Post by: PCNetSpec on June 23, 2014, 10:44:14 am
This topic is for all members, new or veteran, newbie or guru, casual or power user, to introduce themselves to the crowd, if they like. We're all keen to get to know our community, and that's what this is for.
By the way, it's not really 'obligatory' ;)
Post by: rjm65 on June 23, 2014, 10:59:13 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 23, 2014, 11:23:47 am
Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)
Ageing beardy/hippy/biker from Cornwall England, with a love for all things 'Linux' .. I enjoy helping others get to grips with Linux in general, but more specifically Peppermint, so any assistance I give is as much for selfish reasons as any kind of altruism ;)
Anyway, good to know you all .. we have a GREAT team here who you'll find both friendly and helpful, so give us a shout if we can do anything for you :)
Post by: emegra on June 23, 2014, 12:19:12 pm
My name is Graeme I'm a 54 year old motor mechanic from Dundee, Scotland, father of 2 beautiful daughters and grandfather to a beautiful wee girl, finding myself getting grumpier as each year passes or at least so my daughters tell me , I enjoy messing about with computers and anything Linux although I wouldn't consider myself tech savvy but enjoy helping out where I can.
Graeme
Post by: kendall on June 23, 2014, 01:11:01 pm
Post by: TonyB on June 23, 2014, 02:29:09 pm
I'm Tony, aged 64, an Englishman from Kent, UK now living just outside Durban, South Africa. My wife comes from Peckham, South-East London (though she prefers to call it 'East Dulwich') & we have adult 3 daughters.
I had no experience of computers whatsoever until I bought a PC in 2007. That lasted precisely 2 years until the motherboard and hard drives rusted away (I live literally across the road from the sea in a very humid climate).
So I bought a laptop. My first introduction to Linux came when Microsoft asked me for an extortionate amount to permanently add MS Office to this new laptop after their free trial period had expired. My natural curiosity and an inner voice told me to google possible alternatives and I discovered (in those days) OpenOffice, which I downloaded and found to be almost the same as the MS proprietary alternative.
From then on I was hooked....... "if I can find a free version of Office, maybe there's a free browser" Actually, of course, there are several, and apparently they're all a bit more secure. And then the BIG step was when I discovered operating systems, in particular Ubuntu.
My journey took me to Linux Mint & thence to Peppermint, though I've installed & discarded other distros along the way.
I completely agree with others who say that Peppermint has such a friendly forum and I firmly believe that, although my level of knowledge is pretty poor, it is my duty to repay the community by chipping in with answers to (simple) questions wherever I can. Unfortunately, many of the requests are simply too technical for me to venture an opinion, but I'm often stalking you all in an effort to gain more knowledge.
So I hope you don't mind too much that I'm here.
Post by: Dragonsblood on June 24, 2014, 09:35:55 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 24, 2014, 09:43:40 am
Happy to hear you're enjoying Peppermint 5 :)
Post by: Rex Bouwense on June 25, 2014, 11:44:14 am
Post by: mac on June 25, 2014, 02:28:27 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 25, 2014, 03:21:23 pm
Post by: gurdonark on June 25, 2014, 10:38:00 pm
I work as a commercial litigation attorney during the day. My avocation is making electronica music which I release under Creative Commons licenses on netlabels. I also like bird watching and tournament chess.
My wife and I have been married for 24 years. don't have kids, but we do have a neat little dog we adopted at SPCA.
I am not a power user and not a coder. I rarely try to code in anything more complex than Logo. :). I use linux because I believe in sharing culture and liberal licensing. Also, I find it easy and fun to use. I'm even able sometimes to diagnose and solve my own problems. ;D
I'm excited to put Peppermint 5 on, as now I run my laptop on Peppermint 4. I run my desktop on Fedora 20, and run Porteus on a USB stick when I travel for work with my older, Windows laptop. I like LXDE and lightweight programs and gear.
I like the forum here because folks are helpful and patient.
Post by: sandstormzach on June 26, 2014, 01:54:50 pm
Despite getting my Bachelor's degree at age 20, I'm stuck working part-time as a cashier. When I'm not working I enjoy doing various nerdy things (playing video games, watching cartoons and anime, reading tabletop RPG books, etc). I'm not the most interesting person and I probably can't help with any technical problems, but I do enjoy reading the discussions.
Post by: DerrianWolf on September 17, 2014, 07:58:12 pm
not sure if anyone remembers me and my acer aspire one 
Anyways I have a new rig, a custom built Pentium I7 with 10GB DDR3 and 2GB GDDR5, 1 x 120GB SSD 1 x 250GB SSD 1 x 500GB HDD
The 120 has win 7 installed, and the 250 I'll be hooking up with Peppermint.
Post by: PCNetSpec on September 17, 2014, 09:08:51 pm
Oh, and welcome to the new forum.
Post by: AndyInMokum on September 18, 2014, 01:44:15 am
Post by: DerrianWolf on September 18, 2014, 03:28:43 am
And she's a beast alright, even with windows 7 (which I'll have to keep on the smaller drive, simply for my gaming needs.) She runs like an absolute dream, I'm hoping that P5 will double the power.
Post by: PCNetSpec on September 18, 2014, 07:19:53 am
It'll be interesting to see if it makes a huge difference or if on such a powerful system it's a "less" noticeable improvement than on a weaker system.
Post by: DerrianWolf on September 18, 2014, 02:10:33 pm
Post by: 10i on September 18, 2014, 04:46:15 pm
I am 33 and live in East London, South Africa. I work at a computer sales chain store as a hardware salesman, although some times I help out in the technical side when needed. We sell Windows PC's and Macs, and occasionally I will find someone who knows Linux.
I have been using Peppermint since ICE was the current flavour. Before that I was using Ubuntu, played around with Mandrake, Puppy and a few others. I have found that few distros are as easy to use as Peppermint. I am not an expert and am still learning, but I see that as a good thing.
Welcome to all the newcomers and thanks for sharing here.
Post by: cavy on November 05, 2014, 10:43:02 am
I found Peppermint to be vice-free and functional but Spartan. At the time I didn't have the knowledge to turn it into something special, I only had Unity as my yardstick.
In search of the perfect desktop system, that would offer Encrypted/LVM installation, stability, then my new mantra, minus the bloat-ware, (ISO files have doubled in size since buntu's 12.04), I could turn in to my own little piece of heaven.
I had the answer all the time, D'oah..!
The tutorials I found enlightening due their concise, clear presentation and instruction. I was able FIRST time to remove “light-locker” install the “screen saver”, install “auto-start” function, then edit the “gedit text editor” correctly. Ditto with the new “Login screen”, the “.face” avatar, find new “Widgets” and “Icons” to freshen up the appearance of my desktop.
Thank you, I hope to have many more years of vice- free and functional usage, albeit with a desktop now to my liking. I really need to brush up on bash skills, and learn the Linux way.
Post by: AndyInMokum on November 05, 2014, 12:05:15 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 05, 2014, 07:57:44 pm
Post by: geoponer on November 06, 2014, 01:37:43 am
Unfortunately I have no geeky desktop to share, as I tend to keep everything as simple as possible. I have tried to use conky in the past (I love the functionality it offers) but never managed to achieve what I saw in other desktops so I quickly gave up.
I am glad to be a part of this great and helpful community; even though it is hard for me to contribute (due to my absolute lack of knowledge about Linux), I enjoy reading posts, getting ideas and how-to's and of course try to spread the word about Peppermint as much as I can (combined with installations of Peppermint OS, where possible!).
Post by: AndyInMokum on November 06, 2014, 02:41:02 am
Post by: artman on November 06, 2014, 04:00:05 pm
My name is Henrik and I am from Sweden.
I have been a pepperminter since Peppermint 3. Back in the 80s I used C64 and Amiga. 90s it was Apple. 2000s Windows. 2010s Peppermint and that is what I call progression :D (well I need to have Windows in my work so dual-boot is a savior.
Professionally I am a professor at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) in Human-Computer Interaction. My programming skills is however totally outdated and now I mainly work with research about usability acquisition processes in systems development, design learning, design of cock-pits and command and control units.
In my sparetime I have interests in aquariums, beer-brewing and music (old-school industrial, independent rock/pop, and reggae) and modding computers, cell-phones and other technologies.
I have Peppermint on most of my (old)computers at home, dual boot (Peppermint/win) on my work computer and I try out different Linux-distros all the time. On my phones i prefer Android MIUI. I really like my Xiaomi Mi3.
Well that is bits and pieces about me!
/Henrik
Post by: Kunkuru on November 08, 2014, 04:47:27 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 10, 2014, 08:25:18 am
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Post by: BALLOON a.k.a. Fu-sen. on November 18, 2014, 10:15:05 am
I am a person supporting some Linux distro in Japan.
And I have come across appetizing candy. There is eating this! :D
There were a great many Windows users until now in Japan.
The peoples who were going to install Linux in Windows XP PC appeared one after another in Japan 1 year ago.
I would increase Japanese users of Peppermint when I came across Peppermint at this time.
But it cannot be late even if I go now!
I tell a Japanese users from now on.
"I found delicious Peppermint candy" ;)
I carry Peppermint to Japan!
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 18, 2014, 12:28:00 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on November 18, 2014, 12:56:18 pm
Post by: emegra on November 18, 2014, 01:55:24 pm
If you have any issues or problems don't be afraid to ask and hopefully someone smarter than me will assist you
Graeme
Post by: nomko on November 18, 2014, 03:33:57 pm
Ok, my name is Nomko. I'm from The Hague, The Netherlands, male 40 yr. I've been using computers since mid 90's, somewhere around 1995/1996. I started out with a 486SX50 and for those who don't know this processor type: it is basically a 486 DX CPU without the floating point unit (FPU). With that system i ran DOS 3.3 and later on up to DOS 6.22 till i switched to Win95, Windows NT4.0 (due to some instability with Win95 i switched to Win NT4.0) followed by Win98 and after that used Win 200 Pro for several years. Then used XP for a few years and ditch Windows completely for Linux after getting annoyed and pissed off due to an overkill of malware...
Started in 2007 with Ubuntu 7.04 installing all version after that till Ubuntu 10.04. Stopped using Ubuntu after version 10.04.3 when they introduced the horrible Unity desktop. Started using Mint and ended up with Mint 17 which feels and looks good, they've made great improvements but beside that it feels somewhat bloated and sluggish.
Was reading something about Peppermint OS and i felt like i should give Peppermint a try. Although not really found of the Lxde desktop, the overall look of Peppermint pleases me in some way. So.....here i am!
I won't say i'm a experienced user or a real geek or nerd, i'm a regular user that just happens to know a lot about Linux to a certain level, learning it the hard way. I always repair my own systems, always putting my own systems together and even a laptop i fix.
I have a desktop system and a MSI GE70-2PE notebook which will replace my current desktop completely.
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 18, 2014, 03:53:12 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on November 18, 2014, 04:09:03 pm
Post by: dobrivoj on June 10, 2015, 03:40:34 pm
Post by: emegra on June 10, 2015, 05:23:12 pm
Welcome to our forum, glad to hear you're enjoying Peppermint, by the sound of it you're not new to Linux but if you have any problems please don't be afraid to ask
Graeme
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 10, 2015, 05:42:57 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on June 10, 2015, 06:02:59 pm
Post by: bluzeo on July 01, 2015, 04:27:58 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on July 01, 2015, 04:44:04 pm
Post by: perknh on July 02, 2015, 08:30:35 pm
Welcome to Peppermint forum. How I wish there were more guys out there like you.
You may find this link interesting.
http://symplepc.com/blogs/news/16853255-symple-introduces-the-89-planet-friendly-ubuntu-linux-web-workstation (http://symplepc.com/blogs/news/16853255-symple-introduces-the-89-planet-friendly-ubuntu-linux-web-workstation)
bluzeo, believe it or not, you hit the jackpot here when you discovered this forum, and you'll discover why soon. :)
Welcome to, and enjoy, Peppermint forum. We learn a lot, and have a lot of fun here too.
perknh
Post by: darknet on September 21, 2015, 01:25:32 pm
I work with linux, mac osx and windows.
My personal favourite is linux on my desktops 8), for work (federal state of belgium) i must use windows :(.
Peppermint os is gonna be my first attempt with the lxde desktop.
As i type this the download of peppermint6 respin is running, after i finished the building of a new kitchen in my house i am gonna install this on one of my desktops.
Post by: PCNetSpec on September 21, 2015, 02:56:36 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on September 21, 2015, 05:52:21 pm
Post by: Dave_D on September 22, 2015, 10:34:39 am
Pushing into the retirement-age phase. Been a computer junkie since getting a TRS-80 back in 1980. I'm a developer of commercial real estate for my day job and live in a far-north suburb of Philadelphia. As a dedicated insomniac, I can usually be found at 3AM listening to the Stones on vinyl, AM broadcast band DX, air traffic over the Atlantic on shortwave, making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or trying to install a Linux distro without hosing my Windows partition.
Much to the wife's annoyance, I haven't divested myself of several laptops, a few tablets, a kindle, a Moto G, a rooted HTC Eris, an HTC Trophy Windows Phone, PSP 1000, Kindle and two boxes of PC, several shortwave receivers, a bunch of VHF-UHF scanners....and my pride and joy Timex-Sinclair 1000 complete with 9" B&W TV montor.
Why would I ? :D
Post by: PCNetSpec on September 22, 2015, 10:53:41 am
Post by: northern on September 22, 2015, 10:14:27 pm
Got our 1st computer in the mid 80s, I believe it was an 8088 with a huge 30mb hard drive lol.
Post by: Dave_D on September 22, 2015, 10:17:42 pm
Hi everyone, my name is Jon and I live in the Yukon in Canada. Been using Linux for almost a year and have installed it on all my computers (4). I have found Peppermint to be a nice balance of all things i want in a OS.
