I don't think avast fixed anything tbh, it 'put things in the chest'
the seating position is great on the highway, not so great around town, but I've had one of these before, you get used to it quickly, and the position isn't full on sportbike crouch, it's more sport touring
also there are some things you can do to help with that, motorcycle larry makes a riser kit that moves the bars up 1 inch, and I think there's a company that makes a peg lowering kit

the S40 is not sold yet, in fact it's only listed on here so far
I gotta clean the carbs on the Ninja, too *sigh* kids and there short attention spans
'this isn't as cool as I thought it would be, I'll just park it for a few years and then sell it when I need money'

I realy need to get that instal done, and pray I still have a working comp afterward
of course as I've said, I could always go phone only

I don't know squat about computers and that looks bad to me

Serowbot,

Please stay on topic, please,  you have just posted a video of Mint KDE which is about as far away from the recommended Mint Mate 17 as you can get and still be a Mint product.  

KDE isn't even directly supported by the Mint folks, they allow a group of  their users to port KDE over to Mint and when they are satisfied the group finally got it stable enough (and for KDE that is a relative term) they put it on the site.   This generally takes about a year to happen, so the KDE version is always quite a bit behind as KDE gets no great amount of support anywhere any more.   But some love it, but not me.

KDE is about the most complex and buggy thing out there, which is why I don't recommend using it.  

However, if you really want to scare the crap out of people with the wrong distro information, post some Puppy or Slackware config set ups, that should scare the crap out of anybody.

Next, you have chopped up, moved and modified your standard load quite a bit by this point in time -- and you are acting surprised that the operating system goes looking where the stuff is supposed to be and can't find it?  

Having you post your trials and tribulations concerning your willful modifications is OK, but please be clear about what you are doing.   You are not using the default set up or structure, so please remind folks of that as you go through your pain and suffering as you chop and nip and tuck.

Nobody has seen the Mint Mate 17 that is recommended because it isn't out yet.

Before you start turning folks off by beating him up, how about let's wait for the contender to actually get into the ring?

AND YES, for a Windows user paying $100 out of pocket to get a single install copy of Window 7 would likely be the very easiest Windows to jump over to.   But it is still $100 out of your pocket and it won't fit/work on older hardware very well.   Mint Mate 17 will.

You will be paying $100 to get to use Windows 7 for the next 6 years (Win 7 dies in 2020).

Or you can wait a month and a half and take a look at LTS Mint Mate 17 when it becomes available.

And also please remember that novice users like Art make no differentiation from the esoterica that you post back to the calm reality of a standard automatic install that Mint Mate normally does.




   But you can get him to squeal in fear fairly easily if that is what you are trying to do ....

Mint Mate 16 has been pretty close to flawless so far. But I admit I haven't made many changes to the default install.  I just installed all the 1 and 2 level upgrades and downloaded chrome as a second browser - mostly because I'm used to it 'cause it's what I was using on XP.

If 17 is actually better I'm probably going to buy the DVD when it's out and just give it the whole HD. I've only got one program that has to have windows - the DTC database for my auto scan tool - and if I can't get it to run using WINE I'll just load it on the wife's laptop.

Also, about these Windows 7 OEM disks that are selling right now for $99 -- they are one shot install disks, foul them up and you are out of luck as they are OEM software (install once on one machine).

This is why the full retail package costs so much more, it can be installed on a PC and a laptop and if it gets fouled up you can get a code to reinstall it (by calling MS support and asking pretty pretty please).

Old-rider just clocked 10+ hours on a Vista reinstall (and he still has to load all his software when he is done with the OS install).

Reinstalling Mint Mate will take you no more than hour and you install all the common softwares with it when you do that.

Reinstalling or upgrading LTS Linux Mint Mate is something that happens every 5 years, takes about an hour to do and doesn't cost you a penny.

Sticking with LTS to LTS means you always get fully polished, carefully tuned stuff that all works correctly.

It is the lazy old fart's dream, easy to do, cheap, and it works good.  





And you never have to defrag or mess with an anti-virus scan or update ever again.

well I sure as hell wouldn't be hacking it up, I like my OSs like I like my motorcycles, basicaly stock (with maybe a few bolt ons)
I will want Chrome for my browser, but I doubt that'll be hard to manage
I am slowly, very slowly, wading into the user guide
I need to find a youtube vid re changing my system battery, too

I allowed Mint to decide what partition it needed,.. and it took 185gigs...

It's a petite girl that wants the whole queen size bed... ...

I gotta say I am really liking Linux Mint.  I seem to prefer Cinnamon over Mate. I use it almost exclusively now on my main Win 7 computer out in the shop.  The only time I boot into Win 7 on that computer is when I need to use SolidWorks, SprutCam and Adobe Illustrator for my machining and design work.
I have it loaded on my lap top, my neighbors XP machine and soon I am going to put it on my wifes Vista machine, after I reformat and re-install Vista as that computer has been running the original factory install for quite a few years now .  I have two spare HDD in stalled on the shop computer so I will soon replace the one with Mint/Mate 16 for the new Mate Cinnamon when it comes out.
Thanks Oldfeller for all your input and advice!
Gerry