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• March 11, 2010
• 22:59

  Linux_Mint: Rest in peace, Husse. You will be deeply missed by all of us at Mint. http://bit.ly/90ejXK

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: Rest in peace, Husse. You will be deeply missed by all of us at Mint. [bit.ly]

• 19:34

  Un saluto a Husse

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  E’ mancato da pochi giorni Husse, amministratore e attivissimo utente del forum di Linuxmint.com.
  La comunità italiana si unisce al dolore della famiglia, dei parenti e degli amici per la dolorosa perdita.

• 11:55

  Husse

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  

  I don’t really know how to say this. Our friend and fellow team member Mats Geier passed away. Some of us have been working with him for 3 years now. Husse and I were in contact almost every day and I find it really hard to cope with his loss. I’m sure many people in the community will be deeply touched.

  Many of you knew him as “Husse”. He was everywhere, especially on the forums, making sure everyone was welcome and that every question was answered. I remember he used to keep an eye on the “unanswered threads” list and would even reply to some of my team announcements with “replied” just to make sure it wasn’t getting in the way of him supporting everybody that might need it. He was also taking care of the weekly newsletter and he was starting to triage bugs on Launchpad. Husse was also helping with the testing of the ISOs as much as he could and he was a very important member of our team. When the community grew, he filled the gap between the users and the developers and he was the one bringing important things to our attention, and keeping us close to you all. He was passionate, he was extremely friendly and he’ll be missed tremendously.

  With him gone we’ve lost our ears, our eyes and what made us close to our community. We’ve also lost a friend and that’s going to be really hard to get over. We’re going to need all of you to help each others more than before, to welcome each others and to make up for all the little things Husse used to accomplish on his own. There’s no question that Linux Mint wouldn’t be what it is today if it wasn’t for Husse and that without him our community just isn’t going to work as well. If there’s one thing we can do in his memory it is to keep up the quality he’s set and to continue to make it enjoyable for people to join and interact within our community.

  As for me, I don’t feel very well to say the least. We’ll wait until next week to make any announcements about Linux Mint. You can find things out by yourself in the mirrors and on the community website but I just can’t bring you positive news with a smile right now.

  Husse: If you hear us, we’re going to miss you a lot.

  My condolences to friends and family and to all who knew and cared for Mats. Let’s each take the time we need to think of him and to remember him.

• 5:16

  Linux_Mint: The Mint community going out of their way to assist each other: http://bit.ly/bJhfMU

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: The Mint community going out of their way to assist each other: [bit.ly]
• 0:02

  Linux_Mint: @diegosocart12 Why not go for it? You never know until you try.

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: @diegosocart12 Why not go for it? You never know until you try.
• March 10, 2010
• 23:56

  Linux_Mint: RT @osnews: Mozilla To Update the Mozilla Public License, Invites Input: All Mozilla projects (the major ones at least, I did... http:// ...

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: RT @osnews: Mozilla To Update the Mozilla Public License, Invites Input: All Mozilla projects (the major ones at least, I did... [http:] ...

• 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 344

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  Special Guest Christian Linhart - DemoRecorder - Linux screen recording, android apps and other good stuff.

• March 09, 2010
• 21:33

  Linux_Mint: RT @Kendall_Tristan: My Dropbox installer for #linuxmint is verified to work on KDE, Xfce, LXDE, and Fluxbox. I just need to test the Ma ...

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: RT @Kendall_Tristan: My Dropbox installer for #linuxmint is verified to work on KDE, Xfce, LXDE, and Fluxbox. I just need to test the Ma ...
• 19:27

  Linux_Mint: @gabrielevidali Was this on the LiveCD? If so, try the username "mint" and no password.

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: @gabrielevidali Was this on the LiveCD? If so, try the username "mint" and no password.
• 15:20

  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-LXDE-DEV-022.iso approved for an RC release.

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-LXDE-DEV-022.iso approved for an RC release.

• 0:04

  Avec Hadopi, toi aussi, joue au con

   » ‎ Linux Manua (fr)
  L'un des derniers décrets d'application de la loi HADOPI a été publié hier au Journal Officiel. On y apprend 2 choses intéressantes : 1) Hadopi ne s'intéressera qu'au réseau P2P. C'est évidemment un choix par défaut car les autres moyens de téléchargement (voir 10 antidotes anti-Hadopi) sont hors de sa portée pour encore un bon moment. 2) Le nom du fichier échangé et relevé par les ayants

• March 08, 2010
• 18:51

  Rilasciata LinuxMint 8 Xfce CE RC1

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  Meglio tardi che mai. E’ disponibile a scopo di test la Release Candidate 1 di Linux Mint 8 “Helena” in versione Xfce, curata dalla Community. L’installazione richiede almeno 256 MB di ram e 3 GB di spazio su disco, consigliati 512 MB e 10GB.

  QUI la iso, QUI il torrent. Queste le note sulle novità di questa versione (in inglese).

  Annuncio ufficiale.

• March 07, 2010
• 23:24

  Linux Mint 8 Xfce RC1 dostępny do pobrania

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  

  Dziś ukazała się wersja kandydująca Linux Mint 8 posiadająca jako domyślną powłokę graficzną Xfce. Jak można się domyślić całość bazuje na Xubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala i kernelu 2.6.31. Samo środowisko Xfce jest w wersji 4.6.1. Minimalne wymagania przedstawiają się następująco: procesor x86, 256 MB pamięci RAM, 3 GB wolnej powierzchni na dysku, karta graficzna obsługująca rozdzielczość 800x600, napęd CD-ROM lub port USB.

  Przed przystąpieniem do instalacji należy zwrócić uwagę na fakt iż mogą wystąpić problemy podczas użytkowania. Twórcy nie ponoszą odpowiedzialności za wynikłe w trakcie pracy błędy lub uszkodzenia. Nie zalecamy instalacji początkującym użytkownikom.

  Obraz ISO można pobrać z działu Pobieranie.

• 20:37

  Apple Attacks Android & Webcam Studio for Linux | The Linux Action Show! Season 11 Episode 3

   » ‎ LAS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  This week on, The Linux Action Show!

  The Linux Action Show, Season 11 Episode 3: Apple fires the first shot in their new war against Android, we go over what YOU NEED TO KNOW!

  Then – We load up the coolest new Desktop Linux app that turns your webcam into a production studio POWER HOUSE!

  Plus so much more!

  All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

  
  

• 12:33

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Xfce RC1 released!

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Xfce Community Edition RC1.

  

  Quick steps:

  • Download the ISO or the torrent.
  • While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 8 Xfce, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
  • After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
  • Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy testing Linux Mint 8 Xfce RC1.
  • Report bugs on the dedicated forum thread.

  Introduction to Linux Mint 8 Xfce:

  Based on Xubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, Linux 2.6.31, Xfce 4.6.1 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Xfce CE features a lot of improvements and the latest software from the Open Source World.

  Featured improvements in this release: OEM installation, possibility to ignore updates, configurable menu places, multiple selection in the Software Manager, new system tray File Uploader with support for drag and drop and mutiple files uploads.

  For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 8 Xfce, please read “What’s new in Helena Xfce?“.

  System requirements:

  • x86 processor
  • 256 MB of system memory (RAM)
  • 3 GB of disk space for installation
  • GA graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD-ROM drive or USB port

  Important information and known issues:

  As an RC (Release Candidate) this release is targeted at developers and beta-testers who want to help Linux Mint find and correct bugs before the stable release. Please do not use this release as your main desktop. For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

  Feedback and bug reports:

  Please report any bug you may find via the Linux Mint 8 Xfce RC1 Bug Thread and give us your feedback on this release by posting a comment right here on the blog.

  Download Linux Mint 8 Xfce RC1:

  You can download Linux Mint 8 Xfce RC1 via torrent or via [HTTP:]

  Size: 695MB LiveCD
  MD5Sum:  15a37a56b27c1c840ba50c2bc5fe77a3

  Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-Xfce-RC1.iso.torrent
  HTTP download: [www.linuxmint.com]

  Africa:

  • [ftp:] (South Africa)

  Asia:

  • [ftp.jaist.ac.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.riken.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.oss.tw] (Taiwan)

  Europe:

  • [gd.tuwien.ac.at] (Austria)
  • [ftp.mgts.by] (Belarus)
  • [mint.nano-box.net] (Bulgaria)
  • [mirrors.cytanet.com.cy] (Cyprus)
  • [ftp:] (France)
  • [linuxmint.copahost.com] (Germany)
  • [linuxmint.cybermirror.org] (Germany)
  • [ftp5.gwdg.de] (Germany)
  • [mirror.netcologne.de] (Germany)
  • [ftp.cc.uoc.gr] (Greece)
  • [ftp.heanet.ie] (Ireland)
  • [ftp.akl.lt] (Lithuania)
  • [ftp:] (Poland)
  • [cesium.di.uminho.pt] (Portugal)
  • [ftp.df.lth.se] (Sweden)
  • [mirror.switch.ch] (Switzerland)
  • [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net] (UK)

  Northern America:

  • [mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca] (Canada)
  • [mirror.amarillolinux.com] (USA)
  • [mint.ez.by] (USA)
  • [linuxmint.secsup.org] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [mira.sunsite.utk.edu] (USA)
  • [mirror.yellowfiber.net] (USA)

  Oceania:

  • [mirror.optus.net] (Australia)
  • [mirror.aarnet.edu.au] (Australia)
  • [mirror.waia.asn.au] (Australia)

  Enjoy!

  Have a lot of fun testing this release candidate and let’s all hope it will help us make a great stable release.

• March 06, 2010
• 15:35

  Warning for Nvidia users on Lucid

   » ‎ Alberto Milone

  Quoting my email to different Ubuntu mailing lists:

  According to Nvidia, drivers 195.36.08 (i.e. the current driver in the
  archive) and 195.36.03 might be affected by the same GPU fan speed
  issues which affect the Windows driver:
  [www.nvnews.net]

  I have been using these drivers for while now without experiencing
  that problem but, if you want to be on the safe side, I suggest that
  you temporarily switch to the open driver until we’re sure that the
  problem is fixed. In order to do so you can follow either point 1 (the
  easy way) or point 2:

  1) Disable the driver with Jockey (the restricted drivers manager) and
  restart your computer.

  OR

  2) Open the terminal and type the following commands:
  sudo update-alternatives --config gl_conf (and select the alternative
provided by mesa)
sudo ldconfig
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_old

  and restart your computer.

  Sorry for the inconvenience, I’ll keep you posted on the issue.

• March 05, 2010
• 14:17

  The Mint Newsletter – issue 101

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  * News about Mint

  Some news in the blog – a LXDE edition is on its way as well as the Helena XFCE edition Development started on Mint 9, a new menu and a completely new software manager are to be introduced

  A new Software module in the Community website is based on the new software manager

  Monthly Stats – February 2010 The overall income is up again, by 3% in February

  mintCast, the Mint podcast, is  found here

  * News about Linux

  3D support on nouveau

  Plasma Javascript Jam Session Contest

  If you have Adobe Reader 9.3 and earlier Adobe advices you to upgrade for security reasons

  A Fresh Look for Ubuntu

  Ubuntu single sign on service launched – you have noticed it already if you log in to Launchpad

  Ubuntu One Music Store

  Zemlin’s blog – Microsoft/Amazon Deal: Nothing to See Here

  The latest news about the kernel is always found here

  * News about Open Source

  Open letter to Google: free VP8, and use it on YouTube

  Microsoft open-sources clever U-Prove identity framework

  * News about IT

  US government rescinds ‘leave internet alone’ policy – this could be serious

  Echelon computers can’t cope with bad lines

  According to Mcafee in the last quarter of 2009 135.5 billion spam mail were sent every day

  Microsoft’s ‘Operation b49′ chokes Waledac botnet

  Mariposa botnet busted by Spanish police

  Google donates $2 million to Wikimedia

  Google gets US approval to buy and sell energy

  EU Commission Investigates – How Anti-Competitive Is Google?

  Google wins patent for location-based advertising

  Europe’s new front in the browser battle

  ‘Kneber’ Botnet Attacks PCs Worldwide

  Comcast.net hacker who redirected Web traffic pleads guilty

  *Hardware news

  * Other news

  New flaws in chip and pin system revealed – the researchers blog post – not quite easy to use as you must have some gadget between the card and the card reader
  

  * Comic of the week

  
  

  Credit goes to xkcd

  * More about Linux Mint

  How to donate

  Home page

  Blog The planet Wiki Forum Twitter Mintcast community.linuxmint.com

  * Editors comment

  As always – if you find something I’ve missed in the newsletter please tell me – you can post a comment.

  Enjoy life

  Husse

• 13:58

  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-Xfce-DEV-009.iso approved for an RC release.

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-Xfce-DEV-009.iso approved for an RC release.

• March 03, 2010
• 22:34

  New Software module in the Community website

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  The “software” module was added to the Community Website.

  The old “Software Portal” available for Mint 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 users contained approximately 400 applications. It was integrated with the main website and it was using the .mint format with mintInstall.

  The new module contains every single package available in the repositories. So for instance, right now, it shows 30,592 packages. It’s integrated with the community website and it uses apturl which will come pre-installed in Linux Mint 9. It will also allow the new upcoming version of mintInstall to review packages straight from the application.

  Reviews

  Reviews now relate to packages, not to releases, so if you review a package now, your review will continue to be available after Mint 9, 10 and so on get released. You can see how long each review was written so obsolete data isn’t an issue. At any time you can update your review of a package and reset its timestamp. As a consequence we’re hoping to get a lot more reviews from the community in this module than we previously had in the Software Portal.