Got our 1st computer in the mid 80s, I believe it was an 8088 with a huge 30mb hard drive lol.
northern! Howdy
Post by: WaltH on September 24, 2015, 09:30:52 am
I live in Idaho, write songs in my spare time, and have been a full-time home Linux user since 2001 (dual-booted with Windows 95 and 98 for a while before that). I started out on Mandrake 8.0, which took me three or four hours to install because the user had to go through various menus to select the software s/he wanted to install. I've used smaller distros (Feather Linux, Libranet, Puppy - before all the variants came along, Vector) and larger distros (Mint, openSuSE, Ubuntu very briefly) and now Peppermint. Over the years, I've managed to tame if not completely overcome my command line phobia :) but I am certainly still no expert.
Between this community and the videos I've been watching from Linux Help Guy, this seems a great time to be a Peppermint user.
Post by: scifidude79 on September 24, 2015, 10:23:49 am
Post by: WaltH on September 24, 2015, 10:31:02 am
Welcome back. It's always great to have another person come back to Peppermint. :D I was thinking your username looked familiar, I probably remember you from the old forum.No doubt. I'm sure I posted there a time or two (or three). It's nice to see the progress that has been made with Peppermint over the years.
Post by: scifidude79 on September 24, 2015, 02:28:24 pm
No doubt. I'm sure I posted there a time or two (or three). It's nice to see the progress that has been made with Peppermint over the years.
I know what you mean. I've been with Peppermint off and on (100% on now) since the first or second respin of Peppermint One. It's amazing how this distribution has grown over the past five years. :)
Post by: N4RPS on November 09, 2015, 07:20:29 pm
Kudos to the Peppermint OS development team. After having tried on and off over the years to make Linux work - to no avail, it was Lubuntu 11.04 that was able to get me into using Linux regularly.
My favorite distro is Linux Lite, but it seems to be sluggish on PCs using 1 GB of RAM or less. Even with 2 GB RAM and an SSD, neither LL nor Lubuntu proved to be responsive enough on this machine (HP Mini210-1091NR).
I'm impressed with the way LXPup runs with some snap on a flash drive, plugged into an ancient Compaq Evo N600c with 512 MB RAM, using USB 1.1. However, even though LXPup Tahr is Ubuntu-compatible, it still has somewhat of a learning curve to it.
I thought I might have to go with LXPup for the HP as well, but then I tried out Peppermint OS. I'm not at all into cloud computing, but since Peppermint's cloud-based approach means far less bloat than anything else Ubuntu, I believe that this is a part of why Peppermint is so much faster. Since the developers of PCManFM, in their eminent wisdom, no longer trust us with root user support out of the box, the fact that unlike Lubuntu, PCManFM is not insidiously intertwined with it is a real plus...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 09, 2015, 07:34:14 pm
Post by: VinDSL on November 09, 2015, 07:40:28 pm
73 DE N4RPS
Welcome aboard !!!
51's N7XVK ;D
Post by: AndyInMokum on November 09, 2015, 08:25:57 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 10, 2015, 01:22:05 am
Quote
Knows Just Enough Linux to be DANGEROUS
HAHA Love it - Ain't that the truth 8)
Post by: N4RPS on November 10, 2015, 02:42:10 am
Welcome aboard !!!
51's N7XVK ;D
As in the Las Vegas 51s?
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Post by: N4RPS on November 10, 2015, 03:05:11 am
Hey N4RPS, and welcome to the forum :) .. a radio ham eh ?
Yes, indeed. I have a General class license. I started off as KF4ICR, copied enough code to answer enough questions to get Tech Plus (and the vanity call) in '98, and took advantage of the opportunity to upgrade with only the written General exam in 2000. Since my future involves some international travel, an upgrade to Extra is forthcoming because unless you hold an Extra-class ticket, CEPT limits you to Technician privileges.
It all started for me in the spring of '96. You see, my brother was going to take his Technician exam, and I just happened to glean enough out of "Now You're Talking" during the trip to the testing site to pass the exam by one question. Despite his having studied, my bro failed the examby one question, and had to return the next month to test again to finally pass. Of course, he'll NEVER live that down...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Post by: N4RPS on November 10, 2015, 03:12:33 am
HAHA Love it - Ain't that the truth 8)
Nothing like truth in advertising, eh?
I already see PM6 as something new to master. The more I play around with Peppermint, the more I like its perfect blend of what I like most about XFCE and LXDE in one platform.
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Post by: N4RPS on November 10, 2015, 03:17:37 am
Hi N4RPS, welcome aboard ;). Yeah, we're quite a bit different from other Ubuntu spins. We truly believe in freedom of choice. I hope you enjoy the ride ;)!!
From what I've seen so far here, a great OS and helpful user forums go a long way...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 10, 2015, 10:09:19 am
I already see PM6 as something new to master. The more I play around with Peppermint, the more I like its perfect blend of what I like most about XFCE and LXDE in one platform.
Yep, Peppermint are more than happy to step outside a DE's defaults where we think there are better options that can be integrated into a better whole .. happy to hear you like the approach too :)
Feel free to make any suggestions for improvement though (there's always room for that) .. we welcome input, in fact we positively encourage it ;)
[EDIT]
Talking of improvements - you know when you type something long without looking up at the screen (because like most computer users you never trained as a touch typist), then when you look up you realise you must have accidentally hit the CAPS lock somewhere near the beginning .. why can't you highlight the capital text and hit a button to make it all lower case instead of having to retype it all ? .. most text editors allow you to do it with bold or italics, but not CAPS .. why not, that's the one you're most likely to do accidentally ? ::)
BTW, can you guess what I just did.....
<PCNetSpec steps down from the ranting pulpit feeling somewhat calmer .. whilst at the same time suffering a nagging feeling that someone's going to make him look like a gibbering idiot by pointing out this has always been possible>
Post by: VinDSL on November 10, 2015, 03:02:47 pm
Yes, indeed. I have a General class license. I started off as KF4ICR, copied enough code to answer enough questions to get Tech Plus (and the vanity call) in '98, and took advantage of the opportunity to upgrade with only the written General exam in 2000. Since my future involves some international travel, an upgrade to Extra is forthcoming because unless you hold an Extra-class ticket, CEPT limits you to Technician privileges.
Sweet !
I earned my Tech license in '92 - and have kept it current ever since. I also passed the writtens all the way to General, but never could wrap my mind around the code part - didn't even bother getting tested on it. Doesn't matter, I guess. All I do is bounce 2M/440 off the mountaintop repeaters, here in Arizona. Most of my family are also HAMs too, so at least I have someone to talk to. We're a fading breed...
Anyway, someday I'll get my General. I've read that it's easier now.
Post by: N4RPS on November 11, 2015, 03:08:28 am
Anyway, someday I'll get my General. I've read that it's easier now.
It certainly is. No more code testing you just take the multiple-guess written ones. As I see it, you don't really get a lot more frequencies to use as an Extra, so were it not for my situation, I wouldn't bother.
Of course, they made the Extra class test more difficult, but considering some of the folks in my neck of the woods who have successfully upgraded, it can't be too bad.
Perhaps we can QSO on Echolink sometime...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 11, 2015, 07:58:07 am
40w was great especially as you were meant to be limited to 4w Fun times (Childish I know) messing with me m8's on the side bands :P
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VPrPfW1Kwlk/hqdefault.jpg (https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VPrPfW1Kwlk/hqdefault.jpg)
Post by: benfnov on November 25, 2015, 03:05:10 pm
I also very much like the clean and easy-to understand Peppermint interface. I would assert that it is much easier to access settings and other tools with Peppermint than is the case with Windows 10. Speaking of which, I recently purchased a new computer pre-installed with Windows 10. I am not quite ready to go all-in with Peppermint on this new machine, but I have installed Peppermint 6 on a USB flash drive to see if there are any performance improvements with graphics-heavy applications that have a LINUX version. I am looking forward to learning more and being part of this interesting community.
Cheers!
Post by: emegra on November 25, 2015, 03:21:18 pm
Welcome aboard the good ship Peppermint,
Thank you for trying Peppermint, glad to hear you're liking our humble offerings so far and great to hear of these "elderly laptops" getting a new lease of life, I'm sure you'll find this a friendly and helpful community so if you have any problems please don't be afraid to ask you'll find we're more than willing to help, we're always looking for feedback so if you have any suggestions that will improve Peppermint or anything you don't like don't be afraid to speak up, we might snarl but we don't bite :)
Graeme
Post by: AndyInMokum on November 25, 2015, 05:07:31 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 26, 2015, 06:11:52 am
Great to hear you're resurrecting old computers from the grave with Peppermint .. and better still that you're enjoying it :)
As has been said, welcome aboard.
Post by: VinDSL on November 26, 2015, 04:04:44 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 27, 2015, 12:46:06 pm
Oh and as an added bonus :P you get a great OS for your machines as well.
Post by: bubadubadoo on November 27, 2015, 11:44:51 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 28, 2015, 02:36:22 am
WOW bub for short I hope :P
Don't be a stranger, join in the fun :D
Zeb...
Post by: AndyInMokum on November 28, 2015, 03:49:26 am
Hi, I'm Juliet, I'm soon to be 19 and I've been using peppermint for a few years now, I've made a few posts asking for help on here before and the support I received was awesome :) I figure I should introduce myself to the community if I'm gonna be sticking with this distro for so longIt's now official, you're one of us now. There's no turning back ;D. It's good to have you on board ;)!!
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 28, 2015, 06:23:36 am
Post by: VinDSL on November 28, 2015, 01:44:37 pm
Hi, I'm Juliet, I'm soon to be 19 and I've been using peppermint for a few years now, I've made a few posts asking for help on here before and the support I received was awesome :) I figure I should introduce myself to the community if I'm gonna be sticking with this distro for so long
bubaDUBadoo ? Welcome !!!
Um... does the 'dub' part, in your nick, have anything to do with dubstep ?
I swear, someday, I'll run across another dubstep fan, outside the music communities. ;D
Post by: bubadubadoo on November 28, 2015, 02:51:25 pm
Post by: VinDSL on November 28, 2015, 04:31:14 pm
Alrighty, then. Still looking... :D
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 28, 2015, 04:38:31 pm
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/83/3f/85/833f850a1b8842ae71cdd91eac85a083.jpg)
Oh, sorry .. "Dobby's Dead" :'(
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 29, 2015, 05:52:40 am
I swear, someday, I'll run across another dubstep fan, outside the music communities. ;D
Wot's dubstep? Is it another one of those House/Mouse/Garage/Deep House/insertnamehere things.....
Post some "Classics" links please and lets see if we like em... Can be you tube or just some song titles
Post by: VinDSL on November 29, 2015, 08:51:24 am
Wot's dubstep? Post some "Classics" links please and lets see if we like em...
My SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/vindsl
My SC Playlists (for my bots): https://soundcloud.com/vindsl/sets
My Peppermint bots are DJ'ing here: https://www.dubtrack.fm/join/dubstep-for-your-nipples_144347480927369
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 29, 2015, 09:17:55 am
http://goo.gl/DVRb3f (http://goo.gl/DVRb3f)
track 11 cd1 getting heavy rotation in my car with my vibe sub woofer - lol
Post by: rickc on December 09, 2015, 10:12:35 am
I'm a middle aged Trade Union official living in the Midlands, England! I originally looked into linux simply to try and breathe new life into our ageing family PC. I also now take a keen interest in all things open source. I can see huge advantages to ordinary people having social media...and huge disadvantages to the code all being owned by corporations.
I discovered Ubuntu (and loved it) just before the switch to Unity (which I didn't love!). In fact we ended up buying a new windows pc for family use....
Since then I've been distro hopping , installing to USB hard drive and testing on a variety of machines. I'm soon to be buying myself a laptop so am keen to settle on a distro. Because I've not been using native hard drive, I've been using light distros. LXLE desktop environment definitely seems the way to go, but they all seem a bit old fashioned. Yet I'm knocked out by how modern Peppermint feels, and I'm massively impressed with ICE - is this the only distro with ICE? All of a sudden, all my browser clutter is gone! It's great, it really is. Favourite websites now feel like bespoke apps.
The only gaming I do is a spot of Football Manager on Steam. So this gets me thinking....when I get my decent laptop....why use resources on something lovely like Kubuntu if it might slow my football manager experience down? And Peppermint is super fast now....with a native install on a decent machine, I think I'll be delighted with it's performance.
So in short, I'm delighted to have found Peppermint - seems there are no limits with it, and it's looking very like this will be the distro I will settle on!
Cheers
Rick
Post by: zebedeeboss on December 09, 2015, 11:34:20 am
and welcome to the madhouse... I am still looking (only cos I get bored when things just work - and they always do in Peppermint) but I have not yet found a better Distro than Peppermint. It simply works, what more do you need.
Well you need a Healthy and Friendly Forum to help with problems and you certainly have one here. You may have to wait a short while but someone always comes along with suggestions and solutions to fix most problems. :)
Post by: PCNetSpec on December 09, 2015, 12:41:05 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on December 09, 2015, 01:51:10 pm
Post by: rickc on December 09, 2015, 02:19:28 pm
Post by: VinDSL on December 09, 2015, 05:24:33 pm
I'm involved with the Labor Movement, here in the States. Always good to meet a Brother ! ;D
Post by: darthlukan on December 28, 2015, 12:36:12 pm
I'm not the most active forum user anymore, choosing instead to stay in IRC, but I'll be around while I continue to work on several projects at once :)
Post by: PCNetSpec on December 28, 2015, 12:47:35 pm
Post by: VinDSL on December 28, 2015, 07:51:43 pm
Post by: darthlukan on December 28, 2015, 09:00:15 pm
Post by: Razznak on January 03, 2016, 10:04:48 pm
I'm Tristan, most on the internet call me Razznak. I'm still in my teen years and have loved all tech since my younger days. My short term goal is to get a degree involving InfoSec and digital forensics. My long term goal is to help pioneer a safer digital future. I've been distrohopping for the past 6-8 months now (mainly on DEB) and I think I'm sticking with PM! Can't beat a great community. I'm looking forward to learning lots and eventually teaching others.
