When 17 LTS comes out, there will be a lot more information about tweeks and problems/fixes this and that.
People tend to just flinch past the boo boos in the little stutter burp 6 month versions since they aren't around very long anyway -- and since Linux Mint takes up only 15-20 gigs they also tend to keep the last 2-3 versions that worked really well on their hard drive and if they get really irritated at something will just revert to a version that worked totally well for them. This last one was very solid until Firefox began to screw up, so I guess I'll just Chrome along until Mint 17 comes out.
Point being this -- the LTS versions get the needed effort to come out relatively polished and more flawless use-wise, and they tend to get more little things fixed over the course of their 5 year run -- and as you mess with it more and more you will learn to stick with the LTS versions that work well for you for as long as you can.
Next point, Firefox has a lack of skilled people issues right now and is cutting back on problem fix/control because of this -- Chrome is beginning to be the predominate browser both in Linux and in the rest of computing as well because it is working relatively better at all of the things you use a browser for and is coming across as more flaw free as well.
It may in fact be a better browser long term going forward.
I don't like it, I wish it wasn't so -- I have loved Firefox for a long long time now and want it to get back on its feet and roll forward again. But things like the YaBB text list thing can't continue -- it is enough to make me switch.
PS. The YaBB thingie starts out when you copy/paste something -- it is like it stays stuck in the paste buffer and every time you do anything selecting with the mouse it drops what is in the paste buffer in that spot as a little symbol that later on (when the screen rolls) blows out into a full paste.
PS, the issue may be with YaBB text boxes and something modern standards-wise, YaBB isn't noted for keeping up in general.
And Mysterious doesn't run the current version of YaBB either -- sometimes is 2 back from the current intentionally as upgrading YaBB is a pain in the butt plus YaBB current is always sorta buggy. YaBB is more like a programmer's tool box anyway, not an app or a program or a distro like we like to think about them.
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Selecting which OS to boot. One of the magical things Boot Repair Disk will do is let you re-rank the boot order of your stuff.
Even if you have 3-4 different OS versions on there.
So, not only does it fix Windows root kit attacks it can let you keep backup versions of Linux Mint easy at hand, and let you roll an old one to the fore again if you get tired of what you are currently playing with.
And you will go distro hopping, eventually. Peppermint, Centos, lordy there are just so many things to try out there that you just can't help yourself. I just gotta go sample one every once and a while.
I can comfortably hold 4 distros on my 80 gig hard drive at a time, but generally keep it trimmed to the current best and the beloved favorite oldie and one "current experiment". The experiment tends to get its partition cleared if it isn't as usable as the current Mint LTS and I have kept Mint Mate 9 (last Gnome2 natural version) as my oldy goldy for the longest time now.
BTW, you can download the ISO and burn a copy of the old Linux Mint releases, all of them are available from the Mint repository. So if a hard drive were to totally just drop dead you could still get back the one you loved the very best.