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Linux Mint 13 (Maya) Has Arrived
New submitter OceanMan7 writes "Linux Mint 13 (Maya) has just been released. DVDs come in four flavors — MATE (with and without codecs) and Cinnamon (with and without codecs) — in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The codec-free versions comply with U.S. and Japanese IP regulations. MATE 1.2 is Linux Mint's community-powered extension of Gnome 2. Cinnamon 1.4 is built upon Gnome 3, but has a more traditional look and feel. As with Ubuntu 12.04, upon which Linux Mint draws, all editions come with Long-term support (LTS) until April, 2017. The release notes provide a list of changes.
Is it a good alternative to Ubuntu for a novice?
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If it takes you several hours of googling to get ubuntu up and running, and three weeks later it's still not working as you like, then you are incompetent and have no business posting on a tech site.
Seriously. OS politics aside, if you're finding it that difficult then you probably should't be working in the tech sector.