Linux Mint + other distros (why)?

JT,
Ok good to know.... as I was thinking that you guy's had built around the Debian platform specific.

DOS 6... I remember those day's... In 1988 my father bought a Texas Instruments server with Unix (why I am comfortable from command line), it was a learning curve at the beginning...


Tom,
Yeah at the moment I am going to stay with Debian at the machines, just as I have them.


Beagle,
Yeah I know what you are saying with breaking things if you don't know what you are doing, LOL... I am pretty good at finding out if it will break as I usually think I know more than I do... LOL. I still learn something new everyday.

I am happy to use Debian but prefer to use Mint on a desktop.

I found that I could not install Debian without a network connection which posed a bit of a problem when I had to install a network driver. Mint did not care and caught up later..

If LCNC were to add the network driver required for an Odroid H2+ to the default ISO, it would be perfect!

BigJohnT wrote:

I've install Debian several times without a network connection... using the full install and not the net install.

JT

Aahh! so I picked the wrong option. I will redo it.

I had a different problem in which I was trying to do the network install, but I only had wireless internet mifi.... It would seamlessly install when hardwired cat5, but no go with wireless (no drivers). I would take a computer to my friends house to do a fresh install off his hardwire connection and back to my place to setup.

This got time consuming when I wanted to start a different build... So I finally made a work a round by getting a TP-Link TL-WA860RE Range Extender and connecting cat5 directly to the computer basically like a AP.. chose this as it was $12 shipped on eBay, cheap to accomplish the goal, and they are probably cheaper now even.

tommylight wrote:

Use the non-free version of Debian ISO, no issues with drivers.

There is if the network driver is not yet in the repositories. The H2+ uses 2.5gb ethernet