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Linux Mint 17.3 Officially Released (softpedia.com)
prisoninmate sends news that Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" has been officially released. Following a few technical problems with their website, the Mint developers posted release announcements for both the Cinnamon and MATE flavors of the operating system. "Both Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" editions ship with the same improvements for some of the operating system's core components and in-house built apps, such as Software Sources, which is now more reliable, responsive, and fast, Update Manager, which can perform more checks, Driver Manager, which is now more robust, and Login Screen." Here are the release notes (Cinnamon, MATE), and the summaries of new features (Cinnamon, MATE).
That's like three Firefox releases.
But Firefox releases are easy. They just have to run a script that randomly deletes some core features, and they are done.
Just the other day, my roommates' dogs went ballistic when the store delivered my new desktop. They always do when someone knocks on the door but Teddy just wouldn't stop. I had to lock him out of my room while I set it up.
I had planned to install Mint side by side with Windows but I was worried about UEFI considering all the complaints I'd read. The first Nerd Squad guy said, "I don't know anything about Linux." But the other one said, "I do. Is it a Debian based distro like Ubuntu or Mint?" "Yes." "You'll be allright. Just press F12 and disable secure boot."
So I started going through the initial Windows software setup. -- "Do you want Windows 10 to have access to everything you do?" I click no. "Are you sure? It's for your own good. It will be really cool." I click no. Teddy started moaning again and scratching at the door. "Windows wants your new computer to be safe. Are you really, really sure?" I click hell no and it finished doing it's thing. I turned it off, plugged in the thumb drive, restarted it and pressed F12. It was just like the guy said. Easy.
I was, however, having trouble figuring out how to set up partitions for a side by side install. A lot of trouble. I'm no expert and I was being very cautious.The last time I tried this it went much easier. All the barking and howling wasn't helping my state of mind and neither were the online instructions and forums.
So Mint sez "Are you sure you want Windows 10? It kinda sucks anyway." I thought about it while I took Teddy for a walk. I couldn't think of a single Windows program I use that couldn't work with Wine so I reformatted the whole drive (2 terrabytes, yum yum) and installed 17.3. Finally the dogs settled down. Teddy jumped up on my lap and smiled.
Funny thing, I never noticed that he doesn't smell like a normal dog. For real. He actually smells kind of nice. Sort of minty fresh.
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