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LinuxMint13 RC Is Available For Testing
donadony writes "LinuxMint13 RC is available for testing. This release comes with two versions on separate DVDs: Mate and Cinnamon. LinuxMint13 Cinnamon is very light and offers some customization, integration of new applets, extensions and themes that can be found on the official website."
I was looking for a good KDE distribution and recently tried the KDE version of Mint 12. Having come from Mandriva and openSUSE, I expected it to be more polished, but I was disappointed. There were several annoying bugs related to taskbar and window switching and no updates or fixes for them. I hope they include the latest KDE packages in 13 and fix those issues.
Ubuntu has shot itself in the foot.
If it is based on the latest Ubuntu, it'll be awesome! Been using Precise Pangolin since it came out and it's the best Linux I've had on any machine yet!
Anyone know if this version will be a Long Term Support version?
If they could make a version that you can play WoW on with a decent frame rate I'd convert from Windows (would have a while ago). Serious question, why can't DX11 be ported/supported on Linux? Is it a patent or technical issue?
My boss down the hall says it is the pinnacle of standards and the best browser of all and there is no need to leave it besides 2014.
No IE 6 means no upgrades from the standard. He didn't earn his certificate of web design from 2003 for nothing.
Will it fix the wifi issues I've had since upgrading to LM12?
For those wondering, it's an older Dell 1545 with a Broadcom wireless card - worked fine until I upgraded to LM12, suddenly it won't connect to a network (sees them, but won't connect) unless I use the hardware (F2) button to disable it for 5-10 minutes... not a huge deal, I have a few USB dongles, but it has forced me to spend far more time in my Win7 box than I would prefer.
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
Mint is nice, and it's the Linux flavor I'm using currently (although I use LMDE, not the standard Mint) after having left Ubuntu when they transitioned to Unity. The best thing about it is that the maintainer(s) actually listen to users regarding development directions, which was what drove them to develop Cinnamon and adopt MATE as an option - as opposed to Ubuntu / Canonical, that just forced down the users' throats their ideas and UI decisions, alienating a large part of their user base in the process.
Having said that, there's still one thing that keeps me from recommending it to new users or users migrating out of Ubuntu: lack of automated upgrade procedure to newer major versions - one thing that Ubuntu has and generally works nice there. On Mint, the official procedure is to backup you files/settings using the backup tool, install the newer version from scratch on top of the existing install, and then restore the backup after. That's just too cumbersome. Yes, it's possible to upgrade without reinstalling by manually editing the sources.list file and upgrading manually with apt-get, but it's considered unsafe and error prone by the maintainers and hence not recommended. I did it anyway on a past install, and sure enough I had hiccups - I still had a working install, but there were a lot of rough edges and inconsistencies on the upgraded install. Because of that I ended up installing LMDE so I didn't have to worry about major version upgrades anymore. It's not a fully smooth ride either, but it's far more manageable, and having previous experience with Debian, I'm totally at home with it. But it's obviously not something I'd recommend to casual / new users either.
Please?
IN early 2011 I left Linux and went back to Windows because of issues with Gnome 3/Unity, Firefox 4, and other issues as it appeared Linux was going off the deep end.
Mate, much improved Firefox and Chrome on GNU/Linux, and Mint taking over looks like it may be redeeming the platform.
Is there a Linux Mint package for setting up LAMP or a LAPP (postgresql) stack? How easy is it to add codecs, background pictures, and other desktop oriented features similiar to FedoraPlus or medibuntu?
http://saveie6.com/
Yes, we can use the Goggle (an amusing misspelling of an acqaintance of mine), but it wouldn't hurt if the article would mention what these things actually are (or link to a page that directly explains what they are) instead of leaving me to guess. My research now shows that:
I don't live and breathe Linux, though I'm reading Slashdot pretty much every day. If someone wandered onto Slashdot by mistake, would they know what the heck this article is about?
p.s. Shame on you for linking one particular mirror. Find your best download options here.
I only post comments when someone on the internet is wrong.
Thanks for explaining what Linux Mint and Cinnamon are, but what do you mean by "fork"? And what's "GNOME Shell"? Also, why is part of your text underlined and and not black? ;)
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04, using Gnome3 from the PPA. I tried Unity but was getting weirdness with Chrome's tabs not tearing and reattaching correctly and I didn't really like the Unity interface. I'd played with Gnome3 awhile back and have been using it since. I like the style but find it clumsy to manage multiple windows. I dunno, maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I've got my editor, browser, and terminal open and it seems clumsy switching from one to another. But I'm on a laptop and working with everything fullscreen is a pain, but the interface doesn't seem to work well with working with smaller windows, either. I dunno, maybe I need to adjust to it, go downstairs and use a second monitor for that work.
But how does Cinnamon compare? Would it be worth looking at the PPA for that and using it?
All 3 people who still use Lin-sux should be thrilled!
Think different.
Think BETTER.
Think APPLE!
