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but u foolish small.sha.

gosh not gush

dem nor reach naw.

awon ke, who dem be, where them dey?
cmcheew, i full.ground remain, 4-1 na im i dey go

oloriburuky maa ni sacker yii ke

Ahh, gimme some credit i aint that dim.

Point is, there is no biggie to it, unless ur a neophyte. The selling point used to be dat it had more OOTB cred. Stuff u could install urself, but are too lazy or ignorant to. And it looked like windows xp, so had a better familiarity feel which pales within 10 mins anyway.


Now the selling point is what? Looks like it lways used to? It actually does not, but that would be nitpicking and against the current fad of bashing ubuntu.

Other spinoffs and remixes look exactly the same too, even better. Pinguy looks EXACTLY like it used to, no mean feat, and its all gnome shell.

So almighty popular mint is not the ubuntu killer, its ubuntu for lazy pple, and freetards.

Onto better talk abeg, in tired of talking abiut mint, if canonical goes out of business, shebi they base mint on fedora? Or Suse? I laff

Pah, i am quite happy mint is getting so many hits, infact it can have all the hits. I repeat again, MINT IS UBUNTU, with a fancy, ridiculous windows menu.

There is no mint without ubuntu. If all the mumus dont understand that every click for mint is a click for ubuntu then too bad.

When mint can get up to 1k pple using LMDE without ubuntu repos, they can come back to yarn

is it beef? nope. i just do not suffer fools gladly. and truth be told, a lot if not most of the mint users are dunces and retards (apologies for my language)
u actually wonder if most of them actually know they are still using ubuntu!!


actually, waay before Gnome 3 and Unity palaver i just discovered that i would go to Mint forums (which i used to download every release and recommend to new users) and find quite a lot of the foolish posters there dissing UBUNTU. i would be like WTF!!!! how foolish can u get, YOU ARE USING UBUNTU!!!! with a fancy windows clone menu, a lot of green color everywhere, and a lot of applications that COME FROM UBUNTU REPOS installed by default.!!!

which even reminds me, dude call it by whatever name u wish, every click and every download of MINT is a download of UBUNTU, it still gets registered as a ubuntu desktop. its simply a remix!!!

just cos i install ubuntu, remove some stuff, add some stuff which incidentally i did not create, and name it some fancy name dont mean its changed. i also remaster my desktop with my own customisations for install across devices and even give to pple, it saves tham hassles and money. i actually named it 4LLERBUNTU OS.
all thats left is a website and a host for my iso images and im also a full fledged "distro"


the real reason mint had to include their dumbass menu is that without it, the entire thing would be exactly the same with any other GNOME 3 desktop. so much for customiseability. MINTS ONLY CLAIM TO FAME IS THEIR DAMNED MENU. any fool with an internet connection can install apps and codecs.

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blackweaver:
@all4naija
you know 4llerb has beef for mint especially from the time they decided they won't be based exclusively on ubuntu, but seriously this gnome3 thingy is really depressing; i just downloaded opensuse12.1 and what i've seen seems to be almost the same as what was in fedora 16; where's the variety in that? Originally i'd made up my mind to go kde with this version of mint but i've decided i will see how gnome turns out with this one

is it beef? nope. i just do not suffer fools gladly. and truth be told, a lot if not most of the mint users are dunces and retards (apologies for my language)
u actually wonder if most of them actually know they are still using ubuntu!!


actually, waay before Gnome 3 and Unity palaver i just discovered that i would go to Mint forums (which i used to download every release and recommend to new users) and find quite a lot of the foolish posters there dissing UBUNTU. i would be like WTF!!!! how foolish can u get, YOU ARE USING UBUNTU!!!! with a fancy windows clone menu, a lot of green color everywhere, and a lot of applications that COME FROM UBUNTU REPOS installed by default.!!!

which even reminds me, dude call it by whatever name u wish, every click and every download of MINT is a download of UBUNTU, it still gets registered as a ubuntu desktop. its simply a remix!!!

just cos i install ubuntu, remove some stuff, add some stuff which incidentally i did not create, and name it some fancy name dont mean its changed. i also remaster my desktop with my own customisations for install across devices and even give to pple, it saves tham hassles and money. i actually named it 4LLERBUNTU OS.
all thats left is a website and a host for my iso images and im also a full fledged "distro"


the real reason mint had to include their dumbass menu is that without it, the entire thing would be exactly the same with any other GNOME 3 desktop. so much for customiseability. MINTS ONLY CLAIM TO FAME IS THEIR DAMNED MENU. any fool with an internet connection can install apps and codecs.