Post by: VinDSL on January 03, 2016, 11:34:43 pm
Always nice to see a fresh face. :)
Post by: Razznak on January 03, 2016, 11:53:46 pm
Welcome aboard, Razznak !Thanks! :)
Always nice to see a fresh face. :)
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 04, 2016, 01:01:35 am
Post by: Razznak on January 04, 2016, 01:16:56 am
Hi Razznak, welcome to Planet Peppermint ;). It's good to have you in our splendid digital colony 8)!!Great to be here!
Post by: zebedeeboss on January 04, 2016, 02:39:48 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on January 04, 2016, 05:37:32 am
This:-
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I'm looking forward to learning lots and eventually teaching others.
is the perfect attitude to join us with .. brilliant :)
Post by: Razznak on January 04, 2016, 08:04:24 pm
Welcome to the Mad House Razznak 8) 8) 8)
Hi Razznak, and welcome to the red and white striped madhouse :)
This:-QuoteI'm looking forward to learning lots and eventually teaching others.
is the perfect attitude to join us with .. brilliant :)
Thanks a lot! :)
Post by: ikey on January 17, 2016, 12:31:01 pm
Post by: VinDSL on January 17, 2016, 12:50:58 pm
Welcome aboard, Ikey !!!
Post by: emegra on January 17, 2016, 01:51:55 pm
Graeme
Post by: PCNetSpec on January 17, 2016, 03:07:25 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 17, 2016, 03:49:04 pm
Post by: ikey on January 18, 2016, 12:17:31 am
Post by: Capivara on January 20, 2016, 05:30:44 pm
My name is Hans, I live in the Netherlands and have been a Linux/BSD user for.... I lost count. Think no graphics (and later) manual configuration of your X server. I'm always happy to try something new which, in this case, was Peppermint version 6.
Hans
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 20, 2016, 06:05:27 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on January 20, 2016, 06:09:21 pm
Post by: Capivara on January 21, 2016, 07:01:01 am
Hans
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 21, 2016, 09:20:56 am
Thanks for the warm welcome! Just created an avatar which (hopefully) covers my BSD/Linux/Peppermint split-personality. :-\That's pure genius - love it 8)!!
Hans
Post by: emegra on January 21, 2016, 09:29:27 am
Welcome aboard the good ship Peppermint
love the avatar :)
Graeme
Post by: Pancho on February 22, 2016, 10:14:02 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 22, 2016, 06:24:00 pm
So your whole family is Peppermint flavoured ?
Post by: perknh on February 22, 2016, 06:58:37 pm
Hey everyone im pancho.. aparently im the last one in the family who become a member so... im in now!!!! hope to learn a lot more from you guys.. and if needed im here for everyone just as a friend >:( :D
Welcome to Peppermint, Pancho.
As PCNetSpec says, now our "whole family is Peppermint flavoured". Pancho, you'll soon see what a lively, informative, and fun forum we have here. I promise you, Peppermint is the best! ;)
Congratulations to you, Pancho. You're here now, and this makes me very happy. :)
perknh
Post by: AndyInMokum on February 22, 2016, 07:49:10 pm
Post by: tppthpthp on June 02, 2016, 03:44:28 pm
Probably not as technical as most of you but I can make my way around well enough.
I work in a windows world mainly (data analysis). But decided I wanted to learn linux.
Tried several distro's but keep finding myself back with Peppermint. Just seems to work for me.
At 53 I'm probably just another old fart who gets in the way and likes to play with computers.
Currently using a lenovo t400 that was rescued from the trash and couple of Dell D630's with the same destiny.
Hope to not be a bother and I'll try not to ask to many stupid questions.
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 02, 2016, 03:55:47 pm
Hey I'm one of the developers here and I'm 55, no it could be said it's a distro by old farts for old farts :)
And just to be clear, there are no stupid questions here beyond "how to I install Windows" .. or possibly "Is there a spell to become a mermaid that actually works?".
Post by: zebedeeboss on June 02, 2016, 04:05:37 pm
Geesh - say that three times when you're drunk :P
Welcome to the forum from another old fart (57)
Your questions cannot possibly as silly as mine were when I started Linux.
Jump right in and ask away, its better to ask and get it right than ask the clever ones to fix a mistake :)
Regards Zeb...
Post by: AndyInMokum on June 02, 2016, 04:50:14 pm
Post by: VinDSL on June 02, 2016, 06:58:27 pm
New member to the forum [...] Currently using a [...] couple of Dell D630's.
Always glad to meet a fellow Dell D630 user ;D
My 'road warrior' (mil.spec. laptop I use while traveling) is a Dell ATG D630. Built like a tank and flies like the wind on Peppermint.
Welcome aboard !
Post by: tppthpthp on June 03, 2016, 08:10:22 am
Hi tppthpthp
Geesh - say that three times when you're drunk :P
The tppthpthp is something I picked up from comics when a character would blow a raspberry.........
I use it as my email too. It's fun when someone asks for your address and you can blow a raspberry then say "at ####.com".
As for questions, I thought I had one, but I found a partial answer after doing a search and installed ARandR.
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 03, 2016, 08:20:13 am
Post by: memelad2005 on June 25, 2016, 12:52:23 am
Post by: VinDSL on June 25, 2016, 06:40:15 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 25, 2016, 07:08:25 am
We're happy to hear Peppermint is cutting it for you, thanks for taking the time to let us know.
Post by: zebedeeboss on June 25, 2016, 07:13:54 am
PeppermintOS has to be my favourite distro. I just installed it now and, I gotta say, it's beautiful. The DE is set up so nicely, the black theme is great and easy on the eyes. It's so quick aswell! The software is just as good; Ice is a great piece of software. Even thought I don't use it, I can see it's potential to be great for the people who do. It's similar to what has to be my favourite feature: how easy it is to switch drivers. I expected to have to find a tutorial on how to download proprietary Nvidia drivers on peppermint(it was a nightmare on opensuse), but lo and behold it's as easy as changing it in a GUI. I honestly cannot think of any negative critism to this operating system. Great job guys.Hi memelad2005
and welcome to the Forums. Reading your post above just made me remember the first time I found Peppermint 6 and "Everything" just worked :D :D :D
It was such a relief and now we have an even BETTER experience with Peppermint 7
Enjoy the Peppermint Experience
Regards Zeb...
Post by: fishmanluvslinux on July 23, 2016, 01:18:13 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on July 23, 2016, 01:58:53 pm
Welcome to the Forums and I look forward to hearing what you think about Peppermint OS.
Regards Zeb...
Post by: AndyInMokum on July 23, 2016, 02:05:34 pm
Post by: VinDSL on July 23, 2016, 02:12:51 pm
Oddly enough, I have a friend named Fish -- best VW tuner in the Phoenix area -- VW street rods, racecars, dragsters, all things VeeDub. :)
Post by: perknh on July 23, 2016, 07:00:45 pm
Post by: Skara Brae on October 05, 2016, 03:36:12 pm
I am... well... Skara Brae, from the country with the best chocolate, the best beer and the best french fries in the entire universe.
I vaguely remember struggling not so successfully with SUSE Linux 5 (or was it 6?), and later having more success with Mandrake Linux 9 (alongside Windows ME - that's how long ago that is).
As many other people, I started with Ubuntu/Xubuntu, and then switched to (the wonderful) Linux Mint (and to Debian "jessie"), when Canonical came with that horrible Unity (and Debian with the just-as-horrible Gnome 3 - long live xfce and fluxbox.).
Also nicely running OS X El Capitan on a "refurbished, mid-2011" iMac, while I still have my iMac G5 from 2004 with OS X "Tiger" (very obsolete nowadays, but still working fine, knock on wood). I will not mention my two few-of-years old computers with Windows Vista on them, one of which (even) is my casual, mid-range gaming PC.
Oh, I also have an old HP machine with XP, Mint 13 xfce and Bunsenlabs in "triple boot" around here. I think that I am having too many computers :)
Anyway, I came across PeppermintOS only a few weeks ago, and after having reinstalled XP and Debian last week (after messing up GRUB like a n00b), I installed Peppermint 7 on a spare partition. It is running quite nicely on this old Core2Duo machine with 2 GB RAM and its Intel "onboard video" of mine.
I had a few backup plans ready, in case I would find Peppermint 7 a failure (FreeBSD? Fedora? Xubuntu?), but it seems that Peppermint is here to stay :-)
A job WELL DONE by the Peppermint creators. They can put on their gorilla suit and beat their chest without having to feel embarrassed. Peppermint 7 works fine (for nearly two hours), and it looks lovely. (Love the wallpapers.)
Beautiful!
Post by: PCNetSpec on October 05, 2016, 04:11:38 pm
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from the country with the best chocolate, the best beer and the best french fries in the entire universe.
Welcome to the forum Skara Brae, nice to meet another Brit :)
(Cadurys, Tennents, and the chips from Majors in Bilston)
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Sorry couldn't resist :))
Post by: GNULINUX on October 05, 2016, 05:16:55 pm
...from the country with the best chocolate, the best beer and the best french fries in the entire universe.Sounds exactly like my country (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium)! :D
Post by: VinDSL on October 05, 2016, 09:22:04 pm
Post by: perknh on October 05, 2016, 11:15:45 pm
I am... well... Skara Brae, from the country with the best chocolate, the best beer and the best french fries in the entire universe.
Now that's what I call quality of life! And now, thanks to you, your country also has the best Linux distribution too!! Welcome to Peppermint, Skara Brae. :)
Post by: zebedeeboss on October 05, 2016, 11:40:48 pm
Welcome to the Forums and enjoy your stay with us.
Regards Zeb...
Post by: aaron on November 11, 2016, 04:26:15 pm
Post by: VinDSL on November 11, 2016, 04:28:09 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 11, 2016, 04:37:29 pm
Welcome to Peppermint, enjoy your time with us. It's a great place to be
Regards Zeb...
Post by: perknh on November 11, 2016, 04:57:02 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on November 11, 2016, 05:14:41 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 11, 2016, 06:35:51 pm
Post by: The PoorGuy on January 05, 2017, 05:16:49 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on January 05, 2017, 07:00:09 pm
Post by: perknh on January 05, 2017, 07:42:40 pm
You have an interesting background which gives you insights into electronics, hardware, and the ordinary person's computer needs that most people do not have. I'm delighted to read you picked Peppermint as your Linux distribution of choice. My wife and I have done the same also. Peppermint is a wonderful little distribution, and I'm happy to see that you're now a part of it.
Welcome to Peppermint! :)
perknh
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 05, 2017, 08:57:17 pm
Post by: The PoorGuy on January 05, 2017, 09:46:25 pm
Post by: murraymint on January 05, 2017, 10:27:57 pm
Hi The PoorGuy, I'm still a big fan of thermionic valve/vacuum tube technology. I'm looking at the beautiful orange glow coming from a matched pair of 6Ж1П-ЕВ (6J1P-EV) pentodes. They come from the old Soviet Voskhod, Kaluga factory. That factory produced some of the best high quality vacuum tubes ever. Thankfully for us, the USSR over produced them in the millions. Vintage old new stock is still dirt cheap to buy ;). I've them in a little pre-amp I rebuilt for high-res headphones. They produce a wonderfully warm and rich sound. Something that transistor technology just can't replicate ;).
Awesome, I've just been playing with some guitar FX through a valve preamp while you were posting this. Can you PM me with sources for those valves please? I've got some guitar amps to sort out too... ;D
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 06, 2017, 12:40:09 am
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 06, 2017, 12:45:24 am
..I can't bring myself to using the made in China vacuum tubes. :-\
I can't either, they're poorly made and dreadful sounding ;).
Post by: The PoorGuy on January 06, 2017, 08:17:28 am
Post by: murraymint on January 06, 2017, 03:44:51 pm
These are the types of valves I'll need for two of my amps (as much as a reminder for myself as anything):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-BLUES-JUNIOR-Amplifier-JJ-Re-Valve-Set-EL84-x2-12AX7-ECC83-x3-/231560601799?hash=item35ea1660c7:g:RMQAAOSwv0tVUlOB
Those ones are not old Russians but apparently new Slovakian ones made by an ex-employee of Tesla (the bloke not the car company...)! Have either of you tried or heard of the JJ tubes?
Post by: The PoorGuy on January 06, 2017, 07:00:00 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 06, 2017, 07:26:42 pm
Thanks Andy and The PoorGuy (and a warm belated welcome from me too) :)I don't know these valves. What I can advise is checking out the: www.thetubestore.com (http://www.thetubestore.com/) and www.musiciansfriend.com (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/). Run a search for both EL84 and 12AX7 / ECC83 on these sites. The reviews from bass players, are pretty much a big thumbs up for those JJ valves 8). The price for that matched set is great too; always a plus ;). It's still worth checking out the reviews for other manufacturers of these type of valves. It all depends on the tone you're looking for :). If you've never used a new set of valves, don't worry about any hissing or pops you first hear. That's just impurities on the cathodes burning off. It'll usually stop or start to drastically die down after about 24 hours of use. That's when you'll get to know your amp ;).
These are the types of valves I'll need for two of my amps (as much as a reminder for myself as anything):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-BLUES-JUNIOR-Amplifier-JJ-Re-Valve-Set-EL84-x2-12AX7-ECC83-x3-/231560601799?hash=item35ea1660c7:g:RMQAAOSwv0tVUlOB
Those ones are not old Russians but apparently new Slovakian ones made by an ex-employee of Tesla (the bloke not the car company...)! Have either of you tried or heard of the JJ tubes?
One of my future projects is to make my own valve amp for my 3-string Cigar Box Guitar and for the one I'm in the process of building out of a Jack Daniels 150 year commemorative tin box - great fun ;).
Post by: PCNetSpec on January 07, 2017, 01:06:41 pm
[EDIT]
Somehow I already know the answer.....
Post by: perknh on January 07, 2017, 02:40:10 pm
Need any help emtyin that tin ? .. I'm always up for a project :)
[EDIT]
Somehow I already know the answer.....
This (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/620132-son-never-trust-a-man-who-doesn-t-drink-because-he-s) is even more proof to me that we have the wisest distribution and forum in the world of Linux. Founded in a pub, Peppermint is as honest and as trustworthy distribution as they come! ;)
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 07, 2017, 08:46:00 pm
Need any help emtyin that tin ? .. I'm always up for a project :)
[EDIT]
Somehow I already know the answer.....
