On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:04:10 -0500, BillW50 wrote:


You must simply be unlucky with the particular machine on which you've
tried to install it. I have Mint Cinnamon 17 installed on several
computers on SSDs and it boots up in seconds runs nice and smoothly.
On some I have both Windows and Linux installed as a dual boot, and on
these computers Linux always boots up and loads applications faster
than Windows.

Really? I have done the same and I found the opposite. Although I am
running Ubuntu and Puppy. Why is Mint Cinnamon 17 magic?

I wouldn't describe it as magic, but I've found it to install easily
and work reliably. Also, I think the design of the interface is such
that it would be particularly easy for somebody already familiar with
Windows 7 to understand. (Easier than Windows 8, that's for sure).

Another point, of lesser importance but possibly indicative of care
taken elsewhere in the system, is that Cinnamon is the only one of the
Ubuntu family and its derivatives in which the sound effects actually
work. This has been my experience with several different computers.

Rod.