I've been running Lubuntu since 2014, and needed to upgrade my laptop. Lubuntuã18.10 uses LxQT instead of LXDE, and I ran into some glitches with it.ããOn a lark, I threw MINT 19 on it, and I'm impressed. Google Drive support,ãbetter eye candy, a search tool in the start menu, and it's not taking muchãmore memory than LXDE.ããThe backup tool looks pretty cool, I'm going tosee about setting up a backup toãmy web host.ããApparently 19.1 is coming out my Christmas, we'll see what's changed. By then,ãI'll have an ultrabay SATA drive, which'll make backing up and restoringãfaster.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

Re: Switching to MINTã By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Wed Oct 31 2018 03:38 pmãã PF> On a lark, I threw MINT 19 on it, and I'm impressed. Google Drive support,ã PF> better eye candy, a search tool in the start menu, and it's not takingã PF> much more memory than LXDE.ãã PF> The backup tool looks pretty cool, I'm going tosee about setting up aã PF> backup to my web host.ãã PF> Apparently 19.1 is coming out my Christmas, we'll see what's changed. Byã PF> then, I'll have an ultrabay SATA drive, which'll make backing up andã PF> restoring faster.ããI like Linux Mint overall. I'm running Linux Mint on my secondary PC, whichãruns a couple servers and runs my BBS in a Win7 VM. Currently it has 18.3 (Iãbelieve) on it. I haven't upgraded to 19 as I've heard the upgrade process toã19.x doesn't seem to work very well. I may re-install a fresh copy of Mint onãthat machine eventually, since I upgraded to a larger hard drive a while agoãand the only way I could make use of all the space was to add anotherãpartition, due to it using a MBR partition table. From what I've heard,ãupdating to a GPT partition table would be better for a larger drive, and itãsounds like the drive would need to be reformatted for that.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: Switching to MINTã By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Oct 31 2018 04:55 pmãã > I like Linux Mint overall. I'm running Linux Mint on my secondary PC, whichã > runs a couple servers and runs my BBS in a Win7 VM. Currently it has 18.3ãããif you want to run vms in linux, check out proxmox. it's great.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Switching to MINTã By: MRO to Nightfox on Wed Oct 31 2018 09:21 pmãã MR> if you want to run vms in linux, check out proxmox. it's great.ããIt looks like Proxmox is a whole Linux distribution? I'm not sure I'd want toãinstall a different Linux distro on that machine of mine, as I like Mint, andãit seems to be running well for what I need. Currently I'm using VirtualBoxãfor my VM and it does what I need.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

On 10-31-18 15:38, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-ãã pF> On a lark, I threw MINT 19 on it, and I'm impressed. Google Driveã pF> support, better eye candy, a search tool in the start menu, and it'sã pF> not taking much more memory than LXDE.ããMint was already good, this just makes it even better! :)ããã... Today's extravagance becomes tomorrow's necessity.ã--- MultiMail/Linux v0.51ã þ Synchronet þ Freeway BBS, Bendigo Australia. freeway.apana.org.auã

Re: Switching to MINTã By: MRO to Nightfox on Wed Oct 31 2018 09:21 pmããMR> if you want to run vms in linux, check out proxmox. it's great.ããI've heard good things about it; I'm tempted to upgrade my desktop and turn itãinto a server/vm host. The desktop has a RAID controller, I could throw aãhandful more drives into it and use it as a storage device and vm hostãcombined.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

poindexter wrote:ãp> Re: Switching to MINTãp> By: MRO to Nightfox on Wed Oct 31 2018 09:21 pmãp> ãMR>> if you want to run vms in linux, check out proxmox. it's great.ãp> ãp> I've heard good things about it; I'm tempted to upgrade my desktop and turn itãp> into a server/vm host. The desktop has a RAID controller, I could throw aãp> handful more drives into it and use it as a storage device and vm hostãp> combined.ããThat's what I do with my CentOS box. My root drive is a pair of mirroredãSSDs not so much for any extra speed but for the safety of having a space.ãThis has root and /home on it, swap, boot /var etc.ãThen I have 4 x 4TB hard drives in a RAID10 configuration. This is whereãeverything else gets stored that I want like photos, music, videos. Stuff Iãdon't ever want to lose. I backup using burp backup to a remote serverãdaily. I also have a 2GB "scratch" drive for when I do stuff like restoresãof other people's stupidity. There's also a pair of bluray players so I canãdo disc to disc copies if necessary.ããIt works well.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.comã

Re: Re: Switching to MINTã By: Vk3jed to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Nov 02 2018 09:06 amããVk> Mint was already good, this just makes it even better! :)ããAfter a couple of days, I'm sold. Google drive support and the search bar inãthe start menu make a huge difference.ããI'm going to be working more remotely, and with a fresh copy of MINT,ãVirtualBox, Windows 7 and Aero support, a new battery and a SATA ultrabay dockãfor backups, I'll be in good shape.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

On 11-03-18 02:39, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Vk3jed <=-ãã pF> After a couple of days, I'm sold. Google drive support and the searchã pF> bar in the start menu make a huge difference.ããHmm, very tempting, but having only recently built my Mint box, I'm not keen toãrebuild it.ãã pF> I'm going to be working more remotely, and with a fresh copy of MINT,ã pF> VirtualBox, Windows 7 and Aero support, a new battery and a SATAã pF> ultrabay dock for backups, I'll be in good shape.ããSounds like the ideal setup. :)ããã... A skydiving school is one in which you MUST be a dropout to graduate.ã--- MultiMail/Win v0.51ã þ Synchronet þ Freeway BBS, Bendigo Australia. freeway.apana.org.auã