Kde neon is my absolute favorite distro now. Got fed up with Debian lack of packages and debmultimedia vs backport conflicts.

Stable LTS Ubuntu(with backports) + KDE 5 rolling. Its an official KDE distro. If Gnome3/GTK is not your thing, here is the easy to use, fully-functional desktop under 500MiB with huge software and stability.

Its a mirracle really.

http://i.imgur.com/iHmqmBm.png

I think I managed to finish the installation, but I have what seems to be a hardware issue. Data gets corrupted on reboot, as if the disk cache isn't properly flushed.

Currently I'm trying to use UbuntuMATE (hate the way Ubuntu UI was heading) for my daily tasks, even though still using windows for work and gaming.
Still considering some other distribution though...

Are there any "plus" thing for using Mint over Ubuntu??

PS: I'm not afraid of using terminal, in fact I love it!! :D

This is pretty awesome. Not in, as I have enough games for now :-) I have been thinking about reformatting an old laptop to Linux and the original thread looks like it would be very helpful in that regard.

Thanks again and good luck everyone!

That's the spirit! ;)

I can't really compare these two since the last Ubuntu version I've used was 8.04 (Hardy Heron), but here is a pretty in-depth guide that should help you decide if you want to venture forth to the Mint kingdom (5h!t, I play way too many cRPGs :P): https://blog.udemy.com/linux-mint-vs-ubuntu/

Thanks for giveaway, hope i can in)

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Gothic pack (Gothic, Gothic 2, Gothic 3, Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods)
Divinity 2: Developer's Cut
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition + The White March - Expansion Pass
Titan Quest - Anniversary Edition
Fallout Classics Bundle (Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics)

Switch to Linux about 3 years ago
Desktop: Ubuntu from scratch (MinimalCD)
Old Laptop: Debian stable

Prefer Ubuntu, because Launchpad and PPA it is really convenient. Mint nice distro, but i don't like many pre-installed software which I never use.

Hmm... the last time I encountered problems like that it was because the HDD was on its way out :/

"Under the hood" Mint is mostly identical to Ubuntu, except that the main desktop environments are a lot better (I can't stand Ubuntu's "Unity" desktop either) and it has an improved selection of default libraries and software IMO, as well as some Mint-specific additions/enhancements. The article Vythonaut posted is a bit outdated (from 2013) & there have been a lot of improvements to Mint since then.

The application "Tabble" allow you to make a launcher to anything.
You can then even "kdesudo/gksudo yourapplication".

You don't need terminal, this is all just text files.

Anyone tried Fedora 25?
I heard it is the first and only distro using Wayland by default.

Mint actually comes in four flavours: Cinnamon, MATE, KDE, Xfce. Personally, I use Cinnamon and even though it has a couple annoying bugs, I love it.


My bad! Turns out you're right! Currently logged in from my 4" smartphone and it was too easy to miss the article date... Let me rectify by posting a more up-to-date guide: http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/ubuntu-vs-linux-mint-which-is-better-in-2016

That's rough. Well, I think you should probably just keep going since you got this far.

Here.
KDE neon will run over them both with its 450mb idling footprint and customization options. Has same upgrade path/PPA support as Ubuntu LTS >:) Its pretty well supported by KDE itself, outside of KDE - its same Ubuntu LTS.


All firmware and open driver stacks are already installed. So this is my pull list right after install:
radeontool radeontop rovclock mesa-utils mesa-utils-extra mesa-vdpau-drivers

libva-x11-1 vdpau-va-driver vainfo vdpauinfo

osspd pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-bluetooth phonon-backend-gstreamer phonon4qt5-backend-gstreamer

gstreamer1.0-crystalhd gstreamer1.0-dvswitch gstreamer1.0-espeak gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-nice gstreamer1.0-packagekit gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-vaapi qtgstreamer-plugins

sane skanlite unpaper gimp-data-extras gvfs-backends

recordmydesktop konversation kmail filelight kamoso smplayer tabble krename kdiff3-qt akonadi-backend-sqlite

gsmartcontrol smart-notifier

mc mc-data okteta krusader arj p7zip rar md5deep unrar

okular-backend-odp okular-extra-backends djvulibre-desktop djvulibre-bin

libreoffice hunspell kaddressbook libreoffice-kde libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-style-oxygen openclipart2-libreoffice

dialog python-gtk2 python-glade2 synaptic kdesudo apt-rdepends htop usbutils binfmt-support binutils-multiarch


If one wants sensors:
sensord fancontrol xsensors lm-sensors

run # sensordetect and allow to add stuff to /etc/modules; xsensors is a gui app.


For i386 support (wine and PoL):
# dpkg --add-architecture i386

install:
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libsdl-gfx1.2-5:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386


Then, if to localize replace "ru" with your language:
language-pack-ru language-pack-gnome-ru kde-l10n-ru calligara-l10n-ru libreoffice-l10n-ru hyphen-ru mythes-ru hunspell-ru libreoffice-lightproof-ru-ru libreoffice-lightproof-en firefox-locale-ru


And remove vlc (smplayer is much much more stable and featurefull, but it varies).


Then I just configure the apps like I want, modify default paths and fileopen bookmarks and backup my $home for good. My own data on different partition anyway, so I can rollback at any time.

I've been using Linux for a few years now, so, since this giveaway is titled "Try Linux", I'm not sure whether I qualify...
Still, they would find a good home on my computer.

That being said, I am interested in (in that order):
The Walking Dead (Telltale)
Dead Space
Dragon Age: Origins
Risen 3: Titan Lords
SOMA

Thank you very much for this great giveaway and have nice holiday time.

Wow, what a massive giveaway. Huge thanks to you, adamhm for your generosity and your ongoing effort to introduce more people to Linux :D

And while I already use Linux as a dual-boot, since you mentioned anyone can enter...

I'd like to be in for (in order of preference):

> The Elder Scrolls Classics Bundle (Redguard, Battlespire, Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind)
> Dungeons 2 + DLC (A Chance of Dragons, A Song of Sand and Fire, A Game of Winter)
> Fallout Classics Bundle (Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics)
> Ziggurat
> GUN
> Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Ultimate Edition
> Sacrifice
> Requiem: Avenging Angel
> Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
> System Shock: Enhanced Edition
> Magrunner: Dark Pulse
> Clive Barker's Undying
> Etherlords + Etherlords 2

Again, big thanks to you, and happy holidays :)