On Wednesday 16 Jan 2008 1:49:12 pm Nishit Dave wrote: <skip>
Lastly, the article on Mint was one of the worst on any distro's test drive. Rather self-contradictory, especially when you read that it is an incomplete distro. What was it doing there anyway? Ubuntu enthusiasts would have preferred to receive the latest version on CD instead of this reskinned rehash. I, for one, would have loved to get my hands on Kubuntu.
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hmm hmm hmm.... I reviewed Mint in this issue. Can you elaborate on your claim that it is "self-contradictory". Criticisms are welcome, as that'll only help me improve. But when they are vague it's actually as good as Macrosoft's Get The Facts campaign or Steve Ballmer ranting how "Linux" is worthless. Kubuntu could be your favourite distro, and you can order it from their Ship It service-- if you would've ordered it in October, you have been running it by now. All major distros were released in Oct-Nov 07. So, by the time Jan issue hit the stands Ubuntu was an old news. Besides we asked in December issue if readers want Ubuntu 7.10 or wait for their LTS. People who wanted to skip it out numbered the ones who wanted Ubuntu. And frankly I (not the opinion of the mag) being a desktop user find distros like PCLinuxOS, Mandriva and Mint (which I tried for the first time), much more useful than Ubuntu and co. cuz at the end of the day it's all about out-of-the box experience.
Best, Atanu Datta Editorial Coordinator LINUX For You