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Hadesdude
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Hi there, pretty new to the Linux world,
but right now I'm typing from Windows 8.1 that launches in dualboot with Linux Mint 16 with KDE, both 64 bits.
That's because I got several bugs with Linux, but I'm happy they're less severe than with Mint 15 Cinnamon.
The bugs are the following (for as far as I know):
1. The sound controls are not linked: for example when I launch Skype and I set the system volume to 10%, its sounds are still loud. That's not good when someone's sleeping.
2. Fonts are of different sizes and sometimes blurry. In the start menu, they're tiny and blurry. In firefox, they're acceptable and in the system control settings they're huge, even though they're all set to a height of 12p.
3. I installed Google Earth twice using the software downloader but it didn't appear in the start menu. No idea where to launch it then, and I hope it won't act crazy like in Mint 15! (instead of zooming in at the selected location, it flew to Namibia or South Africa, somewhere in that region).
For points 1 and 2 I tried different settings where I could find them but none really helped...even changing the actual fonts...
So although I like the interface of Mint, I'm pretty fed up with the bugs I experience in it, which makes me wonder if there is a better distribution of Linux available where I don't get that kind of...crap?
This is the system I have:
CPU: Intel i7 3770 3.4GHz
MB: MSI Z77A-GD55
BD-RW: Optiarc BD-5300S
SSD (OS Drive): Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB 7200rpm
GPU: Gigabyte NVidia Geforce GTX670 2GB
PSU: OCZ ZT-550W
Audio: Asus Xonar DGX
but right now I'm typing from Windows 8.1 that launches in dualboot with Linux Mint 16 with KDE, both 64 bits.
That's because I got several bugs with Linux, but I'm happy they're less severe than with Mint 15 Cinnamon.
The bugs are the following (for as far as I know):
1. The sound controls are not linked: for example when I launch Skype and I set the system volume to 10%, its sounds are still loud. That's not good when someone's sleeping.
2. Fonts are of different sizes and sometimes blurry. In the start menu, they're tiny and blurry. In firefox, they're acceptable and in the system control settings they're huge, even though they're all set to a height of 12p.
3. I installed Google Earth twice using the software downloader but it didn't appear in the start menu. No idea where to launch it then, and I hope it won't act crazy like in Mint 15! (instead of zooming in at the selected location, it flew to Namibia or South Africa, somewhere in that region).
For points 1 and 2 I tried different settings where I could find them but none really helped...even changing the actual fonts...
So although I like the interface of Mint, I'm pretty fed up with the bugs I experience in it, which makes me wonder if there is a better distribution of Linux available where I don't get that kind of...crap?
This is the system I have:
CPU: Intel i7 3770 3.4GHz
MB: MSI Z77A-GD55
BD-RW: Optiarc BD-5300S
SSD (OS Drive): Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB 7200rpm
GPU: Gigabyte NVidia Geforce GTX670 2GB
PSU: OCZ ZT-550W
Audio: Asus Xonar DGX