[ubuntu-uk] Mint 9 and Windows 2000 Server

[Ronnie Tucker]

That's also my understanding too. Mint 10 is, as far as I'm aware, based 
on Ubuntu 10.10 as the Mint team always release a new Mint approximately 
one month after a new Ubuntu is released.

Maybe the mix up is that there is one version of Mint that is based on 
Debian with a rolling release...?



On 24/10/10 15:45, SuperEngineer wrote:
> Matt,
> Just for your peace of mind...
> I also have a Mint (9) installation - I use it only for Wine so as not
> to 'pollute' my Ubuntu set up.  I can guarantee that up to Mint 9 it is
> in fact Ubuntu based.  Mint 9 proudly boasts itself the fact that it is
> built on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.  I do not know anything about Mint10 however.
>
> Regards,
>
> SuperEngineer
>
> Registered Linux User 523667
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronnie Tucker<ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk>
> Reply-to: ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk, UK Ubuntu Talk
> <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: UK Ubuntu Talk<ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mint 9 and Windows 2000 Server
> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:20:18 +0100
>
>
> On 24/10/10 12:39, Grant Sewell wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:35:10 +0100
>> Matt Darcy wrote:
>>
>>> On 23/10/2010 21:24, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
>>>> I have my EEE PC (with Mint 9) hooked up to a Windows 2000 server at
>>>> work. The server is set to force the user to change their password
>>>> every 30 days and the new password mustn't be the same as any of
>>>> the previous dozen or so passwords.
>>>>
>>>> When the password is due to change my Mint 9 can't log in to the
>>>> network. I have to end up going to a Windows machine, changing my
>>>> password then go back to my Mint9 machine.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way I can do the password change within Mint 9?
>>>>
>>>> Any advice is much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Ronnie
>>>>
>>> why is this even being asked on an Ubuntu list ???
>> I guess not everyone realises yet that Linux Mint is no longer based on
>> Ubuntu - certainly the Wikipedia page (which for some is Gospel) still
>> show it as being based on Ubuntu.
>>
>> Does it hurt the Ubuntu community for someone to innocuously ask a
>> question such as this?  Does it hurt us to answer it?
>>
>> Grant.
> Sorry, I assumed that Mint was still an Ubuntu derivative...