Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya"

Choose your poison: https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

 

My first run was Cinnamon 18.1.
This time I went with XFCE.

I like Linux a lot!

 

Just tried the "Sonya" MATE 32-bit on my Aspire One... it runs quite well, even with a pathetic Atom. Of course playing YouTube videos smoothly is a pipe dream but for learning Linux it fits the bill. I'm planning to sell it now but if I keep it in the end I'll probably convert it to Linux

A follow up, now trying the same distro on my 901, and here's my observations:

• Wi-Fi is iffy, it's a rebranded Ralink RT2870 so kinda expected, though it's very stable in Windows, probably needs to be wired to fix it
• Bluetooth (AzureWave AW-BT253) surprisingly works very well

Otherwise it's the same story as my A1.

P.S. Not gonna lie, Linux support on Wi-Fi cards other than Atheros and Intel still isn't perfect.

 

Also happily running Sonya Mate 64 bit on Panasonic ToughBook CF-31 I got on eBay for amazing price of $168.00. I'm nearly ready to completely dump Windows. It boots so much slower, and runs so much hotter than Sonya. If people invest as much effort as they had to invest to learn Windows, Linux is really sweet!

 

Currently running 18.2 on an HTPC desktop and so far it works nicely with a 4K display. Hard to use unless you're really close to the TV though .

 

Been running it on a Dell E6440 and haven't had many problems. 18 and 18.1 before it were a total disaster. Will see how it holds up.

 

Every time I try to run Linux on my HTPC desktop, I've got problems with the WLAN or tearing in the video.

 

Every time I try to run Linux just to try it out, I cannot even get the freakin' WLAN to work and I end up giving up in frustration. If an OS can't provide me with such basic functionality, then I'm not even gonna bother.

 

I was using Ubuntu for a while when making custom android roms but yeah, not worth the trouble. Unless I am in AWS doing server side stuff with a linux distro, I won't bother running it at home.


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The first time I tried Linux on a PC I built, this was probably 10 years ago, I had this Linksys USB external card that worked right out of the box. As did the R60e I had as my Linux box. Ripped DVD playback worked well too, but now I can't get WiFi cards to work, I have tearing in Blu ray rips and Bluetooth doesn't work well either, so my ThinkPad Bluetooth keyboard doesn't work from beyond three feet or so, which kind of defeats the purpose of a HTPC. I'd love to get it up and running, but it's more effort than I want to put in.

 

Odd, I haven't had any issues with my hardware. Haven't tried blue ray though since I don't have a blue ray drive sitting around.

 

I just loaded mint onto a 120gb ssd in my 2007 MacBook. It made the computer useful again. OSX is terrible, and mint made it so much more pleasing to use. Its faster, and has up to date software that I can download. All in all it's a winner. I tried eOS and it was more mac like, but that was the issue with it. It's mac like. Mint is nicer!

 

I installed Sonya on my E7440. It seems to work well, but I need to bump the DPI as FHD on a 14" screen is too small for me. I looked around, but only saw a way to adjust the fonts. Is there some way to bump up the DPI? I seem to recall doing this in Ubuntu, but that was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

 

old post but see if this will work for you: https://wbk.one/article/8/dpi-scaling-on-linux-mint

 

Thanks, I ended up setting the screen to 1600x900, which wasn't too bad, but since I've bumped up to the ProBook, I probably will be selling the Dell.