Subj : Re: Linux Mint 20.1 issue
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Mark Seifert
Date : Sun Feb 07 2021 14:30:18

(: Quoting Nicholas Boel, who said to mseifert <-:)


 NB> You probably don't have the coreutils package installed, and if it
 NB> doesn't come with it, gcc.

I checked in the Synptec Package Manager, it said it was install, so I
re-installed it.. lets see if that helps...

 MS> I'm currently using Mint 18.3.. am looking at moving to 20.1 so it is
 MS> supported until 2025 as 18.3 ends it support in April 2021.. :(

 NB> Sorry, no experience with that. But I would think they will fix that
 NB> issue by April. ;)

 I hope it's fixed soon.. I'd hate to start over, and could switch to Ubuntu
but prefer Mint.

 MS> Otherwise I love Mint, been using it exclusively as my primary OS for
 MS> 5 years... Some people are gamers, I've always been a software tester
 MS> instead.. I've tried most varients of Unix/Linux and most other OS's..
 MS> I've been using a computer since I was 15 and I'm 53 now.

 NB> Have you really tried most variants? Theres so many out there I don't
 NB> even want to try them all.

 NB> I'm a fan of Archlinux. So, if you want to try a GUI version of it you
 NB> can take a look at Manjaro. It's probably more "bleeding edge" than any
 NB> debian based distro. I've used this for over 5 years and never had to
 NB> reinstall the whole damn system, like I had to do with Debian based
 NB> crap in the past (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc).

I've heard in a couple of Linux podcasts that Archlinux was more for people who
compiled (make) their applications, which is something I have no interest in
and no luck at..

I may have to go back to Ubuntu.  I wish Mandrake still existed.

I've tried most common *nix varients, and others Beos, Skyos, OS/2 pretty much
if it had a GUI I've probably played with it at some point.. some people play
games, I play with software/OS's.


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