I’m sorry, Ubuntu, but I just can’t take it anymore. Linux Mint is my new bitch.
Actually, the real reason I’m switching is that I’ve managed to screw Ubuntu over again, and none of the solutions for the problem I’m having have worked (issues with locales). I just kept making it worse. And now I’ve pretty much crippled Ubuntu to be beyond useless.
I figured, eh, instead of doing a reinstall of Ubuntu (and hassling to set it up), why not switch for a while? I’m 5 minutes in with Linux Mint’s live CD, and I love it. It automatically detected my wireless card, which is to me one of the most amazing things a Linux distro can do for a person.
It really is elegant. So far anyway. And hey, it technically is Ubuntu, so growing pains shouldn’t be too bad.
I plan to install it later on today when I play with it a bit more and figure out how to repartition this @#$*& hard drive. I should just be able to format the Ubuntu partition and write over it, so yay.
