Linux Mint with Mate has a severe bug in the desktop switcher.
     That is a feature that I use a lot. That rules out Linux Mint with Mate
     for me.

     I am looking at Fedora 17.

     Paul

   Hey Paul,

   Consider CentOS instead of Fedora.

   Fedora is a development environment where they try out new software and
   new concepts.  They issue a new release every six months and only
   support there releases for 18 months.

   CentOS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux with all the RHEL branding removed.
   It is supported for 10 years.  You won't find any experimental software
   or stupid stuff like touch screen interfaces for desktop applications.

     Mark LaPierre

   Does it have a desk top switcher?

   Paul Lamar

 Paul, I'm using Fuduntu (a fork of Fedora) and I can't say enough good
 things about it.  It's a rolling release and fantastically stable so
 far, It's the first distro I haven't had to screw around with to get
 everything working on my netbook.  It's Gnome 2 only though but that's a
 plus in my books.  No problems at all with the desktop switcher.

 Everett Rankin

 Gnome 2 is a plus in my book too. Thanks for the tip. I'll download it and give
 it a try. I am using an Asus notebook with 4 processors and 64 bits.

 What do you think is a good partition strategy for a one Terra byte drive.

 300 for the OS and 700 for the data?

 Paul Lamar

Does that 300 include separate Root and Home logical partitions?  If not
it's way huge for just Root unless you have a whole hell of a lot of
software you want to install.

Everett Rankin

Yes it is a bit overkill. I can't think of anything I need other than the programs
I am using now. This computer has one big C: partition.
How much do you think I need for the C partition?

BTW I notice KolourPaint does not install on Mint with Mate.
It works on Ubuntu 10.04. That is my favorite paint program.
Does that mean I have to switch to KDE to run it?

Mint with Mate is the nicest distro I have tried so far. Too bad about
the bug in the Workspace switcher.

Paul Lamar
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