  A review is basically a score and a comment. The comment is a one-liner. The score ranges from 1 to 5 depending on how much you like the application you’re reviewing.. 1 is for packages you hate, 2 for packages you don’t like, 3 for packages you think are so-so, 4 for packages you like, 5 for packages you think are “awesome” (or “brilliant” depending on where you live)

  The overall score of a package is the sum of all the (individual score – 3). The rationale behind this, is that a 3 is neutral, and so you can impact the overall score of each application by -2, -1, 0, +1 or +2 depending on how much you like it. The more people like a package the higher the score… and vice-versa.

  Screenshots (updated)
  

  You can upload screenshots by clicking on the “no screenshot available” picture. Once your screenshot is uploaded, it will be under review by the admins. If approved it will then appear in the module.

  Feedback

  Happy reviewing, and don’t hesitate to give us some feedback.

  Note: The categories are a bit mixed up. This is an issue we’re aware of. We’ll fix this in the coming days.

• 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 343

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  Special Guest Tarus Balog from OpenNMS - Open Source Network Managment, running a business based on OpenSource, Marketing, Apple vs HTC, Internet Drivers License, Other goodness.

• March 02, 2010
• 20:35

  Zmiany, zmiany, zmiany...

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  W dniu dzisiejszym portal przeszedł "małą" metamorfozę. Jak już zapewne zauważyliście zmieniona została szata graficzna. Obecna jest prosta i elegancka a co za tym idzie bardziej czytelna niż poprzednia. Wygląd całej strony ulegnie jeszcze niewielkim modyfikacjom. Galeria z nowymi obrazami zostanie przywrócona jutro wieczorem.

  To jednak nie koniec nowości! Szczegóły wkrótce!

  Zapraszamy do odwiedzania portalu społeczności Linux Mint w Polsce!
  Załoga LinuxMint.pl

• 20:35

  Zmiany, zmiany, zmiany...

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  W dniu dzisiejszym portal przeszedł "małą" metamorfozę. Jak już zapewne zauważyliście zmieniona została szata graficzna. Obecna jest prosta i elegancka a co za tym idzie bardziej czytelna niż poprzednia. Wygląd całej strony ulegnie jeszcze niewielkim modyfikacjom.
  Galeria będzie dostępna jutro wieczorem.

  To jednak nie koniec nowości! Szczegóły wkrótce!

  Zapraszamy do odwiedzania portalu społeczności Linux Mint w Polsce!

   

  Aktualizacja 3.03.2010:

  Galeria jest już dostępna. Ponadto od dzisiaj co jakiś czas artykuły ze strony głównej przenoszone będą do archiwum gdzie możliwa jest ich filtracja według daty ukazania się.
  
  Załoga LinuxMint.pl

• 10:54

  Monthly Stats – February 2010

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  Donations & Sponsorships:

  Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:

  Donors:

  • $200, Terry Mansfield aka “tmansfield” (USA)
  • $140, Hans G. (Germany)
  • $71, Alfred A. (Germany)
  • $60, Kitchener-Waterloo LUG (Canada) – [www.kwlug.org]
  • $57, Philip D. aka “phd7″ (Ireland)
  • $50 (3rd donation), Mike G. aka “subslug” (USA)
  • $50 (2nd donation), Jonathan B H. (USA)
  • $50, Digital Linx Hosting (Canada) – [vpsnoc.com]
  • $50, Richard H. (USA)
  • $50, Louis P. aka “BikeLouP” (USA)
  • $50, Stephen B. (USA)
  • $50, James J. (USA)
  • $50, Nathan B. (USA)
  • $40, Pete Molina aka “pmolina” (USA)
  • $40, Rod McLaren aka “Ambertone” (Australia) – [www.ambertone.com.au]
  • $35, Andrew M. (Australia)
  • $35, Andreas S. (Germany)
  • $35, Marcus Norrgard (Finland) – [www.hanken.fi]
  • $30, James P. (United Kingdom)
  • $30, Bill R. (USA)
  • $28 (3rd donation), Marco R. (Italy)
  • $28, Mark R. (United Kingdom)
  • $28, Frank Schmidt (Germany)
  • $28, Lee B. (United Kingdom)
  • $28, Philippe Camus (France)
  • $28, Manuel F. (Portugal)
  • $28, Sven B. (Sweden)
  • $25, Aleksander S. (Norway)
  • $25, Peter B. (Australia)
  • $25, Brad Little aka “thelynx” (United Arab Emirates)
  • $25, Norman H. (USA)
  • $25, Tony R. aka “tonyric” (USA) – [www.ournuthut.net]
  • $25, Jens K. (Germany)
  • $25, Happy Nerds Workshop (USA)
  • $25, Glenn W. (Canada)
  • $25, Steve T. (Canada)
  • $21 (2nd donation), Antonio Gemelli aka “Antowen” (Italy)
  • $21, Francisco C. C. (Spain)
  • $21, Jose Luis S. M. (Sweden)
  • $21, Michael Krusch aka “MAD” (Germany)
  • $21, Hugh Crooke (United Kingdom)
  • $20, Edward H. (USA)
  • $20, Ludovic G. aka “Lewdsquirrel” (Canada)
  • $20, Sergio T. (USA)
  • $20, Jene W. (USA)
  • $20, David T. (USA)
  • $20, Bernardo Dias (Brazil)
  • $20, Peter C. (United Kingdom)
  • $20, Anthony S. (USA)
  • $20, Danielle S. (USA)
  • $20, David Tomlin (USA)
  • $20, Terry D. (Australia)
  • $20, Richard L. (United Kingdom)
  • $20, Anthony D. (United Kingdom)
  • $20, Mark E. aka “engram” (USA)
  • $20, Barry W. (USA)
  • $20, Samuel L. (USA)
  • $20, Anthony B. (USA)
  • $20, Beom K. (Australia)
  • $15, Darren K. (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Jacques St-O. (Canada)
  • $15, Darryl S. (USA)
  • $15, Slavoljub M. (Norway)
  • $15, Tobias S. (Germany)
  • $14, David Holstein (United Kingdom) – [www.davyhulme.net]
  • $14, Kevin Dermott (United Kingdom)
  • $14, Thomas S. (Austria)
  • $14, Michel A. (France)
  • $14, Antonis M. (Greece)
  • $14, Uwe M. (Germany)
  • $14, Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
  • $14, Frank Dominik L. (Germany)
  • $10, D.Snyder aka “capt” (USA)
  • $10, Michael N. (USA)
  • $10, Salim Farah aka “Verix” (USA)
  • $10, Trey H. aka “Ubuntaur” (USA)
  • $10, Barron R. (USA)
  • $10, Alexander G. (USA)
  • $10, Paul V. (Canada)
  • $10, Apollo V. Melo aka “teflashfire” (USA) – [militarylinuxusers.blogspot.com]
  • $10, David E. (USA)
  • $10, Marcus Hui (USA) – [marcushui.blog.co.uk]
  • $10, Shofi A. (United Kingdom)
  • $10, George R. aka “Az4×4″ (USA)
  • $10, Fyodor K. (Denmark)
  • $10, Desmond W. (USA)
  • $7, Rienk D. (Netherlands)
  • $7, Roberto T. (Italy)
  • $7, Alessio C. (Italy)
  • $7, Paulo Bartolomeu aka “bartmanpt” (Portugal) – [pt.linkedin.com]
  • $7, Michael Klitschka (Germany)
  • $5, Thomas B. (USA)
  • $5, Donald McL. (USA)
  • $5, Eric W T. (USA)
  • $5, Dennis B. (Australia)
  • $5, Savant B.D. (USA) – [www.allyourprices.com]
  • $5, Matt G. (USA)
  • $5, Muhammad B. (Indonesia)
  • $4, Jackie R. (USA)
  • $3, Leo Ryan (Philippines) – [websitesvalue.net]
  • $3, Salvatore D. (Italy)
  • $2, Robert M. (Austria)
  • $2, Dominique Lemieux (Canada)
  • $1, Sylvestre Burgos aka “sylvestre” (France) – [burgos.sourceforge.net]
  • $1, Stefan B. (Germany)
  • $1, Rafal Kudlinski (Poland)
  • $1, Rovshan P. (Azerbaijan)
  • $1, Timothy G. (USA)
  • $1, Michael Falk (Germany) – [wi.uni-giessen.de]

  Sponsors:

  • $231, R1Soft (USA) – [www.r1soft.com]
  • $88, Emilio A S.
  • $75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek” (USA)
  • $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) – [www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com]
  • $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – [www.americanbroadbandservice.com]
  • $22, TOPIMMOBILIEN aka “Tim” – [www.immobilien-es.com]
  • $20, Scott P. (USA)
  • $20, Az Van aka “newW2″ (USA)
  • $16, Dimitris C. (Greece)
  • $15, Luis Cintron (USA)
  • $12, Tim W. (USA)
  • $11, cheap vps hosting – [www.neosurge.com]
  • $11, Gustav Holm aka “Gustav” (Sweden) – [gustavholm.com]
  • $10, worldsrealestate.net – [www.worldsrealestate.net]
  • $10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) aka “Tim” – [www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de]
  • $10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) – [stitzcomputers.com]
  • $10, Barry’s Tickets (USA) – [www.barrystickets.com]
  • $10, Anthony Gallon (New Zealand)
  • $10, Brandon P.
  • $10, advermedia.info – [www.advermedia.info]
  • $10, Angel M. D.
  • $10, Jack H. – [www.dlxcompany.com]
  • $8, Attila Vecsei (Finland) – [www.vecsei.net]
  • $7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя” (USA)
  • $7, Unixmen – [www.unixmen.com]
  • $6, Kenneth E.
  • $5, Stuart C.
  • $5, David Simmons (USA)
  • $5, Linuxmint-FR.org (France) – [www.linuxmint-fr.org]
  • $5, Sohier C.
  • $5, Christopher D.
  • $5, Contact lenses (Ireland) – [www.eye-care-4u.com]
  • $5, J.A. Sin aka “Futari” (Spain)
  • $4, Chile travel (Chile) – [www.letsgochile.com]
  • $4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx ” (USA)
  • $2, Douglas T.
  • $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – [www.nvisn.com]
  • $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
  • $2, Ryan Lewon aka “vt102″ – [vt102.com]
  • $1, Erin G.
  • $1, Pokerschule – [pokerschulen.com]
  • $1, Недвижимость на Кипре (Cyprus) – [www.cyprusresaleproperties.ru]
  • $1, LinBoo.com – [linboo.com]
  • $1, Dan Jackson aka “DanJ” (United Kingdom)
  • $1, very-clever.com – [www.very-clever.com]
  • $1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) – [www.mycyprusweather.com]
  • $1, Kevin H.
  • $1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)
  • $1, Prasad.S.R (India) – [saysprasad.wordpress.com]
  • $1, Surf in Peace (United Kingdom) – [www.surfinpeace.co.uk]
  • $1, Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) – [jasiulewicz.pl]
  • $1, Alex Smith (United Kingdom) – [alexsmith.im]
  • $1, Daryl J.
  • $1, Frank S.
  • $1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)

  Money raised in February:

  * Donations: $2518 (110 donors)
  * Sponsors: $777 (56 sponsors)
  

  http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
  http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

  User Stats:
  

  Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

  • Linux Mint 8 Helena: 58% (+6%)
    
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 30% (-7%)
    
  • Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 6% (-0%)
    
  • Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 3% (-0%)
    
  • Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-0%)
    

  Web Stats:
  

  • Visits: 2,439,390 (+2%)
  • Unique views: 3,317,827 (+3%)
    
  • Pageviews: 4,330,486 (+3%)
  • Page impressions: 1,805,045
  • Search queries: 5,470,848
  • Forum users: 28,078
  • Forum posts: 237,158
    

  Rankings:
  

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1595 (3rd)
  • Distrowatch (traffic share): 4.6% (2nd)
    
  • Alexa (website ranking): 18,142

  Events:

  • Linux Mint 8 KDE was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1265
  • Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1271
  • Linux Mint 8 KDE64 was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1275
  • mintCast released 2 episodes of their podcast: [mintcast.org]

  Summary:

  • The overall income is up again, by 3% in February. This is particularly good considering there were only 28 days that month as opposed to 31 the month before.
  • Donations decreased. From $4,000 in December they’re down to $2,500 in February.
  • February was a very busy month for the team. 3 stable releases were out.
  • Although the most important Distrowatch indicator is down (traffic share: 4.6%), the distribution started to get more coverage in the press and in the media.
  • Development started on Linux Mint 9.
  • March should see the releases of the Xfce and LXDE editions.

• March 01, 2010
• 9:10

  Linux Mint 8 Review & Linux's Eventual Unification | The Linux Action Show! Season 11 Episode 2

   » ‎ LAS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  This week on, The Linux Action Show!

  We dissect the Microsoft and Amazon deal, give you the full story on the new Linux Terminal Server Project release!

  THEN – We use MATH to get you the important trends in the Linux desktop.

  PLUS – We Review Linux Mint 8!

