[Bikkuri]

I had a few quirky bugs with Cinnamon (I think they have those fixed, but Cinnamon wasn’t to my taste)... KDE has been solid since Mint 12....

About the sound card, the only problem I have is disabling the on-board (I have X-Fi, so don’t need the on-board.. even have it disabled in BIOS).. No problems, just shows unnecessary options when I am going through sound options.

Mint KDE 15 is still RC, but it is the smoothest I have seen yet.. It will automatically update to final release as soon as it comes out.

Run M15 KDE on Live-boot and see if it can read it. (I would also suggest a fresh install with /boot, /root, /SWAP, and /home.... all separate partitions, so it will be easier on your system and for you to keeps stuff you need when it comes time to upgrade ;))

Which MoBo are you using? I will see if I can find some info ;)

[usconservative]

I'm using the MSI 970A-G46 which is supposed to work fine with Ubuntu, RedHat, Mint, etc.. The only problem I have is with the sound card interface... everything else works great.

Thanks for the help!