot correctly on my laptop. i had to keep pressing a key on my keyboard for the progress bar to load during boot ? must be a bug of some sorts ? anyways i hear alot of people are having issues.

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Quite frankly, what do you need in the newer kernel? Does it have some security fix you are requiring now? Has support been added for something that doesn't work in -16?

Constant upgrades for every kernel, regardless if it does anything for you (maybe a patch for something for ARM architecture, perhaps, that doesn't affect you on i386/32) just means extra reboots for no benefit.

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Quite frankly, what do you need in the newer kernel? Does it have some security fix you are requiring now? Has support been added for something that doesn't work in -16?

Constant upgrades for every kernel, regardless if it does anything for you (maybe a patch for something for ARM architecture, perhaps, that doesn't affect you on i386/32) just means extra reboots for no benefit.

(Y) Agreed... unless you have some type of new fangled hardware that isn't supported by the current kernel, or if there is some sort of security fix not dealt with by regular updates.

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