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iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4329 Posts
May 29 2012 13:18 GMT
#1
I have been using Windows PCs for around 17 years or so , since Win95' and personally i feel the OS is going in the wrong direction.Too overly 'user friendly' , incessant updates , too bloated.I have seen some videos for Windows 8 on youtube and to be honest that OS looks terrible.

I did originally try Ubuntu Linux before trying Mint 12 but im not keen on the design of it and the need to regularly use the terminal was intimidating for a new user.

On to Mint - all my hardware drivers were installed automatically unlike the useless windows 'detect drivers' which never finds anything , it came with a bunch of great preinstalled software which fills pretty much all the roles i need (admittedly mostly just browsing the web , watching videos/dvds , listening to mp3s and some basic photo/audio editing nowdays).I really enjoy the software manager , it is great to be able to download free programs easily without having to go to download.com and filter free programs , then by user rating and then cross your fingers that the program achieves what you what it to do in a decent fashion.

On the downside i am still looking for a good mp3 player in the fashion of winamp , audacious is very good but i have not come across a good pitch plugin which i need for some of my electronic stuff that was recorded at too slow a speed.

All in all if you are like me and have kinda grown out of games (I still play the occasional SC2 custom games on my Windows 7 Laptop here) or just have an older computer lying around that you would like to use for basic stuff you should give linux mint a try it is very easy to use and enjoy.


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Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-29 13:57:51
May 29 2012 13:54 GMT
#2
For players try banshee or amarok, don't know about the DSP plugins but as general purpose mp3 players I think those were among the best.

Also I think Windows 7 is a perfectly fine OS (I am using both Linux and Windows), all those annoying things that you have mentioned are easily dealt with.
TheWahbinator
Profile Joined September 2010
United States131 Posts
May 29 2012 14:51 GMT
#3
XMMS is the best Winamp similar music player, although I'm not sure if it has been updated in a while
MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
May 29 2012 15:53 GMT
#4
complains about feature bloat but likes winamp :D
Gold isn't everything in life... you need wood, too!
brolaf
Profile Joined May 2012
291 Posts
May 29 2012 16:17 GMT
#5
Try a compact debian like with just a windowmanager, no desktop suite. like fluxbox, jwm, etc. then you can add all you need with apt-get and configure without bloated desktop environments in the way. pretty sweet, just as fast as win95 while all blazing modern features
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4329 Posts
May 30 2012 13:31 GMT
#6
On May 30 2012 00:53 MisterD wrote:
complains about feature bloat but likes winamp :D

lol i turn off winamp agent and im running classic skins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
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