  All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

  
  

• 5:00

  Episode 32: Scale8x

   » ‎ mintCast

  Enclosure: [download]

  Talks I attended
  Open Source Social Networking Tools in Education
  UbuCon Lightning Talks
  Using Linux to deploy Windows
  Linux VM technology compared – OpenVZ, KVM, Xen, VServer
  Learning Python for non-programmers
  The latest in Moblin – now known as MeeGo
  Network troubleshooting with Kyle Rankin
  Open Source automated deployment
  BoF: cloud computing – Amazon EC2, Gogrid, Serverrack.net

  Booths I found interesting
  LinHES
  XBMC
  WebOS-internals
  Plug Computers
  Komputers 4 R Kids
  Facebook
  Ubuntu Kernel team
  KDE
  Synergy
  HP

  Website of the week:
  [mythtvcast.com]

  User Feedback:
  How to download all the old episodes?
  [tr.im]

  How to stop firefox from streaming mp3’s
  Right click -> “Save link as”

  How to drag/resize a window without going to the edge of the screen
  Alt+left click = drag
  alt+right click = window menu
  alt+middle click (button3) = resize window
  you can change this under the compiz settings manager (general and resize window plugins)

• February 28, 2010
• 17:10

  Latest news

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  Kendall Weaver worked on an LXDE edition of Linux Mint and his latest ISO was approved for a release by Exploder. It’s currently waiting my approval and the team and I are discussing what our strategy should be in regards to “Community Editions”. These editions are tested and released in the exact same way as the main edition and they meet the same quality requirements. According to reviews and the general feedback we’re getting about them they’re quite popular. The label “community” undermines them though, not that “community” is pejorative or anything, but it makes them look “non-official”. The only significant difference between the main edition and the community editions is simply the fact that their maintainers are benevolent volunteers who work on them in their spare time. As a consequence they’re often released late in the release cycle and sometimes they may not be released at all (The Fluxbox edition for instance missed the Linux Mint 7 cycle). There are different things we can do about this, we can introduce money within the team, we can prioritize some editions and define our strategy in terms of how late an edition can and should be… and I’m sure we’ll come with improvements, but the important thing at this stage is that we’re aware of the problem and we’re trying to strip these editions from their “community” label. So a big reflexion about this is ongoing and if we decide to go ahead with an LXDE edition, it should come out pretty quickly.

  Merlwiz79 submitted a version of Linux Mint 8 Xfce to the team and it just got approved for a release by Exploder. You can expect this edition to be released this week.

  Development started on Linux Mint 9. The menu will allow you to edit the shortcuts directly, to add them to the panel and to add them to the desktop. An option was also added to make the menu always start with the favorites. The update manager is getting new icons (the locks are replaced with white shields), it doesn’t consider it an error when it’s unable to know the availability of updates (the broken lock appearing when another APT application was open, or when connection to the Internet was lost, was irritating a lot of people) and it generally feels less intrusive. The software manager is being completely rewritten. It’s taking the best features of mintinstall, Ubuntu Software Center and Gnome App Installer. The graphical interface looks much slicker, using webkit to render HTML parts, a single-click navigation and a navigation bar. It also uses an APT daemon to queue up installation and removal of applications in real time. Your actions can be monitored as you go along, canceled, and you can close and open the software manager at any stage without any incidence on the queue. We’re abandoning .mint files to go back to raw  .deb support and as a consequence the software manager won’t deal with 300+ applications, but about 30,000.

• February 27, 2010
• 23:14

  Nuit de Folie ...

   » ‎ Linux Manua (fr)
  Avertissement : Le visionnage de ce document est fortement déconseillé aux personnes déjà en état second (alcool, cannabis, ...). Et comme dirait un internaute anonyme dont je partage avec vous le commentaire : "J'aime bien le physique de la chanteuse. Il va bien avec la chanson. Dommage qu'elle ne se gratte pas les couilles à la fin." --------------------------------------------------

• 20:33

  Intervista a Clem da DistroWatch Weekly

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  E’ uscita recentemente un’intervista a Clem riguardo a LinuxMint 8 in DistroWatch Weekly; questa intervista è stata tradotta in italiano da Speedyx nel suo blog. Buona lettura!

• February 25, 2010
• 15:01

  Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox

   » ‎ YouTube

  	Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox Icons Maggog Black Fenster Shiki-Wise gkrell	From: Ubuntianer Views: 346 7 ratings
  Time: 01:25	More in Howto & Style

• February 24, 2010
• 23:58

  "Rien ne justifie qu'on cherche à préserver la liberté de l'internaute"

   » ‎ Linux Manua (fr)
  Dans la série"Ecoutez les parler, cela se passe en France", voici les preuves irréfutables que le Web abrite des armes de destruction massive :  La photo satellite : La vidéo : A noter, vers la fin, la petite phrase qui tue : "Rien ne justifie qu'on cherche à préserver la liberté de l'internaute". Les "preuves" ayant donc été apportées, l'invasion du Net avec les lois Hadopi et Loppsi2

• 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 342

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  Special Guests Leslie Hawthorn and Carol Smith - Google Summer of Code, Android extravaganza

• February 22, 2010
• 3:06

  The Linux Action Show! Season 11 Episode 1: Intel & Nokia Kill Maemo

   » ‎ LAS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  This week on, The LINUX Action SHOW!

  Intel and Nokia announce Meego,and we step into the ring and go a few rounds in our earth shattering debate, DID INTEL JUST KILL MAEMO? Then we discuss Symbian going open source, and report on the Nouveau open source Nvidia Driver’s performance.

  THEN – We update you on the new format of The Linux Action Show and our plans for future episodes!

  All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

  
  

• February 20, 2010
• 15:09

  Travail Famille Sarkozy ... le retour de la chanson censurée de Mano Solo

   » ‎ Linux Manua (fr)
  Cette chanson de Mano Solo a été récemment censurée par Warner. Ne la cherchez donc plus sur Deezer ou Jiwa car elle a disparu de toutes les plateformes musicales. La revoilà donc ailleurs : Avec ces petites censures, qualifiées pudiquement "d'erreurs techniques", et les nouvelles lois liberticides,  notamment Hadopi et Loppsi, bientôt il ne restera plus que cela sur Internet : Super

• 7:09

  Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox CE Review Screencast

   » ‎ YouTube

  	Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox CE Review Screencast Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox Community Edition Review Screencast Tutorial running inside virtualbox in Ubuntu Linux Watch uncut full 22 minutes version: blip.tv Original video production by the www.OSGUI.com Tech Show.	From: OSGUIShow Views: 2032 34 ratings
  Time: 09:57	More in Science & Technology

• February 19, 2010
• 14:01

  Ubuntu's New Yahoo Search Engine - Is It Up To The Task?

   » ‎ Shane Joe Lazar

  Anybody who is interested should know by now that Ubuntu is switching from Google to Yahoo as its default search engine. Of course this change can be reverted very easily for those who prefer Google. However, it is the n00bs that will be most affected by the change as they will most probably just continue using the default search engine in blissful ignorance.

  
  
  

  From my experience in forums, the biggest problem I see with new users is that they do not know how/what to search for when faced with a problem. And this is where the search engine used becomes vital to quickly finding a possible answer. What is the point in scolding new users for not searching before asking if the default search engine does not bring the most relevant information to them. More so when the user searches for vague or inaccurate terms.

  
  
  

  So, I decided to put the two search engines to the test. I did a few searches on both engines using terms that I think new users would use and for problems new users would likely face. The 10 links below will run the same search in both engines. You be the judge of how good the results are and how fast they were provided. Here we go!

  
  
  

  
  
  • google widgets in ubuntu
    
  
  
  • desktop cube with ATI graphics
    
  
  
  • cant boot ubuntu after installing windows
    
  
  
  • watch apple trailers in ubuntu
    
  
  
  • how to install programs in ubuntu
    
  
  
  • install codecs in ubuntu
    
  
  
  • ubuntu connect to internet with broadband modem
    
  
  
  • ubuntu install canon printer
    
  
  
  • ubuntu copy photos from camera
    
  
  
  • ubuntu share internet with another computer
    
  
  

  
  
  

  What is your conclusion? Which engine provided the better results? Does the search engine really make a difference? What other searches would a new user run? Leave a comment below!

  

• February 17, 2010
• 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 341

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  Special Guest Jonathan Nadeu from Frostbite system; building linux systems commercially, linux for the visually impaired, android, developement, support, cheeseburger doritos.

• February 14, 2010
• 23:06

  Pronta Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox community edition!

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  La versione stabile di Mint 8 con il DE Fluxbox è disponibile. Ottimo per pc più datati, sono richiesti un processore x86, 256 MB di ram e 3 GB di spazio libero su disco.

  Si può scaricare direttamente la ISO e il Torrent. Qui si può leggere l’annuncio originale, e qui le ultime novità di questa versione (entrambi in inglese).

  Nessuna indicazione è stata per ora resa nota per chi ha installato la versione RC1; tuttavia viene esplicitamente raccomandato di non effettuare l’aggiornamento dalla versione 6 (“Felicia”) ma di procedere con un’installazione da zero.

• 22:55

  …disponibile anche Mint 8 Kde x64

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  Dopo la versione 32bit, è ora disponibile anche la versione x64: qui la iso da masterizzare su un dvd, oppure qui il link per il torrent.

  Annuncio originale.

• 19:50

  The Computer Action Show! Season 2 Episode 4

   » ‎ LAS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  This week on The Computer Action Show!

  News Update: Google Buzz, 1gbps Internet Services, Sun CEO resigns via Haiku, and more!

  All this week on, THE COMPUTER ACTION SHOW!

  
  

• 19:10

  Episode 31: User Interview with Klaatu

   » ‎ mintCast

  Enclosure: [download]

  In this episode

  So Cal Linux Expo February 19-21

  Texas Linux Fest April 10 in Austin, TX

  Frostbite Systems: PCs with Linux, including blind-optimized computers.

  System76: laptops, desktops and servers with Ubuntu pre-installed

  Trenton Computer Festival April 24-25: Richard Stallman will be keynote speaker

  User Interview with Klaatu

  Leader of the recent Great Linux Multimedia Sprint
  [www.slackermedia.info]

  Web sites Klaatu is involved with:

  [www.thebadapples.info]

  [www.hackerpublicradio.org]

  [www.linuxcranks.info]

  [www.slackermedia.info]

  [www.slackbuilds.org]

  [www.unixporn.com] – it’s not porn, it’s unix

  Web site of the week

  Windows7Sins

  More info

  Hosts: Charles, Rothgar, SiKing, Art Vanderhoff
  Shared Google Reader: Charles, Rothgar
  Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG]
  Contact podcast:
  Email: mintCast@mintcast.org
  Phone: 1-832-514-2278
  Twitter: @mintCast @Rothgar @Linux_Mint
  More info: Linux Mint website, blog, forums

• February 12, 2010
• 21:44

  Bash Massive Rename Snippet

   » ‎ Handleidingen
  And here is another solution to one of my problems. Ever since I use awesome and awsetbg to switch wallpapers every 5 minutes, feh sometimes bugs up a popup. Well, that is now solved since there were some problems with filename characters. A massive rename solves it. And with Massive I mean over 1500 wallpapers ;).

• 17:33

  Quick updates on Lucid

   » ‎ Alberto Milone

  This is just a brief announcement, I hope to have the time to say more when I’m back to Italy (currently I’m in the US).

  • EnvyNG and Envy are no more. I had no time to maintain them and I really prefer to work on Jockey (I had already contributed code to it in the past) as it’s our general purpose driver manager.
  • The Nvidia installer from Nvidia’s website won’t work anymore because of the new alternatives system that I have implemented in Lucid. I’ll work on this so that it’s fixed before the final release.
  • Thanks to the new alternatives system you will be able to have all of the nvidia drivers and the fglrx driver (when the latter will be compatible with Lucid, that is) installed at the same time but use only one at the time. Switching between drivers will only be a matter of launching Jockey and selecting the driver you need. Ideally (in the future, not in Lucid) you won’t even have to do this and Ubuntu will switch to the right the driver on boot.

  I hope to be able to blog more about my work soon.

• 17:08

  Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox wydany!

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Dzisiaj po 2 tygodniach testów został wydany Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox w wersji stabilnej.

  O wydaniu

  Ta wersja została zbudowana z naciskiem na lekkie, a jednocześnie w pełni funkcjonalne środowisko wraz z menedżerem okien Fluxbox. Linux Mint Fluxbox CE jest łatwy w konfiguracji, poradzą z nim sobie nawet początkujący użytkownicy. Działa bez problemu na słabszym sprzęcie.

   

   

  

  Kliknij, aby powiekszyć

  Szczegółowy opis nowych funkcji i ulepszeń zawartych w Linux Mint Fluxbox 8 [EN]: [www.linuxmint.com]

  Wymagania systemowe:

  • procesor x86
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 3 GB wolnego miejsca na dysku
  • karta graficzna obsługująca rozdzielczość 800 x 600
  • USB lub napęd CD-ROM
    

  Aby pobrać Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox kliknij tutaj.

• 17:08

  Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox wydany!

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Dzisiaj po 2 tygodniach testów został wydany Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox w wersji stabilnej.

  O wydaniu

  Ta wersja została zbudowana z naciskiem na lekkie, a jednocześnie w pełni funkcjonalne środowisko wraz z menedżerem okien Fluxbox. Linux Mint Fluxbox CE jest łatwy w konfiguracji, poradzą z nim sobie nawet początkujący użytkownicy. Działa bez problemu na słabszym sprzęcie.

   

   

  

  Kliknij, aby powiekszyć

  Szczegółowy opis nowych funkcji i ulepszeń zawartych w Linux Mint Fluxbox 8 [EN]: [www.linuxmint.com]

  Wymagania systemowe:

  • procesor x86
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 3 GB wolnego miejsca na dysku
  • karta graficzna obsługująca rozdzielczość 800 x 600
  • USB lub napęd CD-ROM
    

  Aby pobrać Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox kliknij tutaj.

• 10:29

  Linux Mint 8 KDE64 released!

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE64 Community Edition.

  

  Quick steps:

  • Download the ISO or the torrent.
  • While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 8 KDE CE, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
  • After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
  • Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy Linux Mint 8 KDE in 64 bit.

  Introduction to Linux Mint 8 KDE64:

  This KDE64 edition of Linux Mint 8 is identical to the KDE Edition but compiled for 64 bit processors (Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, AMD Athlon X2 64 and all x86-64 compliant processors). It comes with all the improvements featured in Linux Mint 8 Helena KDE Edition.

  For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 8 KDE, please read “What’s new in Helena KDE?“.