I'll have to check but I think there are only vapours left though :))!!
Post by: perknh on January 07, 2017, 08:52:46 pm
I'll have to check but I think there are only vapours left though :))!!
Their essence will come through in the sound! ;)
Post by: PCNetSpec on January 08, 2017, 07:04:02 am
Post by: murraymint on January 08, 2017, 08:07:19 am
The price for that matched set is great too; always a plus ;).I'm getting the exact same valves for £20 cheaper from www.ampvalves.co.uk as I realised I don't need them to be matched. My amps are too puny to have pairs of valves in them. Now I just need to get a 12AX7A, a higher-spec version for my audio preamp, which I've already found on eBay :D
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One of my future projects is to make my own valve amp for my 3-string Cigar Box Guitar and for the one I'm in the process of building out of a Jack Daniels 150 year commemorative tin box - great fun ;).That sounds like a lot of fun! I came across a cigar box amp on eBay last night, not that I'm advocating smoking here ;) I've made my own lap-steel-like contraptions in the past and I should really get around to doing more of that stuff again.
Post by: PCNetSpec on January 08, 2017, 09:08:14 am
The "I want this sh** done 'properly', even (specially ?) if it means getting my hands dirty" type .. not a bad thing.
Post by: AndyInMokum on January 11, 2017, 07:12:51 pm
...That sounds like a lot of fun! I came across a cigar box amp on eBay last night, not that I'm advocating smoking here ;) I've made my own lap-steel-like contraptions in the past and I should really get around to doing more of that stuff again.
Yeah, I'm going to head off to the : IJ-Hallen (http://ijhallen.nl/en/) in a couple of weeks. It's Europe's biggest flea market. It's held each month in Amsterdam-Noord at the old NDSM shipyard. There's alway really interesting stuff to be found there. I would love to find an old RCA valve/vacuum tube radio or similar. Something made out of bakelite would be ideal. That would make a great housing for a valve/vacuum tube amp. There'll be plenty of old tin boxes and nice laminated cigar boxes choose from too ;).
Post by: Wolfenprey on May 12, 2017, 04:33:44 am
We are very happy using Peppermint Seven right now in our desktop computer, an AMD A8 with 16 gigs of RAM and 1 TB of hard disk. We buyed that computer with Ubuntu pre installed, but we prefered to install Peppermint after use Peppermint 6 on a Toshiba Laptop during more than a year.
We are not engineers or hackers, (xD) , we only want to enjoy our computer habits and use it better. With Peppermint we archieved our goals, with a plus, our daughter it's learning a lot more using linux than using other options.
So... well, thanks to make Peppermint Os possible, and hope to see more and more in the future! :)
Post by: zebedeeboss on May 12, 2017, 05:56:29 am
Welcome to the forums. Glad to hear you are enjoying Peppermint.
Feel free to jump right in with any questions you or your family have :)
Regards Zeb...
Post by: PCNetSpec on May 12, 2017, 07:20:12 am
Post by: perknh on May 12, 2017, 08:34:21 am
We buyed that computer with Ubuntu pre installed, but we prefered to install Peppermint after use Peppermint 6 on a Toshiba Laptop during more than a year.
Hello, Tony.
My wife and I always run Peppermint on our Toshiba laptops. It's really is a terrific hardware/software combination. ;)
Welcome to Peppermint forum. :)
perknh
Post by: AndyInMokum on May 12, 2017, 08:47:47 am
Post by: jlschwartz on May 12, 2017, 09:53:05 am
Jeff
Post by: emegra on May 12, 2017, 11:22:15 am
Nice sounding PC you have there Peppermint should fly on that rig :)
Graeme
Post by: pemartins on May 29, 2017, 10:03:24 pm
How I got here: the current OS I'm using at this time has LXDE and Openbox out of the box and I've been customizing it for quite some time now so I make it perfect for my eyes and according to my needs and pc. Now it also has XFce stuff so I can have things like fn brightness keys working, volume osd when I change it and so on, my panel is also XFce's panel because I wanted a better main menu and Whisker was undoubtedly the way to go for me; also I have stuff installed that allows me to easily customize everything (or almost...). It's very lightweight and is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS because I really don't see myself going other ways concerning software availability.
Basically it's a mix of LXDE, XFce and GTK.
My file manager is Nemo; I tried all file managers (i think) and messed around them all and without a doubt for my personal usage Nemo is the best from far.
Oh and I also have a compositor installed so I can have a cool transparent looking terminal.
Yesterday I downloaded and checked out a distro called "Peppermint 8" and is needless to say that all that kept crossing my mind as I was testing it was "why the f___ didn't I find out about Peppermint sooner?!" :D lol
It is like someone read my mind and made an OS, and using even less ram than 'mine' does. I was not planning on changing my OS any time soon but here there's not much I can do, Peppermint is perfect for me.
So congratulations to all the team for this awesome OS!
Cheers everyone!
Post by: VinDSL on May 29, 2017, 11:42:46 pm
What took you so long ? :D
Welcome aboard, pemartins !
Post by: AndyInMokum on May 30, 2017, 03:51:59 am
Post by: zebedeeboss on May 30, 2017, 04:07:30 am
Welcome to the Forums - we hope you have a long and enjoyable stay :)
Regards Zeb...
Post by: PCNetSpec on May 30, 2017, 09:54:30 am
Seriously though, that's a great story and good to see it's not just us then :)
Welcome to the Peppermint asylum pemartins.
Post by: pemartins on May 30, 2017, 02:36:49 pm
Oh I forgot to mention above that I started using Chromium about a week ago... I went full open source and dropped Chrome. Like I said,it's like you guys were reading my mind and designing this awesome OS!
But I already found a huge difference between 'my' previous OS and Peppermint: 'my' previous OS makes a sound when I login and Peppermint doesn't... :D lmao
Or better didn't make, I already added a line to the starting applications with play command from sox (or was it lame? tried both, gotta check which one I left there) so Peppermint also makes a cool sound when I login!
I have my Peppermint installation about 70% ready, most or maybe even all of the tweaks are made and almost all the apps I use are installed, basically there're only some .exe apps left to install on Wine and the personal folders to change partition.
I went through the normal hassle with the sound, brightness control and wifi but all easy stuff to solve and stuff I already had been through before so it was a no brainier, 10 minutes tops and it was all working. I'll check and if the tweaks I made aren't available at the forum I'll post them. At least the sound tweak is already here because I got the solution from the forum.
Excellent forum btw, rich in information and filled with warm helping people. You guys built here an amazing community, I feel very happy that I've found you and that you welcomed me into your community!
Once again thank very, very much guys!
Post by: PCNetSpec on May 30, 2017, 06:29:10 pm
You guys built here an amazing community, I feel very happy that I've found you and that you welcomed me into your community!
That right there is the sentiment that makes this all worth while (and is WAY more important that the distro itself) .. Cheers pemartins :)
[EDIT]
I suspect you're gonna fit right in here :)
Post by: Rosko on June 05, 2017, 10:08:00 pm
my name's Ray, I've been using Linux Mint as my main OS for about a year and a half but am fairly new to Peppermint.
I have 4 computers running but three of them are very old, all more than 10 years, and I needed a 'Lite' version of Linux for them and had been using Q4OS. Someone suggested Peppermint and I tried it on one of the old machines and was very impressed. I now have it on my main (newest) computer and am giving it a test drive ... so far I like what I see. :)
Post by: mac on June 05, 2017, 10:31:54 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on June 05, 2017, 11:57:32 pm
Yeah, Peppermint is great on older machines. It's injected new life into many old doorstops. It's also a powerhouse on the newer, beefy stuff 8). More than a few of our members are using it on such machines. You've plenty of processing power however you use Peppermint, that's for sure ;).
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 06, 2017, 07:49:46 am
Great to hear you're enjoying Peppermint and have been impressed enough to bung it on your main system, specially where it's being compared to the "Other Mint" which is a rather grand pair of shoes to fill ;)
welcome to our community :)
@Andy
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welcome to the "Other Mint" forum
I like it .. so I stole it :)
Pepperless Mint ?
Post by: exclamation1990 on June 18, 2017, 04:33:59 am
but love my Peppermint. I started on Linux way back when I ditched Win98 for a copy of Red Hat Back when it was free.
I wasn't satisfied with Fedora and tried Ubuntu it was OK until they introduced Unity then I switched to Peppermint fulltime.
Hope Peppermint stays around a long time.
Don't ya miss the days of dialup modems with Linux ?
Post by: VinDSL on June 18, 2017, 02:34:07 pm
Hope Peppermint stays around a long time.
Don't ya miss the days of dialup modems with Linux ?
Welcome aboard, Jim !
Remember the dialup modems ?!?!? Sure, do.
Matter of fact, I still use one -- USRobotics Courier 56Gay/V.92 Business Modem (https://goo.gl/ZL95Pb). I use it to send/receive faxes at the abode, via a landline connection.
Faxes and landlines ... remember those ? LoL ! ;D
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 18, 2017, 07:57:58 pm
Don't ya miss the days of dialup modems with Linux ?
Erm, that's one messed up nostalgia thing you have going on there Jim...
Welcome to the
Post by: RocketUsagi on September 12, 2017, 09:00:17 pm
I'm quite new to Linux, and Peppermint as well, been using for around 3 months, using my dad's laptop (well, we share usage as I still have yet to get a new one of my own and he's in the field often). His laptop that I use to write this intro used to be on (slow) Windows 8, and he asked me to reformat his unit. Since he needed the laptop to watch tennis games online, I thought I give Peppermint a try. So far, he's happy and I'm happy as well; I'm still learning the ropes until I get a unit of my own and continue on with my Peppermint journey.
Post by: PCNetSpec on September 12, 2017, 09:17:36 pm
Great to hear you're enjoying Peppermint, and hope your dad does too.
Post by: zebedeeboss on September 13, 2017, 07:34:09 am
Don't be shy. Any questions, please just ask.
I was new to Peppermint myself in 2015 and still remember it well 🙂
Regards Zeb...
Post by: AndyMender on September 13, 2017, 02:58:10 pm
I'm a bit of an old fossil. Aged 28, but been with computers since my early childhood. DOS, Win 3.11, Linux, BSD - you name it. Right now I'm looking for programming jobs and challenges. Hope I find some of it in Peppermint OS, because I think the project is quite amazing :).
~Andy
Post by: cavy on September 13, 2017, 03:34:17 pm
Hiya everyone!
I'm a bit of an old fossil. Aged 28, but been with computers since my early childhood. DOS, Win 3.11, Linux, BSD - you name it. Right now I'm looking for programming jobs and challenges. Hope I find some of it in Peppermint OS, because I think the project is quite amazing :).
~Andy
Welcome to the fold Andy. 28, that is 29 years younger than this old young old boy. :D
Post by: PCNetSpec on September 13, 2017, 05:06:14 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on September 13, 2017, 06:50:05 pm
Post by: cfx795 on October 02, 2017, 05:45:00 pm
So, I'm building a new desktop system, having purged my desktop equipment early this year and relied almost entirely on a trusty Chromebook for a while, but I'm yearning for a return to the desktop system, the power of a desktop system, the large display, etc. So I'm pretty sure P8 will be the go-to OS for my new build, and I really appreciate all your hard-work in creating and tweaking/perfecting the whole hybrid system and philosophy, cloud-centric with the full arsenal of utilities you'd get with most any other desktop environment - thanks much, it's a great OS!
So I'll load P8 on my new desktop when it's finished, and for now, I'm typing on my Chromebook. So, I think I'll have to download the iso from... somewhere. I really don't know how to do this and make the bootable usb with a Chromebook, or if you have the "Peppermint Sticks" available sometime soon, I'll probably order one of those. Again, thanks for all your hard work in creating and tweaking and perfecting a working (simple!) real-alternative to... you know. Corporate mass-produced capitalist money-grubbing hell. But I won't name any names. -MIKE.
Post by: spence on October 02, 2017, 06:06:28 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on October 04, 2017, 12:01:32 pm
Can't you get temporary access to a Linux or Windows PC ?
Post by: cfx795 on October 04, 2017, 08:54:28 pm
Welcome Mike, you can (sometimes) create a LiveUSB on a Chromebook but it requires you enable developer mode (then use 'dd' from the freshly enabled terminal) which will erase all your changes in ChromeOS and set you back to factory defaults.
Can't you get temporary access to a Linux or Windows PC ?
Hi there, and yes, my Dad has my old(er) Linux machine back in Elkhart, IN, and I'll be going back there for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. (One or the other, or both...) This thing probably won't be up and running before then, so that will be fine. I almost always use unetbootin, although I think there are others. There's the money thing, but then also Intel's coming out with Coffee Lake, and I don't intend to make any firm decisions about the guts of my new machine until I see what's shakin' there. So it's sort of on track for late 2017.
Post by: tetricky on November 22, 2017, 02:28:35 pm
My background comes from the old BBC mirco/spectrum days, and taking Computer studies in the first early years when it was offered as an (as then) O'Level (in the UK). I graduated from a Physics and Computer Electronics combined science degree in '90, and did postgraduate study in microelectronic systems and Telecommunications, worked in optical fibre research for a short time, and later studied a business degree. I worked as Systems Manager in a medium sized engineering business for many years, and recently moved into consultancy (systems, projects, services).
My computer background interweaves both hobby and professional use, and for many years I ran a corporate windows network, with linux servers (phone switch, fileservers, MRP/ERP, application servers, domain controllers, and briefly an openstack based data centre). Personally I worked with linux on the desktop with (initially) Suse and then ubuntu when it came about. I've dabbled with various distributions, and use redhat/centos as much as my preferred debian.
I rather like peppermint as a clean and resource efficient desktop both for low specced machines, but also potentially as a clean desktop for an offering to small businesses that I'm working on based around containerised applications, and an ldap/freeipa based authentication system to free small businesses from the complexity, licensed tie in, and lack of control, of other more popular platforms.