i can hear u say the software manager app? redundant, its a terrible piece of software to use. u need to update it, to update ur apps EACH TIME. plus its a badly written frontend to synaptic, which incidentally is also included. anyone who has spent 1 week with ubuntu/mint will use synaptic over mint software manager all the time., lest i forget the annoying way it keeps u from doing anything on the package management system if its crying out for an update. u need to learn how to kill it all the time, and it restarts automagically.


please spare me the bullcrap, i dont want to come on out like i really beef them, which i dont. but their bullshyte has got to stop.


and no weaver, i JUMPED FOR JOY when i learnt of the LMDE fork. over two releases now, how many of the NEW USERS, WHO WANT CUSTOMISEABILITY use it? what percentage of mint users actually use LMDE?
without ubuntu, MINT IS NOTHING. i told CLEM directly a long time ago when he badmouthed UBUNTU, start ur own full distro, and lets see it rival ubuntu. dumbass idiot.

incase u didnt also know, MINT"S supposed KDE desktop is a one man souped up shyte-pile. try going to the KDE part of the site, its soo stoopid its hilarious, it actually makes KUBUNTU look like the best thing ever. it simply does not work, not without an advanced degree in hacking and a desire to overlook the faults, which are so bad, even the KDE project would stop them from releasing it if they could. RUBBISH.

so what should PINGUYOS do if MINT is claiming so much props, that guys remixes have been rock solid and stable, though bloated by so many apps u may never use, which u can remove yourself. but then isnt MINT guilty of the same thing? 4 media players!!!


spare me bruv.

AHHH i feel better now iv let just a quarter of my rant out.

etisalat dey kolo naw. dem craze join sef.

make i pay 1.6 k for 200mb, wen even the king of thieving networks sef dey fo 250mb for 1.3k

make dem dey enjoy their network dey go solo.

the last game germany played and paired all these ur very good bad defenders, do u remember how many goals they conceded in 30 mins?

dayo just hold ur peace. he is 3rd choice at emirates and is not bad for a 3rd choice at all

pls read this blog post, it sums up my views about mint.

note also the comments, there are some gems there, including posts from our very own big brovar

www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/linux-mint-12-rc-the-greatest-hits/#disqus_thread

e be like say una nor know say the money wey dey at stake nor be coins.

anyway, na the politicians dey cause am naw, they arm them, they use dem for political thuggery, assasinations etc. dont be surprised if most of the combatants were drafted from other states, those chaps are better organised than the police.

its naija's version of the mob, in a crude way

this chap is not capable of changing.

just look at him blunder and bluster his way foolishly through irrelevant and indefensible arguments. im starting to believe he always argued witg fellow dunces whilst growing up and always won by using daft, high faluting grammer and insults. thats prolly why he adopts the same model here.


una get time sha, ur wasting your efforts. the mufu will never admit his errors, nor retract his stoopidity.

true.

i am just bothered by the catch22 phase linux is in now.
we want to increase userbase. therefore u need simple, classy, attractive WM. u need to simplify useage, as a result, take most core functionality out of easy reach or need of users. in short, windows-fy ur distro.

BUT, u need the hardcore, longterm linux geeks to come along for the ride, afterall its opensource. u wont get anywhere without the community. the community does not want the changes, complain all the time, do not want to follow u. they want to use nano, edit config files, build from source, have their desktop remain exactly the same forever.


what do u do? ubuntu thinks a compromise inbetween ground will do it, pple dont seem to agree. at this point either linux desktop dies out, or evolves.

the old paradigms earned 2 percent market share, it perfomed woefully. it either changes or gives up the ghost

rumor has it chamakh has been told to find anor.club?

shame.

greed nor,make am see road na, imagine how much better it would have been uf he stayed and paired suarez. that one cant play point effectively, torres excelled at it, he was worshipped there.

no he just had to go join a burning ship.

all this boavista yarn, person wey nor go last the season. una get time o, leave lateef with im philisophy megedefegede. na philisophy dem employ am for?

like i pointed out, u dont need the mifi, u may decide to go for a phone that can serve as a wireless hotspot. infact if the price u quoted for the mifi is true, then buy a cheap budget android fone that runs at least 2.2. i thot the mifi was 14-16 k!

u get a new fone along with the ipad that way.


anyways its ur choice, google for engadgets ipad 2 review. they are apple fanboys so wat they say abt it is prolly ok. if the review does not tell u the advantages of ipad 2 over 1 then its not worth it then.