  System requirements:

  An X86_64 64 bit processor (Intel Core 2, AMD X2 64, etc…) .

  A minimum of 4GB of free space and 256MB RAM are needed. For a comfortable experience we recommended to have at least 512MB RAM and 10GB of free space.

  Important information and known issues:

  For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

  Download Linux Mint 8 KDE64:

  You can download Linux Mint 8 KDE64 via torrent or via [HTTP:]

  Size: 1.2GB LiveDVD
  MD5Sum:  98f5c5fa0fa358053a4debfabca115af

  Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-KDE64.iso.torrent
  HTTP download: [www.linuxmint.com]

  Asia:

  • [ftp.jaist.ac.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.riken.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.oss.tw] (Taiwan)

  Europe:

  • [mint.nano-box.net] (Bulgaria)
  • [mirrors.cytanet.com.cy] (Cyprus)
  • [ftp:] (France)
  • [linuxmint.copahost.com] (Germany)
  • [linuxmint.cybermirror.org] (Germany)
  • [ftp5.gwdg.de] (Germany)
  • [mirror.netcologne.de] (Germany)
  • [ftp.cc.uoc.gr] (Greece)
  • [ftp.heanet.ie] (Ireland)
  • [ftp.akl.lt] (Lithuania)
  • [ftp:] (Poland)
  • [cesium.di.uminho.pt] (Portugal)
  • [ftp.df.lth.se] (Sweden)
  • [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net] (UK)

  Northern America:

  • [mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca] (Canada)
  • [mirror.amarillolinux.com] (USA)
  • [mint.ez.by] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [linuxmint.secsup.org] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [mirror.yellowfiber.net] (USA)

  Rest of the World:

  • [mirror.optus.net] (Australia)
  • [mirror.aarnet.edu.au] (Australia)
  • [mirror.waia.asn.au] (Australia)

  Enjoy!

  Have a lot of fun with this edition and let us know what you think. Reviews will be answered and your feedback will be used to improve the distribution before the next release. We hope you enjoy this release as much as we enjoyed making it and we wish you a very nice experience with Linux Mint.

• 10:29

  Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox released!

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox Community Edition.

  

  Quick steps:

  • Download the ISO or the torrent.
  • While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox CE, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
  • After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
  • Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox.

  Introduction to Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox:

  This release has been built with the emphasis on a lightweight and yet fully functional desktop centered on the Fluxbox window manager. Even though we strive to provide out-of-the-box readiness for all your hardware and common computing tasks, Linux Mint Fluxbox CE is easily configurable to run on lower-spec hardware with the tools needed for doing so readily available.

  For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox, please read “What’s new in Helena Fluxbox?“.

  System requirements:

  • x86 processor
  • 256 MB of system memory (RAM)
  • 3 GB of disk space for installation
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD-ROM drive or USB port

  Important information and known issues:

  For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

  Download Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox:

  You can download Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox via torrent or via [HTTP:]

  Size: 656MB LiveCD
  MD5Sum:  1b2f311199d2d0d7f5fc431d0252e824

  Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-Fluxbox.iso.torrent
  HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=48

  Asia:

  • [ftp.jaist.ac.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.riken.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.oss.tw] (Taiwan)

  Europe:

  • [mint.nano-box.net] (Bulgaria)
  • [mirrors.cytanet.com.cy] (Cyprus)
  • [ftp:] (France)
  • [linuxmint.copahost.com] (Germany)
  • [linuxmint.cybermirror.org] (Germany)
  • [ftp5.gwdg.de] (Germany)
  • [mirror.netcologne.de] (Germany)
  • [ftp.cc.uoc.gr] (Greece)
  • [ftp.heanet.ie] (Ireland)
  • [ftp.akl.lt] (Lithuania)
  • [ftp:] (Poland)
  • [cesium.di.uminho.pt] (Portugal)
  • [ftp.df.lth.se] (Sweden)
  • [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net] (UK)

  Northern America:

  • [mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca] (Canada)
  • [mirror.amarillolinux.com] (USA)
  • [mint.ez.by] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [linuxmint.secsup.org] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [mirror.yellowfiber.net] (USA)

  Rest of the World:

  • [mirror.optus.net] (Australia)
  • [mirror.aarnet.edu.au] (Australia)
  • [mirror.waia.asn.au] (Australia)

  Enjoy!

  Have a lot of fun with this edition and let us know what you think. Reviews will be answered and your feedback will be used to improve the distribution before the next release. We hope you enjoy this release as much as we enjoyed making it and we wish you a very nice experience with Linux Mint.

• 0:38

  How to Install Gnome Do Ubuntu Karmic Koala or Linux Mint

   » ‎ YouTube

  	How to Install Gnome Do Ubuntu Karmic Koala or Linux Mint konteudos.info [https] Music: 1961 artist: Brokenkites album: Our Souls Are Electric length: 5:29 genre: Dance & Electronic	From: chefedogang Views: 18 0 ratings
  Time: 05:18	More in Howto & Style

• February 10, 2010
• 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 340

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  Just Us - Virtual Servers, VMWare, Linux Mint, Android, Google Buzz, Google ISP

• February 09, 2010
• 23:57

  Fiddling Around with Linux Mint 8

   » ‎ YouTube

  	Fiddling Around with Linux Mint 8 This is me fiddling around with Linux Mint 8. Yes, this is on Virtualbox, but full screen. Me just showing some basic stuff... everything there was pre-loaded.	From: centerman7 Views: 923 3 ratings
  Time: 08:36	More in Entertainment

• 10:59

  The Mint Newsletter – issue 100

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog
  * News about Mint

  Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox released!

  Linux Mint 8 KDE64 released!

  Linux Mint 8 KDE released!

  Kernel vulnerabilities in Mint and Ubuntu – you find them as level 5 updates but as ever a updated kernael could break something

  Monthly Stats – December 2009 and January 2010

  December 2009 was the (10th consecutive) best month ever since the creation of Linux Mint. However January was not as good as the excellent December

  Clem comments on a Mint review in Distrocheck

  Linux Mint will have the codename Isadora

  The mintCast, the Mint podcast, is  found here

  * News about Linux

  Security update available for Adobe Flash Player, also Linux – you might better install it

  Multi-touch support in Linux/Xorg/GTK+KDE SC 4.4.0 Caikaku Release Announcement

  Ubuntu will change the default search provider in Firefox to Yahoo! in Lucid (10.04)

  Open source industry veteran Matt Asay joins Canonical as chief operating officer

  Jono Bacon on developing apps for Ubuntu

  Hardware accelerated 3D with DX11 to come for Linux with “Gallium” courtesy of VMware – great news for gamers and Linux as a whole if it succeeds

  Fedora wants someone to write PulseAudio bindings for Python. This may be good news for all distros

  Fedora 13 will have Zarafa – an Outlook replacement

  Pidgin wants help to sort out bugs

  Android and the kernel

  A new and different Qt Creator new ways to create Qt apps

  How To Learn Linux From the Developers of Linux. (For Free.)

  Buying a Linux laptop 1 and 2

  The latest news about the kernel is always found here

  * News about Open Source

  The Obama Administration has forced Sourceforge to deny service to its anti-terrorism sanction list. What Sourceforge has to say

  Backdoor in e107 CMS version 0.7.17

  * News about IT

  Gates, Ozzie, and other Microsoft execs patent ‘personal data mining’

  Maybe no wonder as the US patent office wont accept upside down faxes 

  Warner will not back out of Spotify as earlier reported

  Gmail on the fuzz about buzz

  Several Sun officials leave Oracle (swedish link lack of time prevents me from getting an English language link)

  *Hardware news

  IBM demonstrates 100GHz graphene transistor

  Apple released Ipad, a kind of tablet PC

  * Other news

  Large Hadron Collider producing tons of awesome collisions

  A new aluminum clock would neither gain nor lose one second in about 3.7 billion years

  
  * Comic of the week

  
  

  Credit goes to xkcd

  * More about Linux Mint

  How to donate

  Home page

  Blog The planet Wiki Forum Twitter Mintcast community.linuxmint.com

  * Editors comment

  As always – if you find something I’ve missed in the newsletter please tell me – you can post a comment.

  Enjoy life

  Husse

• February 07, 2010
• 18:02

  Linux Mint 8 KDE wydany!

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Po kilku tygodniach od wydania RC, czas na wersję stabilną. Tak jak pozostałe wersje z KDE na pokładzie, tak i tym razem został on stworzony przez użytkowników.

  Najnowsza wersja posiada środowisko graficzne KDE SC 4.3.4, kernel w wersji 2.6.31 oraz X.Org 7.4. Oprócz tego nie zabrakło również odtwarzacza muzyki Amarok oraz mintUpdate czuwającego nad aktualizacją systemu. Po więcej informacji na temat nowości zapraszam na oficjalną stronę linuxmint.com

   

   

  Wymagania systemowe:

  Minimum 4GB wolnego miejsca na dysku oraz 256MB RAM. Do komfortowej pracy zalecane jest 10GB wolnego miejsca na dysku oraz 512MB pamięci RAM.

   

  Aby pobrać Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE kliknij tutaj.

• 18:02

  Linux Mint 8 KDE wydany!

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Po kilku tygodniach od wydania RC, czas na wersję stabilną. Tak jak pozostałe wersje z KDE na pokładzie, tak i tym razem został on stworzony przez użytkowników.

  Najnowsza wersja posiada środowisko graficzne KDE SC 4.3.4, kernel w wersji 2.6.31 oraz X.Org 7.4. Oprócz tego nie zabrakło również odtwarzacza muzyki Amarok oraz mintUpdate czuwającego nad aktualizacją systemu. Po więcej informacji na temat nowości zapraszam na oficjalną stronę linuxmint.com

   

   

  Wymagania systemowe:

  Minimum 4GB wolnego miejsca na dysku oraz 256MB RAM. Do komfortowej pracy zalecane jest 10GB wolnego miejsca na dysku oraz 512MB pamięci RAM.

   

  Aby pobrać Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE kliknij tutaj.

• February 06, 2010
• 22:35

  Disponibile Mint 8 Helena Kde CE

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  E’ stata rilasciata dalla community la versione stabile di Mint 8 in versione Kde. Scaricate la ISO o il torrent (1,1 GB, preparate un dvd).

  Qui trovate l’elenco delle nuove caratteristiche in Linux Mint 8 KDE CE (in inglese), qui la guida dell’utente (in italiano) e date un’occhiata ai problemi noti (in inglese).
  Dopo aver scaricato la ISO controllate il MD5 (come descritto nella guida utente).

  Sono necessari almeno 4GB di spazio libero su disco e 256MB di RAM. Raccomandati comunque almeno 512MB di RAM e 10GB liberi su disco.

  Annuncio ufficiale.

• 19:48

  Linux Mint 8 KDE released!

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE Community Edition.

  

  Quick steps:

  • Download the ISO or the torrent.
  • While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 8 KDE CE, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
  • After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
  • Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy Linux Mint 8 KDE.

  Introduction to Linux Mint 8 KDE:

  The KDE Community Edition aims to provide a version of Linux Mint which uses the KDE desktop.

  For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 8 KDE, please read “What’s new in Helena KDE?“.

  System requirements:

  A minimum of 4GB of free space and 256MB RAM are needed. For a comfortable experience we recommended to have at least 512MB RAM and 10GB of free space.

  Important information and known issues:

  For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

  Download Linux Mint 8 KDE:

  You can download Linux Mint 8 KDE via torrent or via [HTTP:]

  Size: 1.1GB LiveDVD
  MD5Sum: 439bca40d80d6627f83d32e8c1cb7d1c

  Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-KDE.iso.torrent
  HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=47

  Asia:

  • [ftp.jaist.ac.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.riken.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.oss.tw] (Taiwan)

  Europe:

  • [gd.tuwien.ac.at] (Austria)
  • [mint.nano-box.net] (Bulgaria)
  • [mirrors.cytanet.com.cy] (Cyprus)
  • [ftp.klid.dk] (Denmark)
  • [ftp:] (France)
  • [linuxmint.copahost.com] (Germany)
  • [linuxmint.cybermirror.org] (Germany)
  • [ftp5.gwdg.de] (Germany)
  • [mirror.netcologne.de] (Germany)
  • [ftp.cc.uoc.gr] (Greece)
  • [ftp.heanet.ie] (Ireland)
  • [ftp.akl.lt] (Lithuania)
  • [ftp:] (Poland)
  • [cesium.di.uminho.pt] (Portugal)
  • [ftp.df.lth.se] (Sweden)
  • [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net] (UK)

  Northern America:

  • [mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca] (Canada)
  • [mirror.amarillolinux.com] (USA)
  • [mint.ez.by] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [linuxmint.secsup.org] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [mirror.yellowfiber.net] (USA)

  Rest of the World:

  • [mirror.optus.net] (Australia)
  • [mirror.waia.asn.au] (Australia)

  Enjoy!

  Have a lot of fun with this edition and let us know what you think. Reviews will be answered and your feedback will be used to improve the distribution before the next release. We hope you enjoy this release as much as we enjoyed making it and we wish you a very nice experience with Linux Mint.

