[BALUG-Talk] Linux Mint 18.2

[acohen36]

Quoting Andrew Lewis (andy at simulsys.demon.co.uk):
> Hi Guys,
>
> I hope you do not mind us reaching out from SOSLUG, the Southend-on-Sea 
> Linux User Group in England, but I saw your email about Lubuntu? A 
> couple of us at SOSLUG have installed Linux Mint 18.2 64-bit and it is
> a cool user environment, and I recommend you give it a look on a stick?


Then quoting Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
> Hullo, Andrew!  Of course we don't mind a bit.  Yes, I agree that
> Lubuntu is a terrific little distribution, as is LXDE generally.
> I'm always on the lookout for nice but relatively compact 'live"
> distributions in particular.  (We used to call those live-CD, but
> the metaphor is perhaps a bit confusing in 2017.)


I think Andrew mentioned Linux Mint 18.2 64-bit instead of Lubuntu (with 
the latter's LXDE) above. FWIW, a cursory review of the site 
linuxmint.com/release.php?id=29 doesn't yet show an available LXDE version 
of Linux Mint 18.2, although it _does_ show the "light" Xfce version of 
the same.

Linux Mint 18.2 Xfce (64-bit) is a ~1.5 GB ISO in size, so if anyone 
wishes to try this, it is probably best to use a USB stick for both 
'live'/temporary booting and for installation. Same USB stick requirement 
for the 64-bit Cinnamon and MATE versions of Linux Mint 18.2, although the 
sizes of their ISO's are slightly larger than Xfce's, at ~1.6GB

-A

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