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    LTS For Diagnostic Laptop

    Thanks for the info. At least the official release is Gnome again and not Unity.
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    LTS For Diagnostic Laptop

    I ended up installing Kubuntu this morning. Detected my wireless driver and seems to work flawlessly like usual. I am into Linux more as a hobby. I worked on SCO Unix in a programming class in the 90's and later ran a Red Hat 6 web server (also as a hobby). Now I'm just using it as a desktop...
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    LTS For Diagnostic Laptop

    Thanks for the reply! I'm leaning in that direction (Kubuntu) just haven't made up my mind yet. Probably set it up this weekend sometime when I have a moment of boredom. I've read that KDE on Mint walkthrough. Tempting, just seems a bit sketchy. Probably better to start with a KDE distro.
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    LTS For Diagnostic Laptop

    I am a sys admin and often end up in locations with network problems. I'm looking for an LTS because it will sit in my car for most of it's life, but will be used if there is a problem or setting up new equipment, etc. Specs: i3-3120m 2.5 GHz 6GB RAM Spinning disk 5400 RPM hard drive. Not even...
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