Prior to Mint 17, I had 16 installed and versions of MATE, XFCE, and LMDE which I have since uninstalled. My Grub had instances for 17, 16, and a Debian edition. I uninstalled most applications in 17 that came with the installation, and my hard drive had 3 partitions from earlier installs which have since been used for files. I think you get the picture, a clean install was certainly needed.A clean install of Linux Mint 17.1 allowed me to set up disc encryption which I have put off. A quick check of Configurable Menu showed it would work without issue in 17.1. The colored folders looked sleek. After a brief look at the Live DVD I went full speed ahead.
After install I played around with a few applets and themes. The first applet I added was Configurable Menu of course, and then Window List with App Grouping.
I was excited to see Window List with App Grouping working which in itself was a good enough reason to upgrade. It was working in Mint 16 for me, but then stopped working in 17. I find it a great compromise between the old Gnome 2 Windows and a full blown dock.
I opted for Enhanced Minty which is what I used in Mint 17. I noticed that the ability to change folder colors had disappeared. In my tinkering I changed the default icon from Mint-X which took that cool feature away.
I am content with Rebecca and am glad I opted for a clean install.