I'm not sure that putting "mint" and "cinnamon" together like that is good marketing.
http://alternatives.rzero.com/
I've got a worn-out *buntu install that's seen far too many apt-get [install|remove] commands (video and sound no longer work reliably) and I've been seriously considering switching to Mint. I'd assumed that Mint's dist-upgrade process was as smooth as Ubuntu's, but now I'm really leaning towards LMDE and its rolling releases.
I'd noticed that doing a s/lisa/maya/g and s/oneiric/precise/g in /etc/apt.conf and then dist-upgrading on my Mint 12 VM resulted in a fairly broken upgrade, but assumed it was because the RC hadn't been announced yet and so things weren't really ready for that - for one thing, Ubuntu stuff was overwriting Mint packages.
I'd switched away from Debian-testing to Ubuntu back in the 5.10 days anyhow, so it'd be a bit of a homecoming. MATE integrates a lot better into LMDE than Ubuntu with a PPA, so it seems, and that's my favored environment.
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
E pluribus sanguinem
Since the interface is a clone of Windows XP, I don't see why it shouldn't.
Legend stood at the top of time. He was almost out of time, and he wished there had been more time. But here he was, where it all ended.
“LEGEND!”
It was Hugh Donman III, and the man was carrying a bus.
“Ride back with me in this bus!”
Legend turned to Hugh, “There is no time!”
“But there is!”
“Noooooooo”
The yell was so great that it defeated the centaurs. But Legend still knew what he had to do. He took a great step and lept into oblivion. Hugh ran to the very edge of time and looked out into the void, but he could see nothing.
“Legend. No. NOOOOOO”
Hugh’s yell was greater still, and it brought the centaurs back to life. Worlds would perish because of him. But the worst was yet to come.
***
Thirty Hundred years later
Hugh Donman looked at the clock. There was so much time left. If only he could have talked sense into Legend, the man might still exists within the confines of time. Hugh wondered what the deal was.
Suddenly the door busted in.
“You have to come quick”, Rufus said, “They found a clue!”
“Just one clue?”, Hugh Donman was not impressed.
Rufus sat down on the sofa, “Ponsso says it might be the best clue ever. Even better than that one we found. The really good one.”
“For realz?”
“We better go see”, Rufus got up again and started bleeding from his best wound, “They are excavating the site.”
So they ran to the site
It was fully excavated.
“What a clue”, Hugh said, “We better get this to the labs”
“You aren’t in charge here!”, The FBI said, “We are taking command of this investigation.”
“On what grounds!”
“This ground”, The FBI pointed to the pile of excavated dirt.
“That’s barely any ground. Come to my lab and I will show you my ground.”
“We are The FBI. If we have to dig up some more ground, we will. We have the technology.”
Rufus took a swing at The FBI suddenly, but The FBI had combat training and put the man on his back faster than you could say what.
“Cough! You fiend”, Rufus spat out blood.
***
“Stupid FBI take my investigation will you”, Hugh spat.
“It some BS”, Rufus wiped blood out of his eyes as they walked through the glen.
“Wait until Chad hears about this.”
“He’s in York. He is buying salvage yards.”
“For what?”
“For salvage.”
“No way.”
“Indubitably”
“NO WAY.”
Suddenly Hugh wasted Rufus in the face with a fist.
“What the hell man?”, Rufus dripped blood all over the place.
“You’re lying. Now you will perish.”
Hugh came at Rufus again, but Rufus was wary this time and flipped Hugh into a tree. Suddenly faeries that lived in the glen came out and killed Hugh by biting him a lot.
“We should be on a team”, Rufus informed the faeries.
“Indeed”, the faeries replied.
“Lets go fight The FBI.”
**
“It is not your time yet!”
It was the voice of Legend.
Hugh looked around in the emptiness of death.
“Legend? Is it really you?”
“Yes.”
“What is this?”
“More important than what, is when.”
“When then?”
“Never. The date is never.”
“What say? Is this the end of time.”
“No, this is the other end. From here I can make anything never happen. This is what I will do for you.”
“Wha”
Suddenly Rufus awoke in a pool of his own urine. He looked at his clock. It was that day!
Suddenly the door busted in.
“You have to come quick”, Rufus said, “They found a clue!”
Hugh quickly slew Rufus with a golf club.
THE END
really I wish they would drop LXDE in favor of XFCE as a light live CD, LXDE is ok, but it always disjointed and unfinished
Can some one provide info on how to disable Anitaliasing fonts on Mint ( or any other Gnome UI )
Forget the invitable comments that liased font look better and provide a better user experience. For mae and many others, they just look Fuzzy and give me a headace after about 30 minutes of use
I support windows 7 for work and to turn off all antialiasing, it is one check box. If I do not do this at the first boot on Win7 / 2008 install, byt the time the install has completed I have a headache for the rest of the day.
Same applies to recent Mint / Ubuntu
for anyone unhappy with overbloated desktops and Unity in particular, but who like Ubuntu, please go and try Lubuntu (Ububtu with an LXDE desktop). It's lovely, light, painless, and as reliable to use, extend and update as its Ubuntu parent. Just no faffing with "fashionable" user interfaces.
They're not paying me - I'm just a fan !
http://lubuntu.net
The Linux Mint flavour with the LXDE desktop is also nice: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=98