• 19:17

  Regulamin kanału IRC #linuxmint-pl

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Regulamin kanału IRC #linuxmint-pl

   

  1. Zabrania się obrażania innych osób przebywających na kanale.

  2. Zabrania się udzielania porad, które moga zaszkodzić mało doświadczonemu użytkownikowi.

  3. Zabrania się przeklinania.

  4. Zabrania się spamowania.

  5. Uprasza się o nie prowokowanie trolli do dalszej klótni i o całkowite ich ignorowanie.

  6. Proszenie o "opa" karane będzie kickiem - na ten przywilej trzeba najpierw zasłużyć.

  7. Zanim zadasz pytanie - www.forum.linuxmint.pl. www.forum.ubuntu.pl oraz www.google.pl

  8. Kanał jest otwarty - można prowadzić dyskusje na dowolny temat, nie koniecznie związany z tematyką linuksa.

  9. W razie problemów pisać na PW do mati75: [forum.linuxmint.pl]

• 19:17

  Regulamin kanału IRC #linuxmint-pl

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Regulamin kanału IRC #linuxmint-pl

   

  1. Zabrania się obrażania innych osób przebywających na kanale.

  2. Zabrania się udzielania porad, które moga zaszkodzić mało doświadczonemu użytkownikowi.

  3. Zabrania się przeklinania.

  4. Zabrania się spamowania.

  5. Uprasza się o nie prowokowanie trolli do dalszej klótni i o całkowite ich ignorowanie.

  6. Proszenie o "opa" karane będzie kickiem - na ten przywilej trzeba najpierw zasłużyć.

  7. Zanim zadasz pytanie - www.forum.linuxmint.pl. www.forum.ubuntu.pl oraz www.google.pl

  8. Kanał jest otwarty - można prowadzić dyskusje na dowolny temat, nie koniecznie związany z tematyką linuksa.

  9. W razie problemów pisać na PW do mati75: [forum.linuxmint.pl]

• 11:16

  Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition RC1 Screencast Review

   » ‎ YouTube

  	Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition RC1 Screencast Review Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition RC1 Screencast Review Original www.OSGUI.com Tech Show episode.	From: OSGUIShow Views: 3407 34 ratings
  Time: 09:05	More in Science & Technology

• February 04, 2010
• 10:51

  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-KDE-DEV-049.iso and LinuxMint-8-Fluxbox-DEV-059 approved by Exploder for stable releases. Waiting on Clem's approval.

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-KDE-DEV-049.iso and LinuxMint-8-Fluxbox-DEV-059 approved by Exploder for stable releases. Waiting on Clem's approval.

• February 03, 2010
• 16:45

  Pubblicata la prima Newsletter

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  A questo indirizzo potete leggere la prima Newsletter di Mint-Italia.

  Grazie

• 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 339

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  Special Guest Tara Spalding from GroundSpeak monitoring services; nagios, open source companies, boxee, android, SELF, ScALE

• February 02, 2010
• 13:32

  Mint 8 review: Distrocheck

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  Well.. I was going to answer the last 8 reviews in a single post but I quickly realized it wasn’t such a good idea. The last one, from Distrocheck, is full of constructive criticism and highlights very interesting points. So let’s start by discussing this one and I’ll tackle the other reviews one by one then after.

  Link to the review: [distrocheck.wordpress.com]

  Comments:

  Distrocheck: “I must say Linux Mint has a very good reputation in the Linux world, personally I find it astonishing how big this community based distribution has become, coming close to the point of dethroning his own father Ubuntu. Just take a look at the current Distrowatch ranking [...]”

  –> Although one of the best metrics to compare user bases comes from Distrowatch, their ranking is based on hits per day and it generally shows how much popularity distributions get within the website, not in terms of users but in terms of hype. I find it more interesting to compare their traffic stats and to see what percentage of Distrowatch visitors use our distribution. Linux Mint is the second biggest Linux distribution in number of users, it’s far ahead of Fedora, SUSE or Mandriva but also far behind Ubuntu. The metrics tell us that our user base is twice bigger than Debian’s, between 2 and 3 times bigger than Mandriva’s, Fedora’s or SUSE’s and yet 3 times smaller than Ubuntu’s. We’re also observing the fact that Mint is growing faster than other distributions but not as fast as Ubuntu, so it looks like we’ll be in second position for a while. To be honest, we’re delighted with that. Ubuntu offers different pros and cons and I think both distributions compliment each others when it comes to making new users come to Linux and migrate away from Microsoft Windows. I’d expect things to remain as they are within the Linux world but I think all distributions are inevitably going to grow as more and more people discover the choice they have when it comes to choosing an operating system for themselves. It’s great for Linux to have a flagship product such as Ubuntu to get up there and raise awareness. We’re as high as we want to be in terms of success within the Linux community and I think by now, people know about us: If they use another distribution it’s because it suits their particular needs better than we do. Our ambition is to be among the factors that will push people away from Mac OS and Windows, not people who enjoy their operating system for a reason or another, but those who are frustrated with what they have, or who simply aren’t aware of the alternatives that are available to them.

  Distrocheck: “The chosen wallpaper is awesome although the wallpapers included are not that good, plus they insist on putting the mint logo on every one of them.”

  –> The wallpaper… there’s been so much said about that. One of the things I’m the most proud of when it comes to Mint is something which I don’t think I have anything to get credit for… its community. It’s full of people who want to help, and in particular it’s full of talented artist. Compared to projects like Ubuntu or Fedora, our community is disorganised, it lacks leadership, resources and structures.. and yet, it comes to us with the most brilliant ideas, extremely valuable feedback and now and then with some remarkable wallpapers. I’m not sure why almost all wallpapers created by the community wear the Linux Mint logo… and as most of them don’t come with separate layers it’s hard for us to remove them. I’m not sure whether I’d want the logo to be taken off but I can certainly agree with the point being made here: It would be good for some wallpapers at least to come without any branding.

  Distrocheck: “I don’t like the tomboy applet between the Menu and the Show Desktop applets, I feel it just doesn’t look right. I would prefer the tomboy applet on the left of the clock to somehow make it look like part of the rest of the “notification area”. Plus why use tomboy when gnote does the same job perfectly and it doesn’t use mono? Also I would prefer to have the Show Desktop applet on the right corner of the panel for easy access.”

  –> I don’t want to bore people with small details so let’s not talk about the panel layout too long, but I take note on this. It’s an interesting point. I’m not sure which is best and I’m probably biased due to the fact that I’m used to having these shortcuts on the right of the menu… I’ll consider that and if people want to tell us what they think about this, I’d be interested to hear their reaction. Please comment on this.

  –> About gnote, it was considered for inclusion in Linux Mint 8 and it got rejected. We were interested in it for its smaller footprint (to gain space on the liveCD) and for its better performance. It turned out we didn’t need the space and it wasn’t performing significantly better than Tomboy. It only missed a few features found in Tomboy but none of the important ones. The language it’s developed in only matters to us if we start patching it significantly or if we have an interest in forking it. In this case the only modification we bring to Tomboy is the fact that we don’t want it to open the welcome note by default when you log in the desktop for the first time.. as for Mono and the controversy around it, I’ve asked people to come with reasonable arguments against it and I failed to receive any. I don’t use it personally but I can appreciate good coding and the passion a developer puts in his work. The two products being almost identical I much prefer to follow an innovative project driven by passion than a fork which ambition is only to port something that already works to a different language on the same platform. I don’t know whether gnote’s ambition is political and/or if it has to do with the Mono controversy. I hope it’s more than that. The day it tackles performance and starts bringing features of its own, i.e. user improvements, we’ll have a strong case to include it, until then we’re keeping an eye on it in case Tomboy’s inclusion becomes a concern to us in terms of space on the liveCD.

  Distrocheck: “Kudos for not putting the Trash on the panel, I hate that [...] I don’t know why distros insist on showing the drives on the desktop, it’s really not necessary and it looks ugly. One of the first things I do when installing a gnome system is disabling that option in gconf-editor, I really think it should come disabled by default as well as the Computer and Home folders. You can access them easily with the menu, it simply ruins the desktop harmony.”

  –> I hate it as well (about the trash), it’s typically something people should find when they need it but which should remain hidden when they don’t. I’m not sure about the Home and Computer places though… from my experience, a lot of people use the Home shortcut on the desktop, much more than the shortcut to it available in the menu. As for the “Computer” icon, I think it’s been anchored in our common culture, something we probably inherited from Microsoft Windows? I don’t use it much myself.. I usually go to my home and then access the volumes from the left pane… and if I plug something in the computer, it comes up in a new window for me anyway… I guess in Windows, people are used to go to “My Computer” to click “C:\” or “D:\” or whatever letter they chose or was chosen for them. Would it feel weird to only have the Home shortcut on the desktop? Shall we get rid of “Computer”? Tell us what you think. Also, just a quick note to say that mintDesktop is there for that kind of things, no need to go tinkering with gconf-editor (unless it’s for fun of course).

  Distrocheck: “[about mintMenu...] it’s huge, it takes almost 1/4 of screen space when opened and since I’m more of a minimalist type of guy it bothers me. I don’t feel the Favorites and All applications sections look different enough to quickly know what you are looking at, especially since it remembers which one you used last, instead of always showing Favorites when opened or always showing All applications, couldn’t find an option for that. I would set it to always show Favorites. Then there are a lot of options on the left side, fortunately they can be disabled on the preferences. Why have Software Manager and Package Manager? They serve practically the same function, it’s confusing, I guess Software Manager does not deal with individual packages.”

  –> mintMenu is (too) big, I agree with that. I’ll look into ways to make it more compact and/or to allow more customization around the way it looks for it to fit smaller resolutions. There used to be an option to ask you whether you want to start with the favorites or with the applications themselves. It was removed. The rationale is that you’ll probably want to use what you used last and we don’t want the application to change its state when you go and perform other tasks. For instance; open something in the Internet category…  then open the menu again and it still shows the same category. I think it’s irritating for a menu to constantly go back to some initial state and I much prefer it this way. I’d be interested to hear people’s opinions on this though.

  –> The presence of both a Package Manager and a Software Manager is confusing to users and it’s something Ubuntu and Mint are tackling with a lot of efforts at the moment. Software management is very efficient in both distributions and it’s about to get even better with the upcoming releases. There are pros and cons associated with using Synaptic, mintInstall, the Ubuntu software store, app-install etc… and we’re trying hard to gather all the pros and to get rid of all the cons in a single unified tool. I’m working on a project at the moment which I can’t really call mintinstall since it’s been rewriten from scratch, which is taking all the best things out of both mintInstall and the Software Center and which has the capacity to show the 30,000 packages available in the repositories… of course it’s completely broken and nothing works well yet, so I won’t say more about it in case the whole thing falls short and doesn’t make it in the next release. But in brief, we’re working on it.

  Distrocheck: “Mint Menu has something that’s really amazing, when you search for a program and it’s not installed it shows options like Search Portal, Search Repositories, Show Package, Install Package, so if you look for emesene and it is not installed, you can simply click Install package emesene, put the password, confirm, done. Awesomeness. I think though, that they have too many options, I would leave just the Install package option and ditch the rest. Another nice function is right clicking an icon and having the option to make it show in the Favorites, to launch at login or to uninstall. Btw I found a bug, when right clicking a program and the clicking the menu again, the menu won’t disappear when clicking outside of it, like it should. The menu is very powerful yet I don’t like it, I just don’t feel comfortable with it because of the way it’s arranged.”

  –> It’s the “suggestion” feature of mintmenu. It’s taken care off by mintinstall and that’s something we’ll improve as well. In particular I don’t like the way you need to know the exact package name. For instance if I want to install Google Earth, I’d like to simply type “google” and have “Google Earth” and maybe even “Picasa” show up in a list of things I can install. Again, that’s much too soon for me to talk about, but we’ll definitely improve this aspect of the menu, not just the look of it, but also the way you interact with it.

  Distrocheck: “[about mintUpdate...] I don’t like the whole idea of separating the updates in levels, if it’s going to select 1,2 and 3 by default anyway it might as well just hide that level information from the end user and show the updates. The levels should be an internal thing that can be set in the preferences but not the main interface.”

  –> I disagree with that. The reason we came with this is to prevent what we call un-educated updates (I love the way this term irritates people, especially when it comes from a non-native-English-speaker like me) to be performed by people who aren’t skilled enough to fix their system once it’s affected by a regression (i.e. a bug caused by a package update). There’s big colored numbers for everyone to notice and most people know what they mean… that in itself is a success. Of course, we like people to be able to choose for themselves and so in Mint 8 it’s possible for you to hide the level column in the Update Manager and to make it look exactly the way you want.

  Distrocheck: “It actually uses 4 different icons, icons to show “Busy”, “System up-to-date”, “Updates available”, “Error”. You almost need to take a tutorial to understand this. The error icon is plain stupid, I hate watching that broken lock with the red X every time I use synaptic or I’m disconnected from the network, everytime I see it I think my system is having a seizure. For some reason an open lock means Updates Available, well it makes sense, your system is outdated so it’s open to threats, ok. But then you have a closed lock that means busy, and a closed lock with a green check that means everything is ok. I don’t know why the close lock means it’s busy, a close lock gives me the feeling the system is up to date, the system up to date icon is just unnecessary. Bottom line is, it should use just 2 icons, an open lock and a closed lock, open means outdated, closed means updated. If they want to show the updater is working they can make it blink a bit, or use an animated gear or something.”

  –> The blinking isn’t an option (it goes against common UI guidelines) but I agree on the rest. I’ll look into this and we’ll come up with better status indicators for the next release.

  Distrocheck: “[about the default software selection...] 2 front ends of mplayer, I don’t know why they have done this, along with Totem it has 3 media players + rhythmbox. They included Pidgin instead of Empathy, they must have their reasons.”

  –> When we tested Empathy (during the Ubuntu RC phase if I remember well) it wasn’t completely functional and it failed in basic use cases scenarios such as connecting to Google Apps account…etc. I’m not sure whether it’s on par with Pidgin now and it’s something we’ll look into with each release. In fact, there are a couple of applications we’re keeping an eye on with each release. One of them is VLC and as it was mentioned in the review there’s a bit of a mess when it comes to multimedia players in Linux and it shows in Linux Mint with the inclusion of Totem, Mplayer, Gnome Mplayer..etc. The problem here has to do with playback both inside and outside of the web browser. We’re restricted in our choice by the fact that plugins aren’t fully independent and that they rely on their respective players to work well. The situation upstream is less of a problem with every release though and the dominant solution in the Linux world, totem, is quickly becoming a standard which I think will bring some harmony in all that.

