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fit-PC sells a box (the Intense PC) that is rebranded as the MintBox 2, which has Linux Mint preinstalled, with the Linux Mint project getting a cut of the profits.
Clement Lefebvre, the honcho at Linux Mint, notes[1] that the firmware has a security vulnerability which needs to be patched. Hilariously, the manufacturer's instructions call out a MS Windows-only tool.
[1] In the comments there, Clem responds to Kim, saying that Linux Mint has the tools available to get the job done. In the comments attached to a clickbait article at BetaNews, it was mentioned that dd (sometimes referred to as Data Dump), an app that comes with pretty much every Linux distro, will also do the task.
[Ed Note: The vast majority of fit-PC's products also come in Windows flavors. They are NOT a Linux only company. - cmn32480]
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PC Running Linux Mint: Use MS-Only Software to Fix It?
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It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @05:31AM (1 child)
It comes with proprietary software out of the box (not limited to firmware) and its repositories don't separate free software from proprietary.
Mint is a mess, don't go there.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @08:04AM
A Devuan devotee? Or a Trisquellite puritan? Ah, but maybe an agent of the Ballmer Satanyana cult of closed-source Black Gates of H*ll magic?
I've had nothing but smooth sailing with Mint for many years. I find other distros that I test, lacking.