A review of Linux Mint Celena. "I think Celena is a breath of fresh air. It is the best GNOME distribution I have ever used. The artwork is simply amazing, I think PCLinuxOS must take a hint or two from Celena. Strong emphasis is given to integrating the theme with applications. I can see the hard work Mint developers have put behind custom applications like Mint Menu, MintUpload, MintAssitant and Mint Control Center. They have done a commendable job and made our lives easy. They have not followed the trend and have included KDE applications, wherever they felt the need."
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Member since:2006-07-16
You're right, it doesn't take a long time to reconfigure Ubuntu's theme. But, I don't like Ubuntu's default theme and I resent having to spend a good fifteen minutes or so reconfiguring it to my liking. Secondly, every type of media file I've tried to play, bot standalone and on the Internet works flawlessly with Linux Mint, right out of the box. This isn't the case with a stock Ubuntu installation. Finally, I've not had any problems with Linux Mint's repositories because they're the same as Ubuntu Feistys! If you found unresolvable dependencies, then blame Ubuntu, not Linux Mint.
Member since:2006-12-27
Well to be fair if you live in a country that allows software patents then you should be downloading the version of Mint without the Codecs installed by default, Thus it loses that advantage, and Although I also dislike the normal Ubuntu theme it hardly takes 15 mins to change it can be done in just a few. Also I dislike the Linux Mint theme, The default OSX Theme, XP and Vista Themes but I'm not gonna dislike the OS over it as it is a simple change.
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2006-09-19
I don't know why you are that excited about the looks. How long does it take to change the default looks of Ubuntu? 5 minutes.
And another myth is that "everything is configured out of the box". There is no such things. Different systems need different configurations and you MUST make some changes on your own. Actually, most Linux users prefer Linux over closed source systems, because of the ability to configure it properly in all kinds of scenarios.
Developers of a distribution make certain assumptions of what the targeted audience might need and appreciate. Linux Mint Celena seems to be targeted at the typical Linux crowd, which is great, really. Personally I think that it's usefulness is limited. And I would call every meta-distribution with unresolvable dependencies in main packages just broken.