My username here is from a football nickname. I support forest, and we are known as trickies.
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 22, 2017, 04:05:57 pm
Oh and now I've finished being all selfish .. Welcome :)
(sometimes I can be so ignorant :)))
Post by: tetricky on November 22, 2017, 04:14:04 pm
A way of integrating online accounts, in the way gnome tools do (multiple accounts, gdive, dropbox, etc). A connector for ldap authentication and logon integrated into the environment. (apologies if they're there...it's early days for me).
No need to apologise. We all do things for our own reasons. I'm very happy you have yours for doing peppermint. It's very good.
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 22, 2017, 04:20:23 pm
TVM :)
Post by: VinDSL on November 22, 2017, 06:13:23 pm
Post by: tetricky on November 23, 2017, 09:34:27 am
I'll flag this topic as unread .. hopefully that'll remind me to come back and take a look at those suggestions once we get the PM8 resin out the door.
TVM :)
I'm going to address this in "advanced Topics", to save you the bother.
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 24, 2017, 09:30:44 am
Post by: spence on November 26, 2017, 05:05:46 pm
Wanted to take the chance to introduce myself here, because I've been utilising the forum as a resource already. Bad manners, apologies all around.
Welcome tetricky... peppermint is a delight... our community here a fine bunch...
Post by: kloos on November 30, 2017, 12:15:14 pm
I am a happy chappy 8)
Post by: scifidude79 on November 30, 2017, 12:20:11 pm
I have wanted to get Linux for over a decade but, sadly it has never been easy enough to use. I have an old Pavilion DV9 and my version of win10 became corrupt. So it was time to dip my toe in again to see if the water was warm enough yet. I tried lots of distro's this time round and Peppermint was the only one not to crash, to install first time and to update properly. Plus is has a good selection of programmes in the store. My laptop boots up (and turns off) much quicker than with win10. The screen is clear and I love the configurable desktop. I am trying to think of all of the programmes that I "need" from Win10 but I really can't think of anything where a version isn't available (except onedrive, but i am considering switching to dropbox so not a big issue).
I am a happy chappy 8)
Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux and Peppermint. :D
Linux has definitely gotten more user friendly over the years, with much more stuff able to be done with GUI tools. Of course, that same stuff can still be done with the terminal, allowing the best of both worlds. Peppermint definitely works "out of the box" on most systems, and is much more lightweight and sleeker than Windows 10. It's good to know you've found a Linux home with us and that you can find alternatives for most of if not all of your software. Even though I've used Linux for years, I only totally switched a couple years ago because I was hanging onto Windows software. That's not a good situation to be in.
Post by: perknh on November 30, 2017, 12:37:57 pm
I am a happy chappy 8)
Welcome, kloos. Those of us who run Peppermint as our daily drive love it. :)
Post by: VinDSL on November 30, 2017, 01:53:42 pm
My laptop boots up (and turns off) much quicker than with win10. The screen is clear and I love the configurable desktop. I am trying to think of all of the programmes that I "need" from Win10 but I really can't think of anything where a version isn't available (except onedrive, but i am considering switching to dropbox so not a big issue).
I am a happy chappy 8)
Glad to hear you're having fun with Peppermint. I've been using it on my daily drivers since I 'discovered' it in 2011.
BTW, you don't necessarily need to get rid of winders, unless it repulses you, or whatevs.
I dual-boot Peppermint and winders on a couple of my machines. It's easy enough to do.
I run Peppermint 99.9% of the time, but I have '10' available when I need to collaborate with grumpy old men in business suits.
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 30, 2017, 02:17:35 pm
Post by: kloos on November 30, 2017, 02:23:01 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 30, 2017, 02:25:19 pm
(just kiddin)
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 30, 2017, 03:20:40 pm
wow thanks for all of the welcomes. What a fab place to be :D
It sure is, Welcome to the Forums :D
Regards Zeb...
Post by: spence on November 30, 2017, 03:39:02 pm
I have wanted to get Linux for over a decade but, sadly it has never been easy enough to use. I have an old Pavilion DV9 and my version of win10 became corrupt. So it was time to dip my toe in again to see if the water was warm enough yet. I tried lots of distro's this time round and Peppermint was the only one not to crash, to install first time and to update properly. Plus is has a good selection of programmes in the store. My laptop boots up (and turns off) much quicker than with win10. The screen is clear and I love the configurable desktop. I am trying to think of all of the programmes that I "need" from Win10 but I really can't think of anything where a version isn't available (except onedrive, but i am considering switching to dropbox so not a big issue).
I am a happy chappy 8)
Welcome aboard the peppermintOS train kloos... I hopped on in 2010 and have barely looked back.... I dual booted for a while because of genealogy software, but then elected to push all of that onto the www... tired of winblows maintenance.
Post by: Fred on December 21, 2017, 10:17:35 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on December 21, 2017, 11:02:24 am
Post by: perknh on December 21, 2017, 11:18:13 am
I'm happy to hear the Peppermint 8 Respin is bringing your old Dell Vostro laptop back to life. If you're like me, and are always keeping mutable tabs open, then having a computer with more memory sure does help.
perknh
Post by: VinDSL on December 21, 2017, 06:08:06 pm
Hello from Fred in Tennessee!
That's one of my favorite pickup lines. It goes something like this :
| "Hi. You're from Tennessee, right?" "What?" "Are you from Tennessee?" "No. I'm from Florida." "Sorry. I thought you were from Tennessee." "Why?" "Cuz' you're the only '10' I see in here." |
Anyway, welcome aboard Fred. :)
Post by: Fred on December 22, 2017, 07:27:41 am
Post by: goody211 on January 24, 2018, 12:01:32 am
Post by: zebedeeboss on January 24, 2018, 04:52:17 am
Welcome to the Forums. and hope we can help you in your Linux journal;
Let us know what equipment you are using by providing the output from the Terminal of
Code: [Select]
inxi -FzRegards Zeb...
Post by: williamthe1st on February 13, 2018, 08:17:32 pm
Me , well I'm a retired 67 year old English man who decided to leave his home shores and head for a warmer climate and adventure . After living in several country's I finally ended up in a small rural village on the Thailand / Cambodia boarder , where Ive now been for 15 years.
I came across peppermint OS by chance when searching youtube , and decided to give it a try and I must say so far I'm very impressed . I look forward to learning more from other members of this forum and hopefully give some thing back one day .
I'm wondering if I may be the oldest forum member here ;D
Regards – William
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 13, 2018, 09:30:14 pm
(57, and back shivering in 'old blighty')
Post by: williamthe1st on February 13, 2018, 11:00:50 pm
Well my new Peppermint friend, you've bested me by 10 years, warmer weather, and no doubt a more interesting place to live :)
(57, and back shivering in 'old blighty')
Ah good old Blighty , now that brings back fond memories . I was fortunate enough to retire from working at age 42 and decided to leave good old Blighty and look for adventure and do some traveling . To cut a long story short I did never return back home so its over 25 years since I stepped back on England's green and pleasant land . I often wonder how much things have changed since I left .
Thailand is an interesting place for sure but having said that I seem now to be reminiscing more and more about life back in England, may be its an age related curse . May be one day I will return to my home town where when you meet some one they say '' Ey up me duck y'alreet '' can you guess where my old home town was ;D
William
Post by: AndyInMokum on February 14, 2018, 01:15:34 am
Post by: emegra on February 14, 2018, 01:17:37 am
(just kiddin)
Yep we suck em in and we spit em out
Only joking :)
Welcome aboard all newcomers,
Graeme
Post by: zebedeeboss on February 14, 2018, 01:27:05 am
Welcome to the Forums. I do believe we have a few members who tip the scales at or around 67 but I cannot name them. I will be 60 this year.
Re "Blighty", don't get yourself is a tissy over it. Yeah it's "Home" but you seem to have found a new "home" now :)
As for giving back to the Community - you already are by chatting here and asking questions. The answers supplied may help someone.
Regards Zeb...
Post by: williamthe1st on February 14, 2018, 02:29:20 am
Hi williamthe1st,
Welcome to the Forums. I do believe we have a few members who tip the scales at or around 67 but I cannot name them. I will be 60 this year.
Re "Blighty", don't get yourself is a tissy over it. Yeah it's "Home" but you seem to have found a new "home" now :)
As for giving back to the Community - you already are by chatting here and asking questions. The answers supplied may help someone.
Regards Zeb...
Hi Zeb
Thanks for the welcome , I'm starting to all ready feel at home , your still a spring chicken at the young age of 59 ;D . I do miss some things from back home in Blighty , mainly food related , here rice with every thing can get a bit monotonous ::) and due to a past stomach problem I have to avoid any thing spicy :'(
William
Post by: williamthe1st on February 14, 2018, 02:31:39 am
"We try to be welcoming .. at least for the first week, then we come to get ya >:D"
(just kiddin)
Yep we suck em in and we spit em out
Only joking :)
Welcome aboard all newcomers,
Graeme
Oh no ......Only one weeks grace then I'm on my own :'(
William
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 14, 2018, 07:46:58 am
May be one day I will return to my home town where when you meet some one they say '' Ey up me duck y'alreet '' can you guess where my old home town was ;D
My guess would be somewhere in the east midlands ? .. that statement starts and with midlands colloquialisms, but if it were the west midlads the middle would likely be "cock" or "cocker" .. or am I totally off the mark because "Y'alreet" could also be much further north. :-\
[EDIT]
Returning after 25 years .. I think you'll be shocked at the extent of the nanny state and cultural "snowflake" attitude where everyone is now so eager to be offended by something/anything that they actively seek out things to grumble about :(
Seriously, I've been here for that 25 years and I don't really recognise England much any more .. or maybe that's just 'me' getting old and grumpy :'(
I think what I'm trying to say is if you're expecting the England of your youth, you're likely to be disappointed .. you're not missing much.
Oh, and if I'm right about the midlands .. it's all balti and rice there now anyway :))
Post by: zebedeeboss on February 14, 2018, 07:53:17 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 14, 2018, 08:08:15 am
It was the "duck" that made me think East Midlands or possibly South Yorkshire such as Nottingham/Chesterfield/Sheffield kinda area.
Now I wanna know ? ???
Post by: emegra on February 14, 2018, 08:57:16 am
Got to be a Jeordie
Oh by the way Mark I got you this time it is spelt Jeordie a Gordie is a lassie as far as I'm aware and if you dont believe me
look here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie)
Graeme
Post by: williamthe1st on February 14, 2018, 09:34:11 am
May be one day I will return to my home town where when you meet some one they say '' Ey up me duck y'alreet '' can you guess where my old home town was ;D
My guess would be somewhere in the east midlands ? .. that statement starts and with midlands colloquialisms, but if it were the west midlads the middle would likely be "cock" or "cocker" .. or am I totally off the mark because "Y'alreet" could also be much further north. :-\
[EDIT]
Returning after 25 years .. I think you'll be shocked at the extent of the nanny state and cultural "snowflake" attitude where everyone is now so eager to be offended by something/anything that they actively seek out things to grumble about :(
Seriously, I've been here for that 25 years and I don't really recognise England much any more .. or maybe that's just 'me' getting old and grumpy :'(
I think what I'm trying to say is if you're expecting the England of your youth, you're likely to be disappointed .. you're not missing much.
Oh, and if I'm right about the midlands .. it's all balti and rice there now anyway :))
Sadly I don't have any remaining relatives alive back in Blighty and most of my small band of close friends have either passed away or emigrated to different parts of the world , so getting current feed back on how things are progressing back home is difficult apart from reading the some times biased British news articles.
Personally I did not leave England because I was dissatisfied with life there or had any issues with rules or regulations and the some times frustrating red tape. At the time I left I considered my home to be a safe environment and generally not an expensive place to live.
My home town was inhabited with genuine down to earth people who had a strong sense of pride and community , people who my father would call salt of the earth.
One thing I can honestly say hand on heart after living in many different country's is that no where is perfect , there is no heaven on earth , having said that although I'm currently living in Thailand I do miss many things about good old Blighty , but like you so aptly pointed out may be the things I once loved and now reminisce about are now long gone and the Blighty I once knew is sadly no more.
Thailand is a wonderful place to live but , yes there's all ways a but . But you need a new set of knowledge skills to navigate the some times awkward path to make the most of things . The thorn in the side of most long term expats residing in Thailand relates to the Immigration rules and health issues like health insurance . Having pointed that out there are many positive aspects about life in the land of smiles especially when related to the cost of living .
As for where my home town was , here's a clue .
(http://www.nottingham21.co.uk/images/NM00448.JPG)
Post by: williamthe1st on February 14, 2018, 09:37:05 am
I would have guessed somewhere in Yorkshire ?
Sorry , Eey ba gum Lad ;D
Post by: williamthe1st on February 14, 2018, 09:39:17 am
Yeah I see your point Zeb, the "Ey up" definitely points there, Y'alreet" could also be Gordie (though not so much the "Eh yup") .. I guess it could be anywhere Midlands --> northward.
It was the "duck" that made me think East Midlands or possibly South Yorkshire such as Nottingham/Chesterfield/Sheffield kinda area.
Now I wanna know ? ???
So near Me Duck ;D
Post by: williamthe1st on February 14, 2018, 10:16:07 am
(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/6a/e1/Gt1ETKqZ_t.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/Gt1ETKqZ)
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 14, 2018, 11:02:02 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 14, 2018, 11:11:02 am
Post by: VinDSL on February 14, 2018, 05:50:04 pm
Second of all ...
Nearly eleven years in The Netherlands for me. I'm also shivering. The amount of rain we get, makes the UK look positively arid :o!
I knew you guys wouldn't believe this, so I took a screenie of my Conky - the PWS I use (https://goo.gl/yHJLx5) is less than 2 blocks away.
Yes, it's actually raining in Arizona. I can count, on one hand, the number of times a year that I get rain:
Spoiler (click here to view / hide)
(http://vindsl.com/images/VinDSL-Screenshot_2018-02-14_15:33:21.png)
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Talking about 'positively arid', Andy, it's been raining here all day, and it's still only 75% humidity. LoL! :D
Post by: Fred on February 14, 2018, 10:37:13 pm
All the best...
