Saryn

They just don’t want people to look at their bills and see:

C-Suite 3rd Yacht Fund: $2.39
Monopoly Maintenence Fee: $5.25
Lobby/Bribe Fee: $3.16

I would love to use public transit, or even bike to where I need to go, but I live in a more rural area. The nearest, decent hospital is a 30 minute drive. A better hospital? Nearly an hour. Work is a 30 minute drive past farmland and lightly forested areas. No buses run between towns, since they’re so far apart, and the train only comes around 1-2 times per day.

Basically, where I live we have no choice. Even the buses that run in town have rather inconvenient schedules, making it hard to get to where you need to go (in a timely manner, anyway). Lots of places are like this in the US, unfortunately.

I prefer Mint just for ease-of-use, really. I’m not a new user, by any means, and over the years I’ve bounced between Red Hat, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and a small handful of others that escape me at the moment. But I’m also not a power user.

With Mint, I don’t have to tweak things, really. I can install and just go about doung what I want to do. As a bonus, guests aren’t left scratching their heads as much if they sit down at my computer to browse the web or pull up a video. It’s Windows-ish enough where they can muddle their way through with minimal issue.