  Distrocheck: “[about mintInstall...] wait a minute, score and average rating, what’s the difference?”

  –> That’s changed in the upcoming rewrite of mintInstall (which I really hope won’t be vaporware.. it’s quite ambitious). At the time of the Mint 8 release the average rating was the average of the individual ratings for each review of an application. The score was a calculation meant to indicate the popularity of an application, and it wasn’t just based on the average rating but also on the number of people looking at the application and the number of times it had been reviewed.

  Distrocheck:”in order to select an applications to be installed, it has to be selected first and then click the button Install”

  –> We were approaching code-freeze at the time and so it was easier for us to do it this way. We’re planning on changing that aspect of the interface as well in the next version.

  Distrocheck:”why would they recommend a closed source pdf viewer is beyond me, evince can read pdf’s perfectly”

  –> I’m not sure why people want Adobe Acrobat Reader, whether it’s because it’s better, or whether it’s the norm, or whether it’s a matter of being able to read PDF from within the browser and mozzplugger isn’t as popular an option, but the fact is that a lot of people want it… and that’s the main requirement for things to make it to our list of “featured software”.

  Distrocheck:”I just want to say I don’t like when distros flood web browsers with bookmarks, and Mint
  just loves to do that. The default Firefox shows a bookmark toolbar filled with Linux Mint links to different sections of their site, apparently making the linux mint website the home page was not enough.”

  –> I’d like to hear people’s opinions on that. From my experience and despite everything I learnt in IT, recurrence is a must. Casual computer users want to use tools more than they want to learn about them and so we can’t rely on the fact that they’ll read the release notes, the user guide, or even the welcome screen. What we can rely on is that most of them won’t change the default settings and so when the time comes and they face a problem they’ll have the forums and the other sections of our websites just one click away. For experimented users and IT enthusiasts, these are extremely easy to remove. If you’re into cars you probably get rid of the sticker on the rear window after you buy the car… but look on the streets, most people don’t. They probably don’t need to know the garage’s phone number on a daily basis (well I hope they don’t) but the day they need it, and considering they don’t mind the sticker being there since they’re not “into” cars, it’s here and they’re happy to find it…. so in brief, if you’re into clean lean desktops you’ll probably remove these quick enough, but for many people who’ll use Mint as a tool it’s a good thing.

  Distrocheck:”I perceive a very positive response from people about the distro and I feel it may actually become the most popular home Linux distro one day, which would only show that small communities with good ideas and dedication can yield a better product than sponsored or corporative distributions.”

  –> Our small size has been an asset and it made it easier for us to listen and interact with our community, that’s for sure, and I think most of the credit goes to that communication that users and developers managed to have with each others in this project. As we grow more and more this is becoming harder and harder though. I’m working full time on the distribution now, there’s money to be spent when needed and so we can take on bigger tasks and be more ambitious in our development and our innovations. Yet, the more we grow the more we become isolated in our own ways of thinking and the less our vision gets confronted to people’s criticism, and that’s something we’ll need to be focused on as the real challenge for us when competing with projects like Microsoft Windows and Mac OS will be to be as productive and ambitious as they are while remaining strongly connected to our user base and strongly involved and aware of what’s going on in the IT Desktop world.

• February 01, 2010
• 18:37

  Monthly Stats – January 2010

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  Donations & Sponsorships:

  Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:

  Donors:

  • $200 (2nd donation), Alan D S. (USA)
  • $147, Michel H. (Luxembourg)
  • $100, Alfred Johnson aka “adj0159″ (USA)
  • $100, William H. (Canada)
  • $100, Jacob B. (USA)
  • $100, Connie E. (USA)
  • $100, Anonymous (France)
  • $100, Eric V. (USA)
  • $75, Michael B. (Canada)
  • $74, Edwin Vervliet aka “edwin” (Belgium)
  • $70, Henk van C. (Netherlands)
  • $50, Mark G. (USA)
  • $50, Derek M. (Denmark)
  • $50, Pawel B. (Poland)
  • $50, James S. (USA)
  • $50, Robert D B. (USA)
  • $50, Michael H. (USA)
  • $50, Geoff Perry (Australia)
  • $50, John M. (USA)
  • $50, Hartmann M. (Germany)
  • $50, William K. (USA)
  • $40, Martin Pham-D. (Canada)
  • $40, Mason H. (USA)
  • $37 (8th donation), Temel Balci (Germany)
  • $37 (5th donation), Jerry Jackson (United Kingdom)
  • $29, Peter Schallmoser-Schlogl (Germany)
  • $29, Olaf L. (Germany)
  • $29, Oliver S. (United Kingdom)
  • $29, Jose A Roman S. (Spain)
  • $28, Manuel F. (Portugal)
  • $28, Rene D. (Canada)
  • $28, Klaas M. (Netherlands)
  • $28, Manfred G. (Germany)
  • $25, Jay Stewart aka “jag1182″ (USA)
  • $25, Zeljko T S. aka “zts” (USA)
  • $25, David S. (USA)
  • $25, Gavin Engel (USA)
  • $25, Todd A. (USA)
  • $25, Phillip Z. T. and Silver Gallery (USA)
  • $25, Slavoljub M. (Norway)
  • $25, Nick Marsh aka “goaliefight” (USA) – [dontfearthecommandline.blogspot.com]
  • $25, Pete Molina aka “pmolina” (USA)
  • $25, Bill B. (USA)
  • $25, James M. aka “jaspmatt” (USA)
  • $25, Troy A. (USA)
  • $25, David Kaplan aka “vinoman” (USA)
  • $22, Mick J. (Germany)
  • $22, Manfred Saliger aka “mintfrind” (Germany) – [saliger.net]
  • $20, Igor Lawicki (Poland) – [ilawicki.wordpress.com]
  • $20, Samuel R. (USA)
  • $20, Foued Ramoul (Algeria)
  • $20, Kazuhiko T. (Japan)
  • $20, Justin M. (Canada)
  • $20, Orlando Jose M. R. (Nicaragua)
  • $20, Jacek G. (United Kingdom)
  • $20, Darrel D. (USA)
  • $20, Ecoh S. (USA)
  • $20, Chris Baldassari (USA)
  • $20, Mark C. aka “geekman” (USA)
  • $16, James S. (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Davide V. (Italy)
  • $15, Jeffrey Devries (USA)
  • $15, Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
  • $15, Bruno G. (France)
  • $15, Jason V. (USA)
  • $15, Paul Oates aka “pauloates” (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Jimmy Bouma aka “jimbo_tank” (Netherlands)
  • $15, Samuel M. aka “vtired” (Italy) – [it.ismico.org]
  • $15, Miguel Cunha Duarte aka “mcduarte2000″ (Portugal) – [www.miguelduarte.net]
  • $14, Daniele Tagliabue aka “iunthanaka” (Italy)
  • $14, Daniel S. (Switzerland)
  • $14, Marwan B. (Ireland)
  • $12, Jagat B. (USA)
  • $10 (2nd donation), Rob S. (United Kingdom)
  • $10, Marcin W. (USA)
  • $10, jmkent aka “Burton” (USA)
  • $10, Dan Jackson (United Kingdom)
  • $10, EagleRider F. (USA)
  • $10, Praveen M. (France)
  • $10, Alfred M A. (USA)
  • $10, Khalid Al-A. (Saudi Arabia)
  • $10, Dirk Kleinert (Germany)
  • $10, Thomas B. (USA)
  • $10, Rob T. (Netherlands)
  • $10, Johnson L. (Malaysia)
  • $10, J Anil K. (India)
  • $10, Anthony H. (USA)
  • $10, A User (New Zealand)
  • $7, Alberto Ballestri and Marco Fabbri (Italy)
  • $7, Flemming A. N. (Denmark)
  • $7, Alan F. (Ireland)
  • $5 (3rd donation), Jindrich Radic aka “amino” (Czech Republic)
  • $5, Kyle D. (USA) – [neuraldump.com]
  • $5, Michele P. (Italy)
  • $5, Donald McL. (USA)
  • $5, Shawn R. (USA)
  • $5, Daniel Hawkins aka “spikeman14″ (United Kingdom) – [www.the-hawk.co.uk]
  • $5, Richard E. (USA)
  • $5, Fred N. (USA)
  • $5, Kamba Abudu (United Kingdom) – [portaltoafrica.com]
  • $5, Suryakant P. (USA)
  • $4, Savant B.D. (USA) – [www.allyourprices.com]
  • $3, Dawid Mondry (Germany)
  • $3, Stefan S. (Germany)
  • $2, Easwaran K. (India)
  • $2, Eunmi J. (South Korea)
  • $1, Junaidi J. (Malaysia)
  • $1, Peter Robert Jones (United Kingdom) – [www.zendee.net]
  • $1, Marvin L. (Germany)
  • $1, Lex V. (Netherlands)

  Sponsors:

  • $231, R1Soft (USA) – [www.r1soft.com]
  • $88, Emilio A S.
  • $75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek” (USA)
  • $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) – [www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com]
  • $40, Az Van aka “newW2″ (USA)
  • $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – [www.americanbroadbandservice.com]
  • $20, Scott P. (USA)
  • $16, Dimitris C. (Greece)
  • $15, Linux in the HAM Shack aka “HamShackLinux” (USA) – [blacksparrowmedia.com]
  • $11, Gustav Holm aka “Gustav” (Sweden) – [gustavholm.com]
  • $11, cheap vps hosting – [www.neosurge.com]
  • $10, advermedia.info – [www.advermedia.info]
  • $10, Christian Junghans aka “Hexenkind” (Germany)
  • $10, Real Estate Centers – [www.realestatecenters.net]
  • $10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) aka “Tim” – [www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de]
  • $10, Website Auditor – [www.websiteauditor.org]
  • $10, Brandon P.
  • $10, Jack H. – [www.dlxcompany.com]
  • $10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) – [stitzcomputers.com]
  • $10, worldsrealestate.net – [www.worldsrealestate.net]
  • $7, Unixmen – [www.unixmen.com]
  • $7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя” (USA)
  • $6, Kenneth E.
  • $5, Contact lenses (Ireland) – [www.eye-care-4u.com]
  • $5, David Simmons (USA)
  • $5, Linuxmint-FR.org (France) – [www.linuxmint-fr.org]
  • $5, Christopher D.
  • $5, Sohier C.
  • $5, J.A. Sin aka “Futari” (Spain)
  • $5, Stuart C.
  • $5, linuxmint-italia.org aka “prior123″ (Italy) – [www.linuxmint-italia.org]
  • $4.5, Chile travel (Chile) – [www.letsgochile.com]
  • $4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx ” (USA)
  • $3, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs – [creationsbyrichie.com]
  • $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – [www.nvisn.com]
  • $2, Douglas T.
  • $2, Ryan Lewon aka “vt102″ – [vt102.com]
  • $2, funkelectric (Spain) – [www.funkelectric.com]
  • $2, Scott M.
  • $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
  • $1.5, Farbyte (United Kingdom) – [farbyte.com]
  • $1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) – [www.mycyprusweather.com]
  • $1, Недвижимость на Кипре (Cyprus) – [www.cyprusresaleproperties.ru]
  • $1, LinBoo.com – [linboo.com]
  • $1, Surf in Peace (United Kingdom) – [www.surfinpeace.co.uk]
  • $1, Alex Smith (United Kingdom) – [alexsmith.im]
  • $1, Kevin H.
  • $1, very-clever.com – [www.very-clever.com]
  • $1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)
  • $1, Mohd Ismail B.
  • $1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) – [www.cyprusresaleproperties.com]
  • $1, Frank S.
  • $1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)
  • $1, Erin G.
  • $1, Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) – [jasiulewicz.pl]
  • $1, Prasad.S.R (India) – [saysprasad.wordpress.com]
  • $1, Pokerschule – [pokerschulen.com]
  • $0.5, Dedicated Servers Hosting – [www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com]
  • $0.5, Nottingham web design (United Kingdom) – [www.drawmyattention.co.uk]

  Money raised in January:

  * Donations: $3091 (111 donors)
  * Sponsors: $769 (59 sponsors)
  

  http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
  http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

  User Stats:
  

  Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

  • Linux Mint 8 Helena: 52% (+9%)
    
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 37% (-6%)
    
  • Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 6% (-1%)
    
  • Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 3% (-1%)
    
  • Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-0%)
    

  Web Stats:
  

  • Visits: 3,222,724 (-3%)
    
  • Pageviews: 4,203,501 (-3%)
  • Page impressions: 1,690,235
  • Search queries: 5,492,122
  • Forum users: 26,441
  • Forum posts: 224,726
    

  Rankings:
  

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1556 (3rd)
  • Distrowatch (traffic share): 5% (2nd) (not accurately recorded, between 4.8% and 5.1%, strong 2nd position anyway and a clear increase in the last two months).
    
