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From: Chris 
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu or Mint?
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In article <45d23516$0$97268$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net>, 
Mike Easter  writes
>Practically the only thing they have in common beside Ub are the 
>multimedia codecs.  A minority of what Automatix2 changes or adds^1 is 
>the codecs, maybe 10%, actually less.   A minority of what Mint changes 
>or adds^2 is the codecs, maybe 20%, probably less.  That means that 
>[roughly] 90% of what Automatix is about isn't what Mint is about and 
>80% of what Mint is about isn't what Automatix is about.  That ain't 
>potatoes.
>
>^1 http://getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Software_and_Tweaks
>Automatix2 on (K/X)Ubuntu 6.10 i386
>Capabilities
>
>^2 http://linuxmint.com/linuxmint-2.2-beta014.manifest  Bianca Manifest

OK - thanks - but - I am the Original Poster - and am now confused!
(That's not surprising - because I'm new to this - and you know what you 
are talking about.)

If you have the time and patience please clarify it for me.
Which does the most: Automatix2 or Mint?
Which is the safer to use?
How easy is it to do manually what they do to Ubuntu?
In simple terms, what are the aims of Automatix2 and Mint?
Who should go for which?
(Your links give a sophisticated answer but one I don't understand.)
-- 
Chris
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