[OT] The coolest (literally) desktop machine I've ever had

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 08/13/2016 08:37 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Friday, 12 August 2016 at 19:13:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> googled for the better part of an afternoon for "fanless desktop" and
>> it turns out it's much harder to find one than I'd
>
> Quiet doesn't necessarily mean fanless. I have a Corsair H100i with
> Noctua fans, and you can barely tell it's on.
>
>> I've put Linux Mint on it (which is what they recommend)
>
> Friends don't let friends use Linux Mint:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4v116g/can_we_stop_recommending_linux_mint/
>
>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/
>
> Not mentioned above: Linux Mint's upgrade policy is "format and
> reinstall". Their update policy is also "If it ain't broke, don't try to
> fix it". No wonder they have internal security issues.

Also, I like Cinnamon. (Tried Gnome, the new KDE, Mate and XFCE, don't 
like them.) Is Cinnamon available on other distros? -- Andrei