The Trench Reynolds Report

  • Running Linux on the Motile 14 laptop

    So the last time I posted about the Motile 14 laptop from Walmart I said I was going to upgrade it with 16 GB of RAM and a second SSD so I could dual boot Windows with Linux. Well, it didn’t quite work out that way. The first thing was that I felt like a…

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  • Linux Mint 20 on the Lenovo 14W

    Linux Mint recently released Linux Mint 20. I was eager to try the Cinnamon version of LM20 because I read that it came with fractional scaling built-in. You can catch up on why fractional scaling is so important to the Lenovo 14W here. Last weekend, I installed the beta version of LM20 on the under[powered…

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  • Trench’s adventures in Linux: Linux Mint 17 XFCE

    There’s only one thing better than a new Linux Mint release and that’s when they release the new XFCE version of their distro. If you need to get some work done and need everything to just work this is a great distro for that and the XFCE desktop allows it to be used productively on…

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  • Trench’s Adventures in Linux: TEST ALL THE MINTS

    Recently Linux Mint released Linux Mint 17. Before we get to my review there is a little bit of news with this release. According to their release notes Linux Mint will now only be updating their Ubuntu based versions along with every Long Term Support release from Ubuntu going forward. For Linux Mint diehards that…

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  • Reviews of Linux Mint 15 RC and Voyager 13.04

    This past week Linux Mint released their release candidate of Linux Mint 15 in both MATE and Cinnamon versions. I tried both versions in the live environment. MATE gives you more of the traditional Linux Mint feel and style but I absolutely feel in love with the more modern feel and design of the Cinnamon…

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  • Trench reviews Linux Mint 13 and Zorin OS 6 Core RC

    Recently my two favorite Linux distros had major releases. Linux Mint released Linux Mint 13 and Zorin OS released a release candidate of Zorin OS Core 6. Both are based on Ubuntu 12.04. Again I refuse to use the stupid animal names that Ubuntu gives their releases. If you were one of the people, like…

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  • The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: Mint 12 LXDE and Zorin 6 Lite

    Two new Linux distros were released recently that I thought would be worthy of the Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge. For those of you who are new, I have an Asus EeePC 701 4g Surf netbook. It is basically the first and in my opinion the best generation of netbooks although the 4GB hard drive…

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  • Review of Linux Mint 12 Release Candidate

    Why is it that developers feel the need to reinvent the wheel? Or in today’s case why do developers feel the need to make every desktop look like a damn iPad. If I wanted an iPad I would have bought one. I’m digressing. I’ve always been a fan of Linux Mint. As far as Linux…

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  • Review of Ubuntu 11.10 and other Linux tidbits

    What happened to you Ubuntu? You used to be cool. You were the gateway drugs of Linux distros. You helped people take that first step away from that bloated mess known as Windows. Now, not so much. Don’t get me wrong. I have much respect for Ubuntu. My favorite Linux distros are based on Ubuntu…

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