  • Alexa (website ranking): 18,498th

  Events:

  • A Hardware Database was added to the Community Website: [www.linuxmint.com]
  • Linux Mint 8 KDE CE RC1 was released: [www.linuxmint.com]
  • Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox CE RC1 was released: [www.linuxmint.com]
  • mintCast released 3 episodes of their podcast: [mintcast.org]

  Summary:

  • The inevitable has finally happen and the streak of “best consecutive months” is over, this month wasn’t as good as the previous one. But with such a fantastic month in December 09 and considering what’s happening now, things aren’t that bad at all.
  • The overall income is down 3% and so are most of our statistics. Everything is still pretty good though. There are clear indications that our user base has been growing a lot since November 09, the distribution is getting momentum and if it wasn’t for the huge numbers we got in December, January would have looked excellent.
  • The KDE and Fluxbox CE will be released in February, work has begun on the recently codenamed Linux Mint 9 “Isadora” and we should hear news about whether or not time is given, and how much of it, to the Debian CE project.
• 18:23

  Monthly Stats – December 2009

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  Donations & Sponsorships:

  Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:

  Donors:

  • $150, Bernhard I. (Germany) – [www.platinlyrics.com]
  • $120, PokerKanone.com (Germany) – [pokerkanone.com]
  • $100, Jaggy R. (Singapore)
  • $100, Robert K. (USA)
  • $100, Gregory C. (Australia)
  • $100, Glenn W. (USA)
  • $89, Yu-min L. (New Zealand)
  • $77 (2nd donation), Eric H. (Germany)
  • $77, Emil Dimitrov (Ireland)
  • $77, Jan W. (Netherlands)
  • $77, Sam Day aka “discord” (Australia)
  • $77, Juan Jose Castro aka “jjcmmgb” (Spain)
  • $75, Dan Wright (USA)
  • $54, Chris M. (Germany)
  • $50, Cesare D. (Netherlands)
  • $50, Richard White aka “rwhite5279″ (USA) – [hybridclassroom.com]
  • $50, Chris Beaudry aka “NCFC” (Canada)
  • $50, Nathan B. (USA)
  • $50, Abdullah Al-Suwailem (Saudi Arabia)
  • $50, Carolyn B. (USA)
  • $50, Denis A. (Canada)
  • $50, Steve Hoffman aka “SteveHoffmanUK” (United Kingdom)
  • $50, Gary Martin (USA)
  • $50, John Bilston (Australia)
  • $50, Dan K. (USA)
  • $50, John S. (USA)
  • $50, Raino P. (Finland)
  • $50, Chris B. (USA)
  • $46, Mario G. aka “scrat” (Italy)
  • $40, William S. (USA)
  • $38 (2nd donation), Michael Krusch aka “MAD” (Germany)
  • $38, Richard Cail (United Kingdom)
  • $38, James W. (Switzerland)
  • $31 (2nd donation), Carsten Wehner (Germany) – [superlinuxpc.de]
  • $31, Frederic S. (France)
  • $31, Bernard Schurdevin (France)
  • $31, Haydn P. (United Kingdom)
  • $30, Sung P. (USA)
  • $30, Manuel F. (Portugal)
  • $30, Pete Molina aka “pmolina” (USA)
  • $30, Abel R. (Argentina)
  • $30, William B. (USA)
  • $30, Badr R. (France)
  • $30, Dmitry V. (Russia)
  • $30, Patrick Taylor aka “pataylo” (USA)
  • $30, Michael A. (Switzerland)
  • $30, Jonathan L. (USA)
  • $30, Errol Lisonbee (USA)
  • $30, Milan S. (Slovakia)
  • $25 (4th donation), Philippe W. (Switzerland)
  • $25 (2nd donation), Bjorn S. Nielsen aka “bjornie” (Norway)
  • $25, Joseph R. (USA)
  • $25, Anonymous (USA)
  • $25, Erick J B. (USA)
  • $25, Raphael C. (World)
  • $25, Americo R. (Venezuela)
  • $25, John B. (USA)
  • $25, Tomas B. (Sweden)
  • $25, Rev Richard R. (USA)
  • $25, Slavoljub M. (Norway)
  • $25, Jay Stewart aka “jag1182″ (USA)
  • $25, Zeljko T S. aka “zts” (USA)
  • $25, Joseph V. (USA)
  • $23, Marianne M. (France)
  • $23, Marc Floris (Netherlands)
  • $23, Francisco C. C. (Spain)
  • $23, Giorgio C. aka “thetall82″ (Italy)
  • $23, Anonymous (Netherlands)
  • $20 (2nd donation), Colin Casey (Canada)
  • $20 (2nd donation), Dan B. (USA)
  • $20, Chris Jones (USA) – [caringcompy.org]
  • $20, Michael D. (USA)
  • $20, David F. (USA)
  • $20, Michael W. (Canada)
  • $20, Trevor B. (Canada)
  • $20, Donna Fontenot aka “DonnaFontenot – DazzlinDonna” (USA) – [www.dazzlindonna.com]
  • $20, David LaButte aka “dlabutte” (Canada)
  • $20, Kazuhiko T. (Japan)
  • $20, Ludovic G. aka “Lewdsquirrel” (Canada)
  • $20, Ventura M (Canada)
  • $20, Eugene C. (USA)
  • $20, Catherine N. (Australia)
  • $15 (2nd donation), Douglas S. (USA)
  • $15, George T. (Greece)
  • $15, Richard L. (USA)
  • $15, Peter H. (Netherlands)
  • $15, Martin S. (Germany)
  • $15, Wolfgang B. (Germany)
  • $15, Alex W. (Germany)
  • $15, Rodrigo Dias aka “roddias” (Brazil)
  • $15, Costas Krallis aka “sv1xv” (Greece) – [www.qsl.net]
  • $15, Alessandro R. (Italy)
  • $15, Volker B. (Germany)
  • $15, Mario B. (Portugal)
  • $15, Robert D B. (USA)
  • $15, Kevin Dermott (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Alexander R. (Germany)
  • $15, Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
  • $15, Pasqualino F. (Italy)
  • $15, John S. (USA)
  • $15, Brian G. (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Eberhard J. (Germany)
  • $15, Simon M. (Australia)
  • $14, Bernard S. (Netherlands)
  • $10, David Chandra aka “dakochan” (Singapore) – [dakotux.wordpress.com]
  • $10, Christopher W. (Germany)
  • $10, Robert S. (Germany)
  • $10, Tan Sin W. (Singapore)
  • $10, Luke Blackmore (Australia)
  • $10, Sammy F. aka “sammyF70″ (France) – [www.cosmic-bandito.com]
  • $10, Steven J G. (USA)
  • $10, Stephen Woodward (United Kingdom)
  • $10, Alberto Ballestri and Marco Fabbri (Italy)
  • $10, Mark B. (USA)
  • $10, Troy C. (USA)
  • $10, Michael Lewis aka “HAM” (USA)
  • $10, Charlie Wolcott aka “714snoopy” (USA)
  • $10, Richard E. (USA)
  • $10, M Akbar M. (Indonesia)
  • $10, Ross Scalise aka “rmscalise” (USA)
  • $10, Timothy G. (USA)
  • $10, Andrew A. (USA)
  • $8, BOXnDICE INTERNET (Australia)
  • $7, Simon B. E. (Spain)
  • $7, Simone B. (Italy)
  • $7, Vasluianu M. A. (Spain)
  • $7, Janne B. (Finland)
  • $7, Martin J. (USA)
  • $7, Miguel Cunha Duarte aka “mcduarte2000″ (Portugal) – [www.miguelduarte.net]
  • $7, Edward L Dunlap III (USA)
  • $6, Fabio Barbieri (Mexico)
  • $6, Michal F. (Slovakia)
  • $5, Jennifer P. (Canada)
  • $5, Ruben C. M. (Spain)
  • $5, Wasim Soukieh (Australia)
  • $5, Marc van der Wolf (Netherlands) – [www.vdwolf.nl]
  • $5, Brian O. (USA)
  • $5, Enrico Galli (Italy) – [www.egw.it]
  • $5, Weslly Labrador (Venezuela) – [wesllyoni.blogspot.com]
  • $5, Mehmet C. (Turkey)
  • $5, Hideaki T. (Japan)
  • $3, Francesco S. (Italy)
  • $2, Hendra P. (Indonesia)
  • $2, Savant B.D. (USA) – [www.allyourprices.com]
  • $2, Lucille Paulis aka “Duysterwald” (Netherlands)
  • $2, Maciej Z. (Poland)
  • $1, Shahmir Karim aka “kl2u” (Malaysia) – [www.squidoo.com]
  • $1, Alan F. (Ireland)
  • $1, Pawel W. (United Kingdom)
  • $1, Peter G. (Germany)
  • $1, Serge M. (France)
  • $1, Jiri P. (Czech Republic)
  • $1, Parmesh F. (USA)

  Sponsors:

  • $231, R1Soft (USA) – [www.r1soft.com]
  • $106, SEOMoves (USA) – [www.seomoves.org]
  • $88, Emilio A S.
  • $75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek” (USA)
  • $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) – [www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com]
  • $40, Az Van aka “newW2″ (USA)
  • $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – [www.americanbroadbandservice.com]
  • $20, TOPIMMOBILIEN aka “Tim” – [www.immobilien-es.com]
  • $20, Scott P. (USA)
  • $15, Linux in the HAM Shack aka “HamShackLinux” (USA) – [blacksparrowmedia.com]
  • $15, Dimitris C.
  • $11, Gustav Holm aka “Gustav” (Sweden) – [gustavholm.com]
  • $11, cheap vps hosting – [www.neosurge.com]
  • $10, Brandon P.
  • $10, Todd W.
  • $10, Christian Junghans aka “Hexenkind” (Germany)
  • $10, Jack H. – [www.dlxcompany.com]
  • $10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) – [stitzcomputers.com]
  • $10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) aka “Tim” – [www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de]
  • $10, Website Auditor – [www.websiteauditor.org]
  • $10, Real Estate Centers – [www.realestatecenters.net]
  • $7, Unixmen – [www.unixmen.com]
  • $7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя” (USA)
  • $6, Kenneth E.
  • $5, David Simmons (USA)
  • $5, Einar Orn E.
  • $5, Sohier C.
  • $5, linuxmint-italia.org aka “prior123″ (Italy) – [www.linuxmint-italia.org]
  • $5, Contact lenses (Ireland) – [www.eye-care-4u.com]
  • $5, Linuxmint-FR.org (France) – [www.linuxmint-fr.org]
  • $5, Christopher D.
  • $5, Stuart C.
  • $4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx ” (USA)
  • $3, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs – [creationsbyrichie.com]
  • $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
  • $2, Douglas T.
  • $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – [www.nvisn.com]
  • $2, funkelectric (Spain) – [www.funkelectric.com]
  • $2, Scott M.
  • $2, Ryan Lewon aka “vt102″ – [vt102.com]
  • $1.5, Farbyte (United Kingdom) – [farbyte.com]
  • $1, very-clever.com – [www.very-clever.com]
  • $1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)
  • $1, Prasad.S.R (India) – [saysprasad.wordpress.com]
  • $1, Busybits aka “Submit Website” – [www.busybits.com]
  • $1, Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) – [jasiulewicz.pl]
  • $1, Kevin H.
  • $1, Surf in Peace (United Kingdom) – [www.surfinpeace.co.uk]
  • $1, Pokerschule – [pokerschulen.com]
  • $1, Недвижимость на Кипре (Cyprus) – [www.cyprusresaleproperties.ru]
  • $1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) – [www.mycyprusweather.com]
  • $1, Mohd Ismail B.
  • $1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) – [www.cyprusresaleproperties.com]
  • $1, Daryl J.
  • $1, Frank S.
  • $1, Erin G.
  • $1, LinBoo.com – [linboo.com]
  • $1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)
  • $0.9, Michael K.
  • $0.5, Nottingham web design (United Kingdom) – [www.drawmyattention.co.uk]
  • $0.5, Dedicated Servers Hosting – [www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com]

  Money raised in December:

  * Donations: $4174 (155 donors)
  * Sponsors: $886.4 (62 sponsors)
  

  http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
  http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

  User Stats:
  

  Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

  • Linux Mint 8 Helena: 43% (+11%)
    
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 43% (-10%)
    
  • Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 7% (-1%)
    
  • Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 4% (-0%)
    
  • Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-1%)
    

  Web Stats:
  

  • Visits: 3,316,286 (+12%)
    
  • Pageviews: 4,327,171 (+14%)
  • Page impressions: N/A
  • Search queries: N/A
  • Forum users: N/A
  • Forum posts: N/A
    

  Rankings:
  

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): N/A (3rd)
  • Distrowatch (traffic share): N/A (2nd)
  • Alexa (website ranking): N/A

  Events:

  • Linux Mint 8 x64 edition was released: [www.linuxmint.com]
  • The Community Website was opened to the public (at ALPHA stage) with a module similar to Brainstorm: [www.linuxmint.com]
  • mintCast released 1 episode of their podcast: [mintcast.org]

  Summary:

  • December 2009 was the (10th consecutive) best month ever since the creation of Linux Mint.
  • The overall income was up 12%.
  • Our user base is the second largest in the desktop Linux market.
  • The community support was higher than ever seen before: 155 people giving a total of over $4,000.
  • We released these statistics a month late and so some of the figures weren’t recorded but December 2009 was by far the best month for us since the creation of the distribution. Whether it’s the income, the traffic, the rankings, this month just broke all previously established records and closed a very positive 2009 year for us on a truly fantastic note!

• 8:27

  The Computer Action Show! Season 2 Episode 3

   » ‎ LAS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  This week on, The Computer Action Show!

  Is the Obama administration breaking open source rules? We chat about the future of WordPress and it’s new fancy pants foundation, then we geek out over KDE applications coming to Haiku!

  THEN – We size up the iPad and compare it to it’s competition, and in true action style we kick it up a notch and hypostualize all over the future of portable computing!

  PLUS SO MUCH MORE!

  All this week on, THE COMPUTER ACTION SHOW!

