Reviewing PeppermintOS Two - My thoughts.

[BkS]

back on topic lol

firstly, peppermint does remember wallpaper and you shouldn't have to re apply when logging on,
loads on peppermint forums about this, searching the forums are best done on google using, peppermintos.n et(wallpaper) or whatever you want between the brackets.

It really only bothers me when having to restart a lot of times for any given reason. Usually my laptop is left on for weeks at a time. I'm surprised it's still running tbh.
But thanks for the tip, I'll have a look into it later on.

Nice writeup...I agree with you on your assessment. In my opinion a good OS is the one which
gets out of the way and let you do things without too much hassle.

If the OS can do this and manage to save on resources at the same time then it is winner.
Peppermint (two) with LXDE can do this and still manages to be fully functional.

I also agree with you on that, too much is made of the cloud aspect now days.
Good internet access should not be assumed (as my daughter keep telling me).

Thanks Sezo! Indeed a good OS gets out the way and saves on resources. Peppermint is a winner in most aspects, I just wish there was a slight balance between local apps and cloud-based ones really. That's my only real criticism of it. I guess I'm still stuck in that old habit of being safe than sorry.

Until around 2015 cloud-based apps really aren't going to be my thing.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

I've never had any issues with wallpaper either .. could this be a multi-monitor issue, or does it forget the wallpaper even on a single monitor ?

Does it forget ANY wallpaper you select (including the default ones), or only one in particular ?

Did it forget the wallpaper before the kernel/nvidia upgrades ?

Where are you storing the wallpaper ? .. what format (eg. jpg, png, etc.) ? .. and how large is the file ?

[BkS]

Yeah it happened without the NVIDIA drivers too. Unsure of if it happens with a single monitor as I've never tested it to try.

I've only ever seen the default wallpaper once, and then it was gone after I restarted.

I use wallpapers in the .jpg format, and it's only like 2Mbs.

[hacksaw]

The only issue I have with PepperminOS2 is that the forum is lacking in any developer input. Members try their best to answer questions, but the last I looked the main developer has not logged on to the forum since Dec. 26th 2011.
As a matter of fact, not many of ANY of the team come on the foum to help with issues. it's a shame too, because Pmint has a ton of potiential

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Well people with issues can always come here

[hacksaw]

Well people with issues can always come here

I may well post a link there to such effect. Many post go unanswered for long periods of time.

Thanks

[Smiler]

I have issues, but with meditation (and strong medication) I am making good progress.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Hmm .. maybe I should rephrase that

[duncanW]

As stated:
> The only issue I have with PepperminOS2 is that the forum is lacking in any developer input. Members try their best to answer questions, but the last I looked the main developer has not logged on to the forum since Dec. 26th 2011.
As a matter of fact, not many of ANY of the team come on the foum to help with issues. it's a shame too, because Pmint has a ton of potiential

> I may well post a link there to such effect. Many post go unanswered for long periods of time.

In all fairness this is not correct.
Shane is one of the development team and has posted quite often over the last few months.
Kendall has been very busy.
A number of moderators are active on a daily basis.
The developers are monitoring the forums even though they are not fully active.

After using peppermint 2 for over a year and using the forums on a regular basis I am yet to see a problem left unattended.

Other than that, Peppermint is very customisable and fast even with dock / 3d desktop and numerous apps added.
Great review though.
Hello to all and this does look like an interesting forum.
I am from the UK but have lived in Australia for most of my life.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Hi duncanW, and welcome to the forum

Sorry it took me till now to approve your first posting .. for some reason I didn't get an email (which s a first), although that does show how easy it is for a forum posting to *appear* to have been neglected

[EDIT]

Apparently I *did* get an email from the forum software .. I just didn't spot it .. my fault 

[oldrong]

As stated:
> The only issue I have with PepperminOS2 is that the forum is lacking in any developer input. Members try their best to answer questions, but the last I looked the main developer has not logged on to the forum since Dec. 26th 2011.
As a matter of fact, not many of ANY of the team come on the foum to help with issues. it's a shame too, because Pmint has a ton of potiential

> I may well post a link there to such effect. Many post go unanswered for long periods of time.

In all fairness this is not correct.
Shane is one of the development team and has posted quite often over the last few months.
Kendall has been very busy.
A number of moderators are active on a daily basis.
The developers are monitoring the forums even though they are not fully active.

After using peppermint 2 for over a year and using the forums on a regular basis I am yet to see a problem left unattended.

Other than that, Peppermint is very customisable and fast even with dock / 3d desktop and numerous apps added.
Great review though.
Hello to all and this does look like an interesting forum.
I am from the UK but have lived in Australia for most of my life.

Well I speak as a former moderator on that forum, and Shane hasn't answered a question relating to problems with the OS in my memory. He comes by on occasion to say when, or if there will be another iteration of the OS, or to post something new for sale from the store. He post news related post that mention the OS, but as far as answering a question directly related to something needing to be sorted out, I truly cannot remember that ever happening.
There are SEVERAL moderators, and myself and two others did most of the replies, and moderator work. I could go and bring several post from the forum that have not had replies to date to prove my point, but I don't see that as needed. One moderator hasn't signed in in months, nor has he resigned.
I followed all the "team" on Twitter, and they always had time for getting drunk, or taking pictures, or what ever, but attending to the issues with the OS fell to little or no interest. It was mentioned at one time that the whole thing was more or less an experiment to see what interest they could generate, but sadly, it seems their own interest is what is lacking.
I have been using Peppermint since it came out, and was privy to the moderators forum, where inside information not known to the general members, and believe me, there are issues with that forum.
I'm glad you personally found it to your liking, but MANY did not, and many folks gave up and moved on from the lack of attention from any developer available to answer questions that we as ordinary moderators didn't have the knowledge to answer. I just think it isn't conducive to growing a distribution to let it's forum run rudderless. That is only my opinion, and others can have their own.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Hi oldrong, and welcome to the forum

I can't really comment on the PepppermiintOS forum, as I've not spent enough time there .. but if what you say is correct, I do hope they're at least spending more time on the distro development itself than they are on the forum .. I'd hate to see Peppermint go under, as it's a great little distro with pride of place on my netbook, and I'm giving serious consideration to installing it as the main distro on my desktop (though I'll probably wait till v3 comes out, then evaluate).

I've said before though that info on PeppermintOS (Three) seems to be somewhat lacking on their website 

[hacksaw]

Hi oldrong, and welcome to the forum

I can't really comment on the PepppermiintOS forum, as I've not spent enough time there .. but if what you say is correct, I do hope they're at least spending more time on the distro development itself than they are on the forum .. I'd hate to see Peppermint go under, as it's a great little distro with pride of place on my netbook, and I'm giving serious consideration to installing it as the main distro on my desktop (though I'll probably wait till v3 comes out, then evaluate).

I've said before though that info on PeppermintOS (Three) seems to be somewhat lacking on their website 

http://peppermintos.com/2012/02/looking-ahead-to-peppermint-three-2/
The above is about all I have seen go by in regards to "Three" news. Slim information indeed.

[oldrong]

Just for the record, here are 19 pages of unanswered questions/post from the PeppermintOS forums.
http://www.peppermintos.net/search.php?search_id=unanswered

[duncanW]

after 1353 personal posts in `Opera forums' and millions of general posts,
you will very rarely see a developer post, as it is a user forum.
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/

Bad blood and negative comments doesn't and wont stop Peppermint from being (in my opinion)
one of the fastest and most stable operating system I have used in the last 20 years.