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Originally Posted by Timboli
Yes, a number of times.
The last version, which I still have on a USB stick in my desk draw, is a Live version of Mint. That was quite usable. But I cannot use Linux full time, as I use a programming language all the time, AutoIt, that is not supported on that OS, and except for simple programs won't run through Wine etc ... not properly anyway.
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Do you have a spare PC or laptop you could possibly put Mint on? I use Mint on both my laptop and desktop but I came from using just Android tablets before switching over to Mint so the switch was easy for me, plus I'm not an intensive computer user (don't need one for work etc) I digress, the reason I mentioned a spare computer is I see quite often on the Mint forum people wanting to switch to Mint from Windows but there aren't directly comparable programs for some of the one's they are used to on Windows, there is usually an alternative or workaround (but not all the time) but it takes a fair bit of trial and error and the only practical way of doing this is to have a spare computer to mess around on until you discover if there are any workable solutions.
I tried Wine briefly to try and get a program I used to use ages ago (nothing essential) and had absolutely no luck whatsoever, it seemed Wine has a fairly limited range of programs it works well with and judging by other peoples experience on the Mint website they ran into the same problem, it seems Wine works well with a small number of programs, sort of OK with slightly more programs and badly/ not at all with a large number of programs (judging by other peoples experiences)
Anyway what I mean to say in my ramblings is apart from your specialist programs if you had Mint on a spare computer you might find yourself using it for day to day tasks such as emails, web browsing more than you might think as it's such a nice OS to use, just a thought
