Mint and NTFS storage

[Neuromancer]

I played around with the Live version on USB the other day to get CentOS installed. on a core2 setup

I am about to retire my current desktop (ath2 270, 4GB ram, and ATI HD AIW ~hd3650) for a z87 based intel platform with nvidia video card.


I have two 3TB media storage devices formatted NTFS. Because of the size they are GPT formatted.

I know Mint handles NTFS fine as a read device (I used NTFS formatted USB to hold the ISO for CentOS when I dd'ed an install stick) and I know write is supported with a package. I know it supports GPT as well since gparted gave me the option when I was playing around in Mint.

Can it handle all of the above?

Also a concern because of the NTFS will chmoding the files be an issue? I want the kids to only have access to my kids movies backups not the R rated stuff (kept in a separate folder). thanks!

 

[Automata]

It should be fine, but I would suggest converting the filesystem to one that is more linux friendly unless you need Windows to read it.

 

[Neuromancer]

Great! Thanks. Will start working on that tonight

Any suggestions as for which Flavor of mint I should install?

I ran the Live version yesterday, and was blissfully unaware there were multiple flavors of Mint. Light and fast is the goal. I will add capabilities as needed/system is capable.

I assume Cinnamon and not the Debian, not sure what the difference is with the others.

 

[Stratus_ss]

the Lightest version of Mint is XFCE. The other ones are meant to have all the wiz-bang gui-goodness

 

[Neuromancer]

I used to only install Xubuntu, I liked XFCE.

But I definitely enjoyed the whiz bang goodness I had on the Live USB I used.

TBH I do not have enough experience to know what packages I will need yet.

Primary focus is a TV replacement. You tube, Xfinity, and my 4TB of video backups.

Secondary will be my always on desktop for email and forum crawling, online purchases/banking and research

Tertiary, another machine for my kids to use when they come over. A good sandboxed browser.

I am sure I will ask more of it in the future as I become more familiar with the system. I did enjoy the "whiz bang goodness" of the Live version I tried. I really liked the windows manager (better than Windows 7 alt+tab/flip IMHO).

Only issue I had was the counter-intuitive placement of things. For instance, who ever thought gparted is a "preference" instead of system tool, has never used gparted lol. But I assume I can fix that


EDIT: It just occurred to me I must have been using a Gnome flavor?