Fred
Tennessee, USA
Post by: williamthe1st on February 15, 2018, 10:49:57 am
First of all, welcome aboard, William :)
Second of all ...Nearly eleven years in The Netherlands for me. I'm also shivering. The amount of rain we get, makes the UK look positively arid :o!
I knew you guys wouldn't believe this, so I took a screenie of my Conky - the PWS I use (https://goo.gl/yHJLx5) is less than 2 blocks away.
Yes, it's actually raining in Arizona. I can count, on one hand, the number of times a year that I get rain:Spoiler (click here to view / hide)(http://vindsl.com/images/VinDSL-Screenshot_2018-02-14_15:33:21.png)[close]
Talking about 'positively arid', Andy, it's been raining here all day, and it's still only 75% humidity. LoL! :D
Thanks for the welcome , good to be here :)
William
Post by: williamthe1st on February 15, 2018, 10:51:29 am
Welcome goody211 and williamthe1st! Great group here, very helpful and supportive.
All the best...
Fred
Tennessee, USA
Hi Fred from Tennessee , thanks for the kind welcome :)
Post by: tetricky on February 20, 2018, 05:39:03 am
.... As for where my home town was , here's a clue ...
Late to the party, but I refer the honourable gentleman to the reply I gave some moments ago. (https://forum.peppermintos.com/index.php/topic,6186.msg64012.html#msg64012)
Welcome billy-one. I run a forest community forum (in fact the oldest continuously running one on the internet). My username stands for "Trent End" Tricky originally from when I used to contribute to the brian as "a trent end tricky", then as an early internet adopter became the first "tricky" to take that name online. Both sides of the family are actually counteh fans, luckily my father chose Forest to annoy his brother. A close shave.
Post by: nickp on March 15, 2018, 02:49:08 am
Nick from Nottingham here,
I've been using Linux since the early Slackware days, and have also dabbled with Gentoo and many others,
I'm new to Peppermint - but love it. Ive installed it on an old Laptop and it's impressively fast and looks good.
The laptop is used to RDP onto Virtual Windows Machines running on Ubuntu, and also to access my Mac every now and then.
I'm a partner in a small software company, and am currently working on Mobile Phone dev using Xamarin forms, c# etc.
Keep up the good work.
Post by: zebedeeboss on March 15, 2018, 04:38:18 am
Welcome to the forums.
Nice to hear you are having a good time with Peppermint
Regards Zeb...
Post by: VinDSL on March 15, 2018, 06:55:08 am
Post by: AndyInMokum on March 15, 2018, 07:33:19 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on March 15, 2018, 11:31:55 am
Welcome.
Post by: nickp on March 15, 2018, 01:58:16 pm
Looking forward to getting to know this distro, and also joining in on the forums.
Post by: bella.mor on March 16, 2018, 01:09:07 am
Post by: perknh on March 16, 2018, 08:43:29 am
Post by: amlc on May 09, 2018, 11:44:50 am
This is my Peppermint Desktop ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/G6mJxNK.jpg)
Post by: mac on May 09, 2018, 11:52:35 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on May 09, 2018, 12:42:59 pm
Then again, so (probably) will software.
Post by: perknh on May 09, 2018, 01:19:18 pm
Post by: amlc on May 09, 2018, 08:33:47 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on May 10, 2018, 01:00:02 am
We hope you enjoy your stay with us ;D
Regards Zeb...
Post by: AndyInMokum on May 10, 2018, 01:49:30 am
Post by: Slim.Fatz on May 15, 2018, 04:52:49 am
and from me too: Welcome. I really love your desktop wallpaper photo!! Super! 8)
Regards,
-- Slim
Post by: tdockery97 on May 27, 2018, 06:56:24 am
Post by: mac on May 27, 2018, 08:40:07 am
Post by: zebedeeboss on May 27, 2018, 08:44:10 am
Greetings. I'm Tom and I just made the switch from Mint to Peppermint. It's looking and working great so far.
Hi tdockery97,
Welcome to the Best Linux Distro - enjoy your stay with us :D
Regards Zeb...
Post by: PCNetSpec on May 27, 2018, 09:18:27 am
Just bored and wanted a change, or was there a particular reason ?
Post by: jlschwartz on May 27, 2018, 10:47:54 am
Post by: perknh on May 27, 2018, 03:23:52 pm
Greetings. I'm Tom and I just made the switch from Mint to Peppermint. It's looking and working great so far.
Welcome, tdockery97! I brought a couple of friends of mine from Mint over to Peppermint 8 just a few weeks ago. :)
Post by: AndyInMokum on May 27, 2018, 05:38:45 pm
Greetings. I'm Tom and I just made the switch from Mint to Peppermint. It's looking and working great so far.
Hi Tom, welcome to the Peppermint Forum :). It's really nice to know you're enjoying our splendid little distro ;).
Post by: spence on June 07, 2018, 09:52:37 pm
Post by: spence on June 07, 2018, 09:56:16 pm
Hi everyone! I'm Mateo (I'd say the english form is Matthew), I've tried Live PeppermintOS on my computer for a while and I've finally decided to install it, so i bought a new HDD (Previous one was broken). I'm a 20 yo guy from Colombia sumercé
Bienvenidos Mateo/amlc Welcome to our little corner of the www... and our great little distro... enjoy!
Post by: TonyBronze on June 13, 2018, 10:32:50 am
My name is Tony and I am a Peppermint user.
I suppose my first use of a computer goes back to around 1979 when my brother and I bought a Texas TI99/4a, paying half each. I upgraded to an Amstrad PCW 8256 in 1985 which had 256kb of memory and a floppy drive. My first exposure to Windows was in 1992 at work where I was one of the first Employees there to use a PC, a 386 with Windows 3.1. All the other Employees used dumb terminals but I was seconded to the IT department to assist with the transfer of the existing system to a AS400/IS2000 based system. The first PC I bought was a Compaq Presario CDS520. An all in one unit with a 486 DX33 processor and 4mb of RAM later upgraded to an Evergreen 586 / AMD 5x86 133MHz with 8 mb of RAM. I think the hard drive that came with it was somewhere around 500mb and the max size the BIOS could handle was 1GB. I later got a bigger hard drive, 2 GB and I had to partition it into two 1GB partitions to use it. With the bigger hard drive came an upgrade to Windows 95.
I progressed through different PCs using Windows 98 then XP but toward the end of XP will admit that I was getting a bit fed fed up with Windows. Everything seemed so time consuming to do. My parents got new laptops with Vista on which I didn't care for much. I was the family go to guy if anyone had problems. Very often it was Virus related and took ages to sort out.
I had previously looked at Linux. Often using the free CD's that came on Computer Mags. The first was probably Red Hat but soon gave up when it wouldn't do what I wanted. First releases of Ubuntu were probably the ones I spent most time with.
When the support for XP ended I tried out many different Distros and ended up dual booting with XP and LXLE. This was the first distro I used where I had that light bulb moment where I thought, hey I am using this, it does everything I need and its not Windows. It was based on Ubuntu 12.04 but the next version based on 14.04 I didn't like so much and had a few problems with it so started looking around again.
What I didn't like is that they changed some of the programs it came with including the browser to a customised version of Sea Monkey. I was a Firefox user at the time so it meant I had to install extra bits I wanted. It used a lot of PPA's for the latest vesrions but that sometimes caused dependency issues where it needed to install an updated version of a file but couldn't because something else was using the older version. Some software such as steam wouldn't install. It used the PPA version of Libre Office which kept having large updates. The final nail in the coffin was an update caused problems with Nvidia and I could only use the Nouveau drivers.
So I started Distro hopping again and found Peppermint. First I installed Peppermint 7 on a Laptop and took an instant liking to it. I have two desktops and 5 laptops in the household all different makes, AMD and Intel Processors, some with Nvidia, AMD and Intel graphics, wireless are mainly Intel and Broadcom. Peppermint works on them all. They all now have Peppermint 8 on them and I can honestly say that in the 3 years I have been using Peppermint, I have not had one problem with it. I am a hobby photographer and my go to program is Darktable. Upgrading the PC I use for photography is easy using Peppermint. Install the OS, install the photography pack and done. It has all I need.
Sorry, this has got a bit long and rambling on a bit. Perhaps I'll save the rest for part 2 :)
Post by: zebedeeboss on June 13, 2018, 10:38:22 am
It is always good to hear people enjoying Peppermint. I am glad you are no different.
I for one did not find your story overly long and I look forward to reading part two, should you ever decide to write it.
Regards Zeb...
Post by: mac on June 13, 2018, 10:40:53 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 13, 2018, 11:15:02 am
I'm with Zeb and mac, I didn't find that overly long, in fact I found it quite interesting and useful (not to mention enjoyably nostalgic). For example:-
a) we took the decision early on not to rely on third party PPA's for anything included by default. if we want to add updated software we'd add it to OUR PPA rather than link Peppermint to others we have no control over .. seems it was a good decision :)
and
b) Peppermint 9 is currently in private beta testing, and I'd forgotten to check the Peppermint metapackages such as the "Peppermint Photography Pack" still worked with the new 18.04 base .. you've reminded me to go test them :)
[EDIT]
You'll be happy to know the photography pack still works :)
Post by: jlschwartz on June 13, 2018, 11:35:51 am
Post by: TonyBronze on June 13, 2018, 11:38:21 am
But with Peppermint 9, at 57 years old, I find myself feeling like a kid waiting for Christmas to arrive :)
I fully understand why it's taking a while and am happy that the Peppermint Team are taking time to make sure everything is working before the release. I have had a sneaky look at Launchpad and seen the progress and all the hard work you guys are putting into it for which I am really grateful and thank you.
But I am sitting here with my finger poised over the download button. Partition prepped on my desktop ready to receive my Christmas present which will be something I actually want instead of a pair of socks or Old Spice aftershave :)
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 13, 2018, 12:03:16 pm
(bet I've jinxed it now and a major bug shows up ::))
Post by: spence on June 13, 2018, 12:17:20 pm
Hi Guys,
My name is Tony and I am a Peppermint user.
Welcome to Peppermint Land TonyBronze... like the others mentioned previously, none of that was overly long and I too enjoyed the walk down memory lane. While I didn't find computers useful nor interesting until much later in life, I found the peppermint land of linux much earlier than you. First installed peppermintOne in 2010, quickly wiped WinXP off of my old Toshiba Qosmio's drive and never looked back.
Post by: hxcdk on September 11, 2018, 08:49:20 am
My name is Henrik. I have been using Linux, on and off, since 2000, both on the desktop and server.
These days I am primarily using Linux on my computers at home. I have been looking for a desktop OS, based on Ubuntu and a GTK based desktop, as my daily driver. At work I mostly work with IBM AIX.
After using Peppermint 9, I must say I have finally found it!
Thank you so much for this excellent distro ;D
Best Regards
Henrik
Post by: PCNetSpec on September 11, 2018, 08:53:43 am
Great to hear Peppermint fits your requirements .. and thanks for the kind words.
Ubuntu base, and Gtk desktop makes perfect sense to us too, dunno why everyone doesn't do it :))
Post by: VinDSL on September 11, 2018, 04:13:01 pm
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Post by: AndyInMokum on September 11, 2018, 05:06:10 pm
Post by: perknh on September 11, 2018, 06:01:06 pm
My name is Henrik. I have been using Linux, on and off, since 2000, both on the desktop and server.
These days I am primarily using Linux on my computers at home. I have been looking for a desktop OS, based on Ubuntu and a GTK based desktop, as my daily driver. At work I mostly work with IBM AIX.
After using Peppermint 9, I must say I have finally found it!
Thank you so much for this excellent distro ;D
It's terrific you have such an extensive background with Linux, Henrik Welcome to Peppermint! :)
Post by: jlschwartz on September 11, 2018, 06:16:57 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on September 12, 2018, 12:42:34 am
Welcome to the Forum :)
We hope you enjoy your time here with Peppermint
Regards Zeb...
Post by: hxcdk on November 08, 2018, 04:39:29 am
Thanks for the warm welcome :)
Best Regards
Henrik
Post by: rayzer on December 04, 2018, 02:20:51 pm
i also like to mess about with the look of distros and occasionally tweak desktops like lxde, xfce and jwm for example as well as making wallpapers, icons etc.
Post by: PCNetSpec on December 04, 2018, 06:58:46 pm
Yeah I spotted you on EB's stream earlier today.
Post by: VinDSL on December 04, 2018, 08:39:34 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on December 05, 2018, 12:39:57 am
Welcome to Club Peppermint
Regards Zeb...
Post by: JonOfLA on December 05, 2018, 07:57:59 pm
My name is Jon, and I thought I would sign up for the forum since I'm probably going to be asking for help. I'm completely new to Linux. One of the main reasons I'm using Linux now is because I am studying cybersecurity in school, and getting experience helps. As for Peppermint, I was looking for a distro that would help me get my feet wet, and I saw some good reviews for Peppermint. What really clinched it was seeing the extremely helpful installation guide, and the forums.
So far, I am pleased with how Peppermint has been running. I installed it on a 10 year old laptop and it basically works like new. I look forward to posting here and using Peppermint going forward.
:D
Post by: VinDSL on December 05, 2018, 08:09:08 pm
Post by: AndyInMokum on December 06, 2018, 12:44:58 am
Post by: zebedeeboss on December 06, 2018, 04:28:13 am
Welcome to the Peppermint Club...
As Andy says. Ask away. 9 yrs into Linux and I am still learning and asking questions :D
Regards Zeb...
Post by: PCNetSpec on December 06, 2018, 10:19:40 am
Post by: spence on December 07, 2018, 02:13:38 pm
Welcome again and remember we're all here to answer questions.
Post by: perknh on December 09, 2018, 01:23:45 pm
... bit behind on my welcomes here!
Me too, guys! Welcome JonOfLA and welcome rayzer. Peppermint is certainly one of the best discoveries I ever made while surfing the web several years ago. I hope you guys end up enjoying Peppermint every bit as much as I have. Welcome! :)
Post by: Slaninka on January 15, 2019, 05:22:05 am
my name is Adam, I am from Slovakia, so I appologise for any mistakes that I will make.