but let me tell u one secret abt apple tech and tech as a whole. apples new hardware is always waaaaay bettter than the one preceding it.

then again, funny thing abt tech is wen u want it, everything else pales in comparison. u just must get it. but after getting it, u realise the limitations and promptly want anor one. im willing to place a bet that u will sell the ipad 1 within 4 months! its just how it is. its kinda like going for a N95 wen E7 is also possible


anyway, there really isnt more to add, u have heard it all. make up ur mind and go for it.
BESIDES I MUST STRESS THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT AND HOW U USE IT. A VOLKWAGEN BUG AND A LIMO SERVE THE SAME GENERAL PURPOSE, ITS SPECIFIC NEEDS OD OWNER THAT DIFFER

i think at all times gnome 3 has always been tablet centric. just look at all their design choices, radio buttons evrrywhere etc.

the shame is most folks are too ignorant and thus blame canonical for these changes when actually they have little choice, except they drop gnome.

desktop/ pc users keep complaining that this ui is not suitable for a mouse/ keyboard combo. but wats anyone to do? short of dropping gnome, they did the next best thing, develop.anor shell so at least the front facing ux is manageable. that has caused even more complaints.

how is canonical expected to maintain the gnome 2 desktop when the guys who made it have dropped it!!!! do u know by next release of gnome a month before the next ubuntu release gnome project is.dropping the fall back ui? so u either use the useless tablet interface or bug off and go use KDE or LXDE. yet m sure then canonical.will be the one to get the insult for dropping it.

canonical does not make gnome! they.tweak it. u.cant tweak the old experience much if the entire stack has changed.

if KDE does not get the market share now, they will never get it.

@op simply because u said its a gift, id advice u to get the ipad 2

sure the limitation is obvious but consider this

1. the difference in performance and probably useability between the ipad and ipad 2 is very very large. most apple aficionados admit that the ipad2 is what the 1st ipad should have been. its is simply much better.

2. if u follow apple trends a bit then u would know they have this weird thing going where u absolutely need to have their latest gadget to enjoy their premium offerings, else u resort to the jailbreak and hacking thingy

3. since u getting it free, u could spend a bit of ur own money on a mifi. its a useful gadget. or simply get ur present smartfone to act as such saving u even more money and hassle. android fones running froyo or gingerbread can do this, iphones too can, and i know some symbian fones can too.

unless ur a total osho free niggy, i feel u shld consider the ipad2

"the great fisolucci"

whodda thot fisolucci could become a legend amongst y'all on NL?

if u see him tell him hi from tega et okey et afo & co,
is this what he is using our degree for now? selling games?

he was always a sharp guy

bluediva don go employ coogar and DK to come move this dead thread

@ weaver, u see the point about the new users is, complaints about the interface can never cut it.

if the first time u see a linux desktop, it comes with unity, sure u may not like it. its different from windows. but thats what u get and if u are gonna adopt linux, what u get used to.

gnome 2 did not look like windows did it? i remember one of my first fixations on linux was desktop shortcuts. i just didnt understand how come they were missing! and initially, it was pretty weird to have the menu upside down and the windows thingy on the bottom panel
i also remember deleting the panels and scrambling frantically to get them back, thinking i had just killed the install

infact now that i can think back to gnome 2.x i dont see what the fixation is really. it was ok, but it was not all that now now everybody is acting like it was nirvana.



do u honestly think gnome 2 can adequately compete with Windows 8 in looks? even Win7? lets be brutally honest, without installing compiz and countless tweaks, gnome 2 was gawd awfully ugly! performance wise, it may be superior, but then how u gonna get a noob to appreciate the performance without long term use?


Gnome 3, Unity are going somewhere. u may have reservations at the pace, but its getting there.

funny thing is linux users are so annoying. how many windows users who bought Macs complain about the interface for OSX? i have never heard any. does OSX remotely look or handle like Windows? NO! which was precisely the reason why Gnome/Canonical started copying design ideas from OSX!
when it gets on linux it becomes rubbish.


right now i use unity! i tried KDE again for a while, but its not just me, i seriously wanna love it but its not doing it.
plus these days i cannot afford to mess with a pc and learn a new desktop so much, no time. been using unity for 8 months now.

the ones that make me laugh are the ones who swear by LXDE, FLUXBOX, ICEWM. please! i use those WM's too. they are def not IT! mcheew! u simply have to be a hardcore linuxer and long term user to appreciate those WM

often times i simply boot pupplylinux off a USB and run with it, if i want a change.



dont install KDE on a gnome install except u are going to remove the gnome entirely, it sucks. and thats part of my ish anyway, having to install gnome apps on KDE cos i cant find better ones that are native or simply cos im used to them. y not just use gnome !

