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    moved_sdf_NYbill moved_sdf_NYbill

    Just burned Linux Mint to a USB drive to give to a coworker tomorrow. All he did today was complain because the Win10 upgrade (curse?) happened to him over the weekend. He's ready. #

    Monday, 25-Jul-16 20:31:17 UTC from sn.gunmonkeynet.net
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      mmn mmn

      @nybill Just make sure you didn't download some dodgy ISO, given Linux Mint's history on server keeping!

      Monday, 25-Jul-16 20:40:07 UTC from social.umeahackerspace.se at 63°49'42"N 20°15'34"E
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        moved_sdf_NYbill moved_sdf_NYbill

        @mmn Ah right. I forgot all about that! I don't really follow the distro these days. But, I remember hearing about Mint's troubles in some podcast recently. I'm not sure how I would check the download... I'll look into it.

        Monday, 25-Jul-16 20:46:00 UTC from sn.gunmonkeynet.net
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          mmn mmn

          @nybill Unless it's signed qith their PpenPGP key (and you have a _trusted_ copy of their public key) I'd probably visit their official archive + a random mirror and check the SHA* sum which should be listed in some file. (and then do the same procedure with TorBrowser to compare, if you're paranoid someone is targeting your IP range or your browser's User Agent for example)

          Monday, 25-Jul-16 20:50:25 UTC from social.umeahackerspace.se at 63°49'42"N 20°15'34"E
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            mmn mmn

            @mmn OpenPGP .)

            Monday, 25-Jul-16 20:51:20 UTC from social.umeahackerspace.se at 63°49'42"N 20°15'34"E
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            moved_sdf_NYbill moved_sdf_NYbill

            @mmn Good info, thanks man.

            Monday, 25-Jul-16 22:18:54 UTC from sn.gunmonkeynet.net
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      mk mk

      @nybill but is Linux Mint such a good choice any more? I'd probably go with Debian instead (with XFCE as (main) desktop).

      Monday, 25-Jul-16 22:02:55 UTC from oracle.skilledtests.com
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        internetturtle internetturtle

        @mk @nybill Ubuntu MATE has been serving me pretty well for the last couple months

        Monday, 25-Jul-16 22:12:24 UTC from quitter.se
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          normandy normandy

          @taknamay @nybill @mk Yeah I've been using it on my spare laptop (soon to be given to my dad) and it works alright.  Main issue is WiFi sometimes dies after waking up from sleep but restarting networkmanager fixes it.

          Monday, 25-Jul-16 22:15:44 UTC from shitposter.club
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            internetturtle internetturtle

            @normandy @nybill @mk I have that issue too, hmm

            Monday, 25-Jul-16 23:01:44 UTC from quitter.se
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        moved_sdf_NYbill moved_sdf_NYbill

        @mk I'm not sure. But, ~8-10 months ago, that is what I recommended to new comers. It seemed a solid distro and the Cinnamon layout wasn't too far from the Win/Start menu they knew. (keep in mind I'm giving this to a complete new comer that hadn't even heard of Linux till I mentioned it about 10 hours ago.) #'llSee

        Monday, 25-Jul-16 22:17:26 UTC from sn.gunmonkeynet.net