I am using linux for nearly two years, switched from windows, because of performance problems and updates.
Peppermint is my fourth distro that I have used, after Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Ubuntu Budgie, and I really like it.
I have not experienced any serious bug, unlike in the other distros that I used, and the look in my opinion is just awesome.
Many thanks to all developers.
PS:Theese emoticons are super. :D
Post by: zebedeeboss on January 15, 2019, 07:34:44 am
Welcome to the Forums
Regards Zeb...
Post by: zebedeeboss on January 15, 2019, 07:35:19 am
Welcome to the Forums
Regards Zeb...
Post by: PCNetSpec on January 15, 2019, 09:53:37 am
Post by: VinDSL on January 15, 2019, 02:11:35 pm
Post by: jglen490 on February 03, 2019, 11:01:19 pm
Post by: VinDSL on February 03, 2019, 11:18:20 pm
EDIT
BTW, I was just reading your posts. You and I have very similar writing styles.
Interesting... ;)
Post by: zebedeeboss on February 04, 2019, 04:25:49 am
We hope you enjoy your time here and glad you are enjoying the Pep on the old Tosh :)
Regards Zeb...
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 04, 2019, 08:09:36 am
Post by: mintspider on February 25, 2019, 01:10:53 am
Felt like I was back in my Amiga days.
Ran Linux Mint from version 6 to 16, then Solus Budgie caught my eye, which I still use on my main laptop.
You can blame stevesveryown and zebedeeboss for my being here. Met them both via BDLL.
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 25, 2019, 06:33:11 am
Post by: mintspider on February 25, 2019, 07:23:40 am
Welcome mintspider :)
Thanks mate.
Modified my own post also, as tapatalk confused me, and I thought I was directly replying to someone.
Post by: perknh on February 25, 2019, 08:28:57 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on February 25, 2019, 08:44:18 am
Post by: VinDSL on February 25, 2019, 01:38:20 pm
Post by: mintspider on February 25, 2019, 05:01:26 pm
Hello, mintspider. Yeah, it's fun to watch zebedeeboss and stevesveryown putting various distros through their paces on Big Daddy Linux Live! on YouTube. Welcome to Peppermint. :)Listen out for the Scotsman!
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Post by: mintspider on February 25, 2019, 05:01:54 pm
Welcome aboard, mintspider :)Cheers.
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Post by: Pepper9 on April 12, 2019, 04:32:29 am
After using Peppermint after the better part of 3 quarters of a year I decided to sign up here. After distro hopping for years I can finally say I've found my distro and am very pleased with it. Thanks to the devs!
I am one of those people who is confined to older hardware due to lack of funds so I can run 32bit only. I have found Peppermint after searching for a "light-weight distro" and found Peppermint in that search. Installed it and was satisfied from the get-go.
Installed on 3 machines:
1) HP Compaq nx 7400 laptop
2) IBM Thinkpad T-60
3) IBM Thinkpad T-42 (non-pae)
Every machine runs as they should, no hickups, no problems...............boring, I know :D
I will help out where I can although I've seen many people around here who are far more knowledgeable than little old me. Great to be part of this community.
Regards, Pepper9 8)
Post by: VinDSL on April 12, 2019, 05:06:33 am
Post by: Pepper9 on April 12, 2019, 05:26:10 am
Welcome aboard, Pepper9 :)
Thanks! :)
Post by: PCNetSpec on April 12, 2019, 07:26:32 am
Post by: perknh on April 12, 2019, 03:14:58 pm
Every machine runs as they should, no hickups, no problems...............boring, I know :D
Isn't that the truth. Got to love that about Peppermint. Peppermint just works! ;)
Welcome to Peppermint, Pepper9. :)
Post by: Rojas10 on April 12, 2019, 04:21:22 pm
I'm using linux, on and off for almost 2 years. Now, at home - at work still running M$ products - just linux.
I've been distro hopping a lot (solus, manjaro, PopOS, MX, Min), but now i've found THE DISTRO for me. Peppermint all the way!
Thank you (devs) for your work, and for making it soo awesome! Also, big thank's to the community for spreading the Peppermint love!
Post by: VinDSL on April 12, 2019, 04:38:56 pm
And, welcome aboard :)
Post by: perknh on April 12, 2019, 05:38:16 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on April 12, 2019, 06:11:41 pm
Post by: zebedeeboss on April 15, 2019, 04:18:38 am
Regards Zeb...
Post by: Slim.Fatz on April 15, 2019, 11:08:58 am
Glad to hear that you enjoy PeppermintOS and welcome to the forum!! 8)
Regards,
-- Slim
Post by: jlschwartz on April 15, 2019, 11:51:21 am
Post by: ymaki on April 19, 2019, 04:52:33 pm
But at some point, you need to pick one and start getting your hands dirty. I have got nothing against Windows (and I will still have to use Windows at different working places) but there's no way W10 will end up in my personal computer and W7 will end soon, so I went hardcore, made some files backup, format C:/ and D:/ as ext4 and installed Peppermint 9 :) !!!!!!!!!!!
As a beginner I just knew that I wanted a light and fast distro, a good forum and *Buntu based (as I feel I will find more info easily)
I am going with Peppermint 9 because it's very fast, user-friendly, and everything just worked (for the last 2 weeks I tried and installed 20 different distros and only Lubuntu LxQT and Peppermint 9 worked PERFECTLY!!! (but Lubuntu was kind of boring while Peppermint gives you so MANY extra options)
So my first post it's to say a big THANK YOU to the team and all people involved! I am having a lot of fun, reading the forum and discovering all the little things and so much to learn !!!! This is the beginning of a long trip !
Post by: VinDSL on April 19, 2019, 04:57:43 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on April 19, 2019, 05:44:13 pm
I know I shouldn't but Simon Quigley occasionally takes a side swipe at Peppermint in a friendly way on BDDL, so "right back at ya Simon" :D
Post by: spence on April 19, 2019, 05:57:57 pm
Just a quick intro: I am a French guy living in Spain and been using Windows for 20 years. I tried Ubuntu 7 years ago, but things were a bit more complicated back then (especially I remember issues with graphic cards and wifi). So I am very new to Linux and for beginners it is hard to find the right distro (just too many choices)[/i]
Bonjour and Welcome aboard @ymaki!!!You've landed in a nice friendly little corner of linux distro land! The friendliness of this forum has kept me around since I discovered peppermintOne back in '10 as I looked for a solution to keep my '06 laptop alive. Hope you find a happy home here.
8)
Post by: perknh on April 19, 2019, 07:11:38 pm
So my first post it's to say a big THANK YOU to the team and all people involved! I am having a lot of fun, reading the forum and discovering all the little things and so much to learn !!!! This is the beginning of a long trip !
Hi ymaki. You're right, it is fun here. Welcome to Peppermint! :)
Post by: spence on April 20, 2019, 03:51:15 pm
8)
Post by: clatterfordslim on April 29, 2019, 10:29:41 am
I am a full time Carer Support worker from the rather Sunny Isle of Wight.
My first ever Linux Distro was Ubuntu 10.04, way before Ubuntu made the weird decision, to move to Unity.
It was then of course how we see Ubuntu Mate today, apart that it wasn't so full up with stuff as Ubuntu Mate is.
Back then of course Ubuntu was not that easy to get things working, you had to literally build and configure stuff yourself.
Skip ahead Nine years and I must say Linux has come along way, but over the years with all the different Distros I had tried, one Distro stood out in the crowd for me and that is Peppermint OS 7, which English Bob introduced me to, whilst watching one of his videos. Then the upgrade to Peppermint 8, now nine, no matter what other Linux Distro I install, I end up coming back to Peppermint.
Whether it's the stability or reliability of it, all other Distros don't do it for me, like Peppermint does. I live stream, make videos on YouTube, when I'm not working and try my best to help people out here on the Peppermint Forums, though I must add I also help with other Linux Forums too, but this forum is the best one. I know enough to setup and install Peppermint, Nvidia Drivers, Screen Tearing Issues AMD, Nvidia and Intel drivers and any other gripes people might have, on their own systems, but let's face it Peppermint is that stable, that hardly any problems arise. I'm so glad I could introduce myself and have been reading about other members too. :) I'm also a musician, play guitar and sing in a Rockabilly, Blues, Jazz band. I'm nearly married, just have to save up for it and pick a day when I'm not working, or saving up for my new computer build. Been with my Wife to be for twelve years, I'm sure she can put up with me for another twelve years? :D Or longer if she prefers, which I would prefer too, as nothing like the love of your best friend, who is always there no matter what. Peppermint is my bit on the side, which takes me away from real life for a while. ;D
Post by: zebedeeboss on April 29, 2019, 10:33:41 am
Regards Zeb...
Post by: clatterfordslim on April 29, 2019, 10:53:55 am
Post by: PCNetSpec (Trusted User) on April 29, 2019, 10:54:35 am
[EDIT]
Oops, wrong account.
Post by: VinDSL on April 29, 2019, 11:51:10 am
Post by: VinDSL on April 29, 2019, 11:52:02 am
Oops, wrong account.
;D
Post by: clatterfordslim on April 29, 2019, 12:17:46 pm
Post by: Johan on April 29, 2019, 03:47:16 pm
Post by: Slim.Fatz on April 29, 2019, 04:04:11 pm
Welcome to the forum! Nice to have something so stable, fast and beautiful as Peppermint in your box, isn't it? 8)
Regards,
-- Slim
Post by: PCNetSpec on April 29, 2019, 04:28:32 pm
I'm Johan 59 years old and Peppermint addict 8)
Careful, snorting Peppermint too frequently can seriously damage your septum ;)
Post by: VinDSL on April 29, 2019, 08:08:11 pm
Post by: Johan on April 30, 2019, 04:58:21 am
Post by: JoeP12 on June 22, 2019, 08:49:54 pm
I'm Joe. I'm newish to Linux, but feel generally comfortable with command line. I used Unix while in the military, over a decade ago, and have worked with computers off and on over the years, though primarily Windows systems. Many years ago I briefly experimented with Ubuntu and Linux Mint, but because it was still generally unfamiliar to me, I stopped using it and got rid of it.
I'm currently in IT, and over the last several months I've taken an interest in exploring Linux again. I feel like I've tried a wide variety of Linux OSs at this point, even in only a few months, and even if only a brief introduction. TinyCore, Puppy, Mint, several Ubuntu flavors, Solus, and quite a few others. I accidentally wiped my Windows 10 SSD with Clear Linux a couple months ago. Lol. I feel like it was "taking my licks" if I really wanted to start learning about Linux. That said, only my operating system was on that SSD. My files were stored on another hard drive. So it wasn't that bad.
My wife got a new laptop almost a year ago because her old laptop was having startup issues. The physical start button was wonky, and you'd have to press it a billion times to get it started.
Well, within the last couple weeks, I ordered that old laptop a "new" motherboard (the start button was hard wired, so there was no other option) for only $35, a new battery for just over $10 and figured I'd throw Linux on it. It's now my laptop and I'm typing on it for this post.
Its original operating system was Vista. Before I wiped it, it had Win 7 on it. But I wanted something different. I first put MX Linux on it. It seemed a little popular among some users and seemed to have good reviews in terms of working on older hardware. It did, it was fine. But I was just kind of "meh" about MX, personally.
I'd been wanting to full-on try Peppermint for a while. I'd also briefly tried it over the last several months and wanted to see how well it would work on this laptop. So I threw Peppermint 10 on it, and everything started up and worked just fine. I'm actually really enjoying this OS and it's likely I'll be sticking with it for the foreseeable future.
Figured it might behoove me to join a forum of knowledgeable users though. Partly for my own benefit, in terms of potential issues that might arise, but also just to be part of a community of users, from various interesting backgrounds, and a variety of experience with Linux and outside of it who all have a shared interest.
So far, I've been able to make some alterations to some of the aesthetics of the desktop and the panel.
I also added Brave browser, since it's one of my new favorite browsers and installed LibreOffice 6.2 and while I used command line for these things, I'm actually really digging the Software Manager. Super clean and easy to navigate.
Anyway, hi. :)
-Joe
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 22, 2019, 10:56:22 pm
Any problems, give us a shout.
Have any questions, just ask.
Just wanna chat, that's fine too :)
Post by: zebedeeboss on June 23, 2019, 07:42:31 am
Welcome to the forums. Nice to have you here. No question is wrong. If you don't know something ask. It's easier to tell you than try and fix it after you have guessed ;D
ps I did it the wrong way for years - hehehe and I am sure people would groan when I posted :D
Regards Zeb...
Post by: spence on June 25, 2019, 09:33:38 pm
Post by: Brianrh on June 26, 2019, 04:34:31 am
I am an electrical/electronics technician currently working for a F1 racing team in Oxfordshire, in the uk. I am currently living in Swindon, but I am retiring later this year and hoping to move to Cornwall.
Around 2009 I bought a cheap low powered HP laptop running Vista which was ok to start with, then the novelty of my first laptop wore off. My 13-year-old son, who even at this age was showing strong geeky tendencies and was very experimental, keenly suggested installing Linux in the shape of Ubuntu 10.04. It wasn’t until later I realised that he really wanted a guinea pig PC to try this on rather than his. It all went very well, and I've always had a version of linux on my laptop since then.
My son has gone on to become an IT networking engineer working with MS and Apple equipment for education. He uses W10 for his personal use but every now and then I get asked if I have a Linux box he can use for some task, so he is still aware of the advantages Linux has for certain tasks.
I currently have a few years-old HP Pavilion currently running Ubuntu Mate for day to day stuff, and an Acer C710 Chromebook currently running Peppermint 10. The Acer is the laptop I usually try new stuff out on initially and if I like it, it goes on the HP. Generally, in my distro walkabout, which seems to be a compulsory experience for most Linux users, I have always come back to Ubuntu based distros. I did like Crunchbang and Manjaro when I used them but the original Crunchbang development ceased and with Manjaro, I could never quite get comfortable with it for day to day running and maintaining.
