Mandriva, why is it so slow

[dicecca112]

Its going on 2hrs updating. Ubuntu would have been done in 20 minutes. But KDE does look nice

[Alathald]

I've never tried Mandriva tho I do have a copy just sitting here waiting to be installed. Just been distracted with school...

I've also got a copy of OpenSUSE and Gentoo I plan on messing around with once I get a chance (this weekend I hope)...I'll let you know if they are exceedingly slow.

[dicecca112]

Thinking about Gentoo. Suse I could never get my wireless to work with. That's the big issues, I may be stuck with Ubuntu because of that.

[Darkstar]

on the subject of Linux, has anyone tried Mint? got a bro raving about it.
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just wondering what u nix guys think of it....

[dicecca112]

Your better off with Debian or Ubuntu. Mint for me was slow. Its just rebadged Ubuntu, uses the same repositories

[Alathald]

Mint is great for the linux noob because it already has all the proprietary stuff installed for you (like Flash and Java) and the package management is (argueably) a little simpler but as Matt said it's a bit slow and IMO the start bar is HORRIBLE! Other than that it's just the same as Ubuntu.

Basically, if a techie asks me about linux I tell them about Ubuntu; if a non-techie does, I recommended Mint.

[dicecca112]

personally I'd spend the extra 10 minutes and help them install flash, java and other codecs, as I rather give them a more robust OS link Ubuntu