This tool will only make the card supposed capacity 2 Gb, the actual size remains the same.

you cannot copy anything beyond the 1 GB limit on it.

FYI this is what those chinese blokes use to do all those flash drives and mem cards that actually only have a fraction of the memory working.

@ maleeq, make im land na.

professor peller wan double SD card capacity by magic

One man team my foot. when igwe was ruling the roost, na so dem talk. when fab wan go, same tin.

unless u be jjc for emirates, u shld have heard dis countless times.

its not new, wen ronaldo dey score 42, and d next highest was like 15 in the same man utd team, were they a one man team?

if we come sell VP nko? which is even likely sef.


leave story jare

@ muyiscoi, i know polly, lol. the green bird, dont like using alpha ware.



@ weaver. sigh, the beef foe canonical has really taken off, people who know next to nothing about desktops and people who started using linux 7 months ago also go online to bad mouth Unity!!

for me its a passing fad. unless the generality are going back to windows, the situation will soon clear. besides, ubuntu still does Gnome desktops too, only just not default.

because if u examine most of the complaints well, they actually do not stem from Unity, or are simply Gnome 3 issues. most of the absent functionality is a gnome issue, not ubuntu or unity. unless and until Gnome project sorts those out, then its gonna be like that.

like i always try to point out, Unity became possible because of the rubbish going on with Gnome project. as far as i can also recall, the prevalent desktop for linux is still gnome, and then KDE.

the other ones, fluxbox, LXDE are niche desktops, u are not going to entice anyone from windows with a fluxbox desktop, and truth be told they are also limited. only seasoned linux users use such things.



so for all the complaints about Ubuntu, the other distros are using Gnome and KDE too. unless of course their tweaks are better then canonical's
as far as im concerned, im tired of reading all the whining, its spoiling my internet experience right now. if i was a newbie at this point and i see all these whiners, i most def would not use linux anymore. so if truly ubuntu is gonna go down, we should see an upsurge in KDE adoption. thats not the case.


its even more vexing when u see someone with years of linux experience complaining about a desktop, when he can always install any other "better" desktop. only noobs are stuck with default, and if a noob never used Gnome 2 how is he gonna complain about it being missing?



as for MINT, sorry but from what i saw, THEY ARE HIGHLY CONFUSED. i knew this was gonna happen. they are in so much love with that their Menu.
the new gnome/unity ideas have jettisoned that and are designed differently. that Mint desktop is too silly and confused for words. Gnome 3 is a pain for everyone. what they should have done is fork gnome 2 and continue wasting their time maintaining it.

problem is, they actually dont do anything other than install codecs and tweaks and that their useless windows menu. they should build their entire desktop from scratch with gnome libraries. if they do that and not rely on Ubuntu to do the grunt work, they might actually be better. isnt that what ElementaryOS chaps are doing?

what annoys me most is they actually badmouth canonical. rubbish. goodluck with that,


for me, im gonna wait till that chap that does Pinguy OS. thats a chap with commonsense. he simply moved on with the times. i liked his mockups of his Gnome Shell desktop. when he releases a stable version, i gonna try it for another feel of a gnome 3 desktop when tweaked. right now i cant stand gnome shell

heheeue, lalaboi u don reappear? na wah o.

how was the sojourn under the bed? u tired of hiding?

abi oooo

not to worry, very soon.

ntfs-3G package.

install synaptic, use it to check if that package is installed. also try installing the pakages with ntfs links with synaptic

match time? nigerian time o

amusing, u pple actually take all dis seriously?

hmmn, religion sha,

abeg i need invites to come eat ram, na dat one concern me

Thank God for little mercies.  imagine this thread is now even less active than the bayern munschit thread   the last time a chav posted here was 2 days ago! 
Nateevs is MIA since the weekend 

peace and quiet. lovely. meanwhile troubled times at the Bridge wherever you look and it's a tough call at present to determine whether Chelsea are currently at their worst on the pitch or off it. Two successive league defeats and a Champions League draw to a side previously without a goal in the competition versus a failure to build a new bridge, allegations of racist remarks by their captain, and braindead WUMing idiocy from their supporters.



long may this continue.  i predict a sudden upsurge in the number of Citeh fans soon. all these harlots that reside here are due to move to the next glory hunting club.