I’ve always found the importance and need for me, of a friendly and patient forum. I am, and always have been a noobie as far as software goes. I’m a hardware person and I know that it is always the software that causes the problems (and is the work of satan). So, I have to copy lines of script from web pages and paste into the terminal blindly, not always knowing what I am doing, but relying on the source for being reliable and understand the issue I have. The aforementioned distros had/have good forums, but you need the right sort of distro to go with them hence why I have settled for UM and Peppermint atm. However it could be Peppermint and Peppermint by the weekend.
Post by: zebedeeboss on June 26, 2019, 04:46:50 am
Nice intro story and glad to see you are enjoying your linux, no matter the flavour.
I still consider myself a noobie for Software and Hardware. If is goes wrong, I come here for the "more cleverer" peeps to fix it ;D
Regards Zeb...
Post by: perknh on June 26, 2019, 06:11:29 am
Super clean and easy to navigate.
It sure is. Welcome, Joe. :)
I currently have a few years-old HP Pavilion currently running Ubuntu Mate for day to day stuff, and an Acer C710 Chromebook currently running Peppermint 10. The Acer is the laptop I usually try new stuff out on initially and if I like it, it goes on the HP. Generally, in my distro walkabout, which seems to be a compulsory experience for most Linux users, I have always come back to Ubuntu based distros. I did like Crunchbang and Manjaro when I used them but the original Crunchbang development ceased and with Manjaro, I could never quite get comfortable with it for day to day running and maintaining.
Ubuntu-based for me too, Brianrh. Manjaro used to work on my computer, but for whatever reason, I can no longer get it to install. ::)
My wife's Chromebook is working just fine with Peppermint 10. ;)
Welcome to Peppermint, Brianrh. :)
Belated welcome to @clatterfordslim, @Johan ... ... we hope you all find a nice comfy home here in our forums...
Yes, welcome. I've enjoyed reading your posts. :)
Post by: VinDSL on June 26, 2019, 06:43:41 am
Post by: Brianrh on June 26, 2019, 07:53:56 am
Now where are my slippers. ;D
Post by: PCNetSpec on June 26, 2019, 11:26:37 am
It think I saw them in the FAQ board but I could be wrong, they might be slippers someone else left behind .. if their not yours, please take them to /lost+found
Post by: dsherman26 on July 01, 2019, 09:03:32 am
Dave
Post by: PCNetSpec on July 01, 2019, 03:42:58 pm
(the netbook, not the wife's aunt :)))
Post by: VinDSL on July 01, 2019, 06:43:03 pm
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Post by: perknh on July 02, 2019, 08:01:39 am
Post by: dsherman26 on July 02, 2019, 09:13:50 am
Post by: Johan on July 02, 2019, 03:31:14 pm
Belated welcome to @clatterfordslim, @Johan & @JoeP12 ... we hope you all find a nice comfy home here in our forums...
Better late than never ;) Thanks ;D
And wellcome newcomers 8) Peppermint ftw :D
Post by: VinDSL on July 02, 2019, 07:36:34 pm
Thanks! It's not too shabby of a machine. Didn't seem worthy of disposing of it. Battery was a little tired out so a new one is on the way. Now I'm already thinking about a 2GB RAM upgrade and a 250GB SSD.
Heh! I have an almost identical situation with my beloved Asus Eee PC !000HD - unworthy of disposal - tired battery - I upgraded the RAM to 2GB, some years ago - and recently upgraded the drive to a 'Munchkin' Reactor 250GB SSD (https://forum.peppermintos.com/index.php/topic,7921.msg85201.html#msg85201). I dual boot Peppermint 10 & winders XP Home. LoL
Seems a little odd, I know, but I've always liked for the netbook form-factor. Wish somebody made one with an Intel i7 CPU, but that's a pipe dream.
Have fun! :)
Post by: newb85 on October 17, 2019, 12:23:32 pm
I was first introduced to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex when I was partway through college (in '08) and my Compaq desktop running WinXP was running like molasses. I made the guy from the apartment (flat for you Brits) above mine set the machine up dual-boot so I could keep using Windows if I needed it. Soon, in the process of upgrading, I accidentally overwrote the Windows partition, and it took me a couple months to notice.
I used to spend quite a bit more time tinkering than I do now. I made the jump to Peppermint because I had recently started using web aps more, and I was impressed with how lightweight the Peppermint distro is. My Ubuntu 14.04 system (which I needed to upgrade) had gotten a little too slow for my liking.
So far, I'm liking the community here, even if it is a lot smaller than the Ubuntu community.
Post by: perknh on October 17, 2019, 02:22:27 pm
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Soon, in the process of upgrading, I accidentally overwrote the Windows partition, and it took me a couple months to notice.
Welcome, newb85. That's a terrific story! :)
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My Ubuntu 14.04 system (which I needed to upgrade) had gotten a little too slow for my liking.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Ubuntu can be a bit clunky.
Post by: PCNetSpec on October 17, 2019, 06:09:27 pm
So far, I'm liking the community here, even if it is a lot smaller than the Ubuntu community.
Thanks Aaron, sometimes 'smaller' can equate to 'friendlier and more personal' :)
Post by: stevehale70 on November 10, 2019, 07:46:36 pm
I first stumbled into the linux world back in 2007 using wubi to install ubuntu within windows- I think, but maybe that was in later versions? Anyway I played around with dual booting and learnt a valuable lesson- ALWAYS HAVE GOOD BACKUPS. Having eventually recovered most of my data I was instructed by my family to go back to windows and fearing their wrath I complied.
Fast forward to 2019 and I'm now back to linux, I dont remember what brought me back but after several months of distro hopping and youtube, I've ended up here!
Thanks to Zeb, stevesveryown, eb, BDLL and other youtubers for their opinions and insights.
Cheers,
Steve
Post by: VinDSL on November 10, 2019, 08:29:58 pm
Post by: PCNetSpec on November 10, 2019, 08:55:58 pm
I see you ran into our Peppermint community promotion
Post by: perknh on November 11, 2019, 07:17:05 am
...instructed by my family to go back to windows and fearing their wrath I complied.
Yes, that can be a problem. :(
Fast forward to 2019 and I'm now back to linux, I dont remember what brought me back but after several months of distro hopping and youtube, I've ended up here!
Linux Peppermint OS is more secure, more private, and a heck of a lot more fun than Windows. Welcome back to Linux! :)
Post by: Johan on November 11, 2019, 09:43:29 am
Post by: zebedeeboss on November 11, 2019, 01:57:48 pm
We hope you enjoy it here.
Regards Zeb...
Hey Thugs - hehe I resemble that remark :P
Post by: Kthread on November 22, 2019, 02:50:17 am
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Post by: PCNetSpec on November 22, 2019, 12:41:26 pm
Post by: perknh on November 22, 2019, 02:56:47 pm
Post by: clatterfordslim on November 23, 2019, 11:50:00 am
Post by: Palladini on December 03, 2019, 07:19:58 pm
I grew up on a Tobacco Farm, and form the age of Nine, every Saturday I went to the Ontario Conservatory of Music and for about 5 years, I took Drum Lessons. At the age of 18, I was one 3 People in the Province of Ontario to trained at University Level Major Household Appliance Repair, I did that for several years, then started Driving Trucks, now some 40 years and 8 million miles later, in Late Oct 2010 was the last time I drove anything. Since then, I have been on CPP Disability and just spending time on the Internet.
Find me on Youtube - Palladini971 and Palladini69
Find me on Vidlii.com - Palladini
Post by: VinDSL on December 04, 2019, 08:57:46 am
Post by: Johan on December 04, 2019, 09:30:40 am
Post by: perknh on December 04, 2019, 12:04:13 pm
Believe it or not, I caught one or two of your videos on YouTube before. Welcome to Peppermint. :)
perknh
Post by: PCNetSpec on December 04, 2019, 02:07:41 pm
Post by: Palladini on December 04, 2019, 02:34:39 pm
Post by: zarg2 on December 05, 2019, 08:20:59 am
I've loved messing around with computers since Radio Shack COCO days and can't resist rescuing "trash" computers. I take older systems in my spare time and fix them up, install MX or GaliumOS if they are a Chromebook and now Peppermint 10. I then either send them to the Philippines for teachers/kids to use (my wife's niece is a special education teacher and her nieces daughter is a newly graduated English teacher) or give them away to local folks that want something to do word processing and browse.
In addition to my nerdy pursuits I enjoy restoring old Polk Audio Monitor series speakers like Monitor 7's (the best they ever did as far as balance, IMHO). I also enjoy salt water fishing with my wife(who wants to eat anything that comes out of the water:) -have to curb her enthusiasm at times:)) My spouse and I also enjoy cooking(Filipino and other Asian cuisine but also love learning new dishes from other cultures; also big BBQ fans.), and travel when we can.
We have a live in 4 year old grandson that is a joy and a huge challenge; never thought we would be "parents" again at this stage in our lives.
I currently use MX Linux/Antix on some systems but just switched to Peppermint 10 on our main "serious use" desktop.
Looks like you have a nice friendly community here much like the MX forums. I look forward to learning/using Peppermint and appreciate the effort the DEVs put into it.
Post by: VinDSL on December 05, 2019, 08:22:33 am
Post by: PCNetSpec on December 05, 2019, 09:37:50 am
Props on the community spirit there too.
Post by: Johan on December 05, 2019, 09:54:45 am
Post by: zarg2 on December 06, 2019, 07:31:47 am
Welcome aboard, zarg2 :)
Thanks and my slow synapses just caught your user name :D :D
Post by: zebedeeboss on December 06, 2019, 07:44:26 am
MX is indeed a good distro and also has a great Forum.
We hope you will find a good home here.
Regards Zeb...
Post by: VinDSL on December 06, 2019, 08:44:33 am
Welcome aboard, zarg2 :)
Thanks and my slow synapses just caught your user name :D :D
First LoL of the day :))
Thanks, for that!
Post by: perknh on December 06, 2019, 12:16:07 pm
My spouse and I also enjoy cooking(Filipino and other Asian cuisine but also love learning new dishes from other cultures; also big BBQ fans.), and travel when we can
Sounds delicious! I, too, am crazy about Asian food, and, lately, I've been wanting to try out some Filipino banana ketchup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_ketchup). With a little luck I'll get my hands on some one of these days. ;)
Welcome, zarg2, to Peppermint's fun, friendly, and informative forum. :)
Post by: zarg2 on December 06, 2019, 01:14:57 pm
My spouse and I also enjoy cooking(Filipino and other Asian cuisine but also love learning new dishes from other cultures; also big BBQ fans.), and travel when we can
Sounds delicious! I, too, am crazy about Asian food, and, lately, I've been wanting to try out some Filipino banana ketchup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_ketchup). With a little luck I'll get my hands on some one of these days. ;)
Welcome, zarg2, to Peppermint's fun, friendly, and informative forum. :)
I love banana ketchup on scrambled eggs.it's not unusual for my wife and I to just have rice eggs and hotdog for dinner if we are in the mood. I prefer the "tamis anhang" banana kethup it is spicy hot (anhang) and sweet (tamis), Can you not find it n your area?
My wife prefers the JFG brand.
The neat thing is it requires no refrigeration and was developed by a female Filipino food chemist.
Filipino cuisine is an interesting mix of local, Chinese, Asian, Spanish and American influence; very creative and as is usual in many cultures many of the really good dishes are the result of poor people not wanting to waste anything.
We can't wait to go visit again and hope to stop in Singapore and Japan sometime.
Here's a list of Asian/Filipino groceries that may be near you: http://barangayfilipino.com/ne/groceries/nh.html
Post by: perknh on December 06, 2019, 02:00:24 pm
Post by: esquire on January 02, 2020, 12:47:13 pm
I first tried Linux back in college (around 2009), and while I found it interesting, I just never put any serious effort into learning, and I pretty quickly dropped it for Windows.
I've just been getting back into it. I work in IT (basically as tier 1/2 tech support), and I haven't been learning much outside the basics. I wanted something that I could learn at home that would allow me to become more specialized, so I decided to learn more about Linux.
About 6 months ago, I started listening to the Going Linux podcast, and I've started branching out and listening to more. Came across Destination Linux, heard about Peppermint, and decided that's what I'd like to try. Only now getting around to setting it up though.
Also have done a few small Linux-related personal projects and am working on more. So far, I've set-up a Pi-Hole in my home and got an OpenVPN server hosted on Digital Ocean. Now working toward finding a Honeypot or IDS system to put on my home network as well as setting up a "Code-Server" and a Bitwarden server on Digital Ocean as well.
I'm excited to become a part of the Linux community and learn more about the cool and interesting technology/operating system/philosophy/way of life that is Linux and the Open Source movement.
Post by: zebedeeboss on January 02, 2020, 03:09:35 pm
Welcome to the community and remember no question is stupid if you don't know the answer. We are a friendly lot (if a little crazy too - haha) and look forward to helping you with your Linux adventures
Regards Zeb...
Post by: VinDSL on January 02, 2020, 09:05:14 pm
Post by: perknh on January 04, 2020, 08:15:55 am
I'm excited to become a part of the Linux community and learn more about the cool and interesting technology/operating system/philosophy/way of life that is Linux and the Open Source movement.
The more I read about Windows 10, the happier I am to be on this side of the railroad tracks. Linux Peppermint OS, along with this terrific community forum, is a great place to explore and discuss the world of Linux. Welcome to Peppermint, esquire. :)
Post by: jlschwartz on January 04, 2020, 12:03:46 pm
Post by: esquire on January 04, 2020, 04:52:47 pm
Since I'm a relative novice, is there anything I can do to be a good community member?
So far, I plan on paying attention to the forums to learn more (and potentially help with issues in the future). But beyond than that, I don't have any brilliant ideas.
Post by: perknh on January 06, 2020, 07:27:47 am
Since I'm a relative novice, is there anything I can do to be a good community member?
So, far, I plan on paying attention to the forums to learn more (and potentially help with issues in the future).
That's it, esquire! We just try to help each other when we can. ;)