  
  

• January 31, 2010
• 7:35

  Episode 30: Screen

   » ‎ mintCast

  Enclosure: [download]

  In this episode

  MIT free online courses

  Review of Linux Mint 8

  Texas Linux Fest 2010

  Southeast Linuxfest

  Screen

  Keyboard shortcuts

  Key	Action
  Ctrl+a c	new window
  Ctrl+a n	next window
  Ctrl+a p	previous window
  Ctrl+a “	select window from list
  Ctrl+a Ctrl+a	previous window viewed
  Ctrl+a S	split terminal horizontally into regions
  Ctrl+a |	split terminal vertically into regions
  Ctrl+a x	unsplit terminal
  Ctrl+a :resize	resize region
  Ctrl+a :fit	fit screen size to new terminal size
  Ctrl+a :remove	remove region
  Ctrl+a tab	Move to next region
  Ctrl+a d	detach screen from terminal
  Ctrl+a A	set window title
  Ctrl+a x	lock session
  Ctrl+a [	enter scrollback/copy mode - Ctrl+a ] to leave this mode
  Ctrl+a ]	paste buffer
  Ctrl+a >	write paste buffer to file
  Ctrl+a <	read paste buffer from file
  Ctrl+a ?	show key bindings/command names
  Ctrl+a :	goto screen command prompt

  Screen commands
  screen -t label order command
  screen -t htop 6 htop
  screen -t irssi 5 irssi -c irc.freenode.net

  Screen configuration stored in ~/.screenrc

  hardstatus string  ‘%{gk}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{wk}%?%-Lw%?%{=b kR}(%{W}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{=b kR})%{= kw}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{Y}%l%{g}]%{=b C}[ %m/%d %c ]%{W}’

  How-to’s
  [lizzie.spod.cx] –  how to use screen and irssi
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/knightcast/~3/SxA_VnFuFNw/dc004.pdf — very good pdf from knightwise of the knightcast
  [www.kuro5hin.org] –  beginners tutorial
  [www.bangmoney.org] — more advanced tutorial

  Web site of the week

  OSGUI.com

  Tip

  metamorphose – bulk file re-namer

  More info

  Hosts: Charles, Rothgar, SiKing, Art Vanderhoff
  Shared Google Reader: Charles, Rothgar
  Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG]
  Contact podcast:
  Email: mintCast@mintcast.org
  Phone: 1-832-514-2278
  Twitter: @mintCast @Rothgar @Linux_Mint
  More info: Linux Mint website, blog, forums

• January 29, 2010
• 22:11

  Linux Mint 9: “Isadora”

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Linux Mint 9, który zbudowany będzie w oparciu o nadchodzące Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx ukaże się w maju tego roku. System będzie nosił nazwę kodową "Isadora".

• 22:11

  Linux Mint 9: “Isadora”

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Linux Mint 9, który zbudowany będzie w oparciu o nadchodzące Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx ukaże się w maju tego roku. System będzie nosił nazwę kodową "Isadora".

• January 28, 2010
• 15:36

  7 lamentele riguardo a Linux, e perché gli utenti Windows le fanno.

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  L’utente del forum di Mint-Italia Valvola ha tradotto questo interessante articolo di Ryan Jung apparso in Linuxphilia sabato 11 luglio 2009:

  [linuxphilia.blogspot.com]

  Lo staff di Mint-Italia lo ringrazia per il suo ottimo lavoro!

  7 lamentele riguardo a Linux, e perché gli utenti Windows le fanno.

  Io, come la maggior parte di coloro che diffondono linux, ho dimostrato le sue potenzialità a persone che non avevano la minima idea che esse esistessero, sui generis, e tantomeno nel software libero.

  Ad esempio, un giorno mentre ero al lavoro un amico era a casa mia; per qualche ragione dovetti riavviare il pc da remoto, e così lo feci via SSH.
  Mentre lavoro tengo attivo uno streaming musicale dal mio desktop casalingo, così da ascoltarlo via web; a volte, se per qualche motivo necessito di usarlo dall’ufficio lo faccio, effettuando l’X-forward di qualche applicazione.

  Quando qualcuno se ne accorge, senza parlare degli effetti grafici ottenibili con compiz, se ne meraviglia. Quando però li aiuto ad installare e configurare, ecco che dopo poco abbandonano in preda alla frustrazione.

  Questi sono problemi affrontati normalmente dalla maggior parte di coloro che diffondono Linux, e le lamentele che ho sentito sono quasi sempre le stesse.

  Non sono però qui per lamentarmi, ma per risolvere I problemi, e quindi offro una soluzione ad ognuna di queste lamentele che abbiamo tutti sentito dozzine di volte.

  Lamentela 1

  “Quando inserisco un DVD non parte.”

  Questo è un problema che, come la maggior parte, è dovuto all’ignoranza dell’utente.
  In particolare deriva dal fatto che termini come DVD o MP3 abbiano definizioni ridotte o distorte per ragioni di marketing semplicemente per migliorare le possibilità di vendita.
  Ad esempio, nel dizionario di un venditore “best buy” potremmo tradurle come segue:

  DVD = film
  MP3 = musica

  In realtà esse significano molto altro; sono formati brevettati, e proprio qui risiede la differenza.
  Ogni volta che acquisti un DVD od un lettore, ogni volta che compri un lettore o un file mp3, una parte dei soldi che spendi è incassata dai detentori del brevetto.
  Ci sono compagnie che ad ogni tuo acquisto guadagnano qualcosa, anche se non hanno materialmente costruito, o anche solo progettato, la periferica od il supporto.
  Quando paghi una licenza di acquisto per un Win-mediacenter-edition, che legge DVD sin da subito, acquisti anche il diritto di riprodurre DVD su quella macchina.

  La maggior parte delle distribuzioni linux sono gratuite, e soprattuto sono orientate alla libertà di utilizzo; per quale motivo dovresti acquistare il diritto di guardare il DVD che hai già pagato?
  Proprio per questo motivo nella maggior parte dei linux non hai la possibilità di riprodurre DVD out-of-the-box.

  Ma non serve scoraggiarsi per questo, infatti i ragazzi di Videolan hanno iniziato a distribuire un pacchetto chiamato libdvdcss, che legge abbastanza bene i DVD.
  Riguardo alla musica, è altrettanto semplice ascoltare le tue canzoni in MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, ecc. È sufficiente installare il pacchetto che contiene la libreria di lettura appropriata, scaricandolo dalla rete o direttamente dai repositories della tua distribuzione.

  Lamentela 2

  “Un componente del mio pc non funziona”

  Questa lamentela è decisamente più sensata della prima, ma devo comunque obbiettare sulla sua validità. Microsoft ha una lunga tradizione di contratti con gli sviluppatori di hardware, contratti che prevedono l’impossibilità di scrivere drivers per sistemi differenti da windows, oltre che di fornire le specifiche a sviluppatori non Microsoft; in cambio fornisce promozioni ai produttori;. In questo modo la scrittura di driver per Linux è effettivamente impedita alla fonte.

  Nonostante ciò alcuni sviluppatori di linux effettuano reverse-engineering sui driver, senza preoccuparsi delle lunghe tempistiche necessarie, adattandoli a Linux a beneficio di tutti gli utilizzatori.

  Quasi tutti lamentavano malfunzionamenti con le schede wifi. Una volta era necessario installare i driver per windows sotto linux usando utility come ndiswrapper o madwifi, ma questo è oramai un ricordo del passato.
  Oggigiorno Ubuntu contiene i driver per i chipset Intel, Atheros e Broadcom, che vengono automaticamente rilevati e installati con pochi clic.
  Linux non è più nella situazione di svantaggio del passato, sempre che di svantaggio si trattasse. Non va infatti dimenticato che linux iniziò a crescere quando ognuno doveva scriversi i driver per adattarlo al proprio hardware, fornendo nel contempo una solida base usabile per il futuro.

  Lamentela 3

  “Installare programmi è difficile”

  Questa è un’indimenticabile combinazione di terminologia errata e falsi miti sul fatto che Linux sia come Windows ma migliorato.

  L’utente Windows installa i programmi inserendo un disco, aspettando che il pop-up dell’installer appaia sullo schermo.
  Dopodichè passa attraverso 7 o 8 pagine di wizard (n.d.t.: termine che significa anche stregone, magicamente adatto ), ignorando ogni configurazione, semplicemente cliccando ‘next’ un po’ di volte.
  Attende poi che si installi, cerca attraverso una lista di 30 e oltre programmi disposti senza alcun ordine alla ricerca del software desiderato, evita alcuni link a file txt, collegamenti internet di sponsor ecc, e può finalmente lanciare il suo programma.
  E vuole poterlo fare per ogni singolo programma che possiede.
  Semplicemente troppe cose per poter imparare anche che su linux funziona diversamente.

  Per installare un programma su linux, semplicemente lanci un programma installato sin dal primo avvio del sistema. Al suo interno cerchi il software che desideri, spuntando una casella che indica la tua volontà di installarlo.
  Una volta selezionati tutti i programmi che desideri, clicchi ok e attendi sino a che non sono stati scaricati, le loro dipendenze risolte, installate e configurate.
  Dopodiché I programmi sono organizzati per tipologia ed in ordine alfabetico; questo metodo è più veloce, meglio organizzato, più semplice.
  Non è più complesso, è solo diverso da ciò a cui sono abituati.

  Lamentela 4

  “Linux non va bene per giocare”

  E di nuovo vediamo confusione nei termini. Linux al momento è grandioso per giocare, specialmente perché ti evita di impegnare molte delle tue risorse nel semplice sistema operativo (n.b. mi riferisco a win XP, essendo il sistema operativo piu diffuso nel mondo, ma con Vista o 7 le cose sono pure peggiori).
  Il problema è che linux non è sufficientemente popolare perché le compagnie che producono videogame si preoccupino di effettuarne il porting; semplicemente sarebbe antieconomico.
  Questa è un’ottima ragione per mantenere una copia di windows in giro, e io personalmente uso un dual boot Ubuntu-XP.
  Anche questo campo è comunque in fase di cambiamento, e sempre piu giochi stanno venendo adattati a Linux; alcuni vecchi giochi sono stati implementati, e ciò dimostra come questo sia possibile, oltre a fornire una base a cui riferirsi per porting futuri.
  Questo ovviemente non significa che non vi siano ottimi giochi per Linux, ad esempio Savage2, Sauerbraten o Nexuiz, che hanno un ottima grafica ed un gameplay invidiabile. Il problema di questi giochi è che non hanno una trama; ma il successo di titoli come Quake o Unreal dimostra che questo non è un requisito indispensabile in un buon videogioco.
  Se invece vuoi comunque una trama puoi provare Penumbra.

  Linux e’ ottimo per giocare, forse meglio di Windows, ma i titoli disponibili sono molti meno; giusto per chiarire.

  Lamentela 5

  “Questo bel programma per Win non funziona su Linux”

  Solitamente chi si lamenta di questo non ha mai letto i requisiti per il funzionamento del programma, e quindi non ha mai visto che windows ne fa parte. D’altronde si potrebbe anche aspettarselo, Linux ha un architettura differente, è un diverso sistema operativo in fin dei conti (n.d.t.: e si potrebbe anche aspettarselo una volta arrivati alla 5, o no?).
  Lamentarsi di questo punto dimostra solo poca pazienza, oltre che la completa ignoranza del fatto che esistano software equivalenti.
  Ti serve un editor di testo? Prova Abiword. Una suite per ufficio? Openoffice. Diagrammi visuali? Prova Dia.
  Nessuno di questi ti soddisfa? Installa Wine e prova a far funzionare li il tuo software Windows.
  Il fatto che Linux sia in grado di eseguire una buona parte del codice per windows è molto piu di quanto Win possa vantare.
  E nel caso nessuno di questi metodi funzioni, e quel software ti sia del tutto indispensabile, bhe, usa windows: nessuno te lo impedisce.

  Lamentela 6

  “Ho chiesto aiuto, e mi hanno risposto con dei comandi. Ma questo non è intuitivo…”

  Probabilmente a questo utente hanno risposto come farlo su terminale perchè:
  1 – è il modo piu facile di spiegarlo in un forum;
  2 – è il modo piu veloce perche’ sia realmente fatto.
  Probabilmente si puo fare anche con una GUI, ma hanno semplicemente chiesto come risolverlo, e la risposta è stata il metodo più rapido, non quello che volevano sentirsi dire.
  A parte questo, il terminale non è certo la cosa più paurosa del mondo, e usare apt non è paragonabile a compilare il software. Sentirsi dire di usare il terminale, copiando esattamente questa stringa, non è così complesso, e non è neppure costantemente necessario, nonostante la maggior parte degli utenti linux usi la CLI quasi sempre.
  Ma questo accade perché sanno che è il metodo più rapido, e hanno investito del tempo nell’imparare ad utilizzarlo.
  Nessuno si aspetta che un nuovo utente sappia usarla, ma semplicemente dovrebbe ricordarsi di chiedere come risolvere il problema usando il mouse, e non la tastiera.

  Lamentela 7

  “Linux non è pronto per i desktop”

  Questa più che una lamentela è semplicemente la summa di tutte le lamentele precedenti. Semplicemente le persone non apprezzano I cambiamenti, e una reazione naturale è considerare le alternative inferiori, anche se è evidente il contrario.
  Ci sono milioni di utenti linux nel mondo, che sicuramente saranno in disaccordo con questa affermazione, dimostrando giorno per giorno come sia errata.
  A dir la verità milioni di persone usano linux ogni giorno senza neppure accorgersene, semplicemente perché è così configurabile che è possible ottenere ogni cosa, dal sistema per un ipod a quello di un telefono cellulare.
  Linux è usato e supportato da molte maxi-compagnie, come IBM e Google.
  Che ci crediate o meno, buona parte dei server web Microsoft funzionano con Linux, e questo la dice lunga su quanto essi stessi si fidino dei loro prodotti.
  Ma se ci si avvicina e lo si prova, se lo si rende migliore per i propri usi, e si contribuisce in qualche modo alla comunità che lo porta avanti, allora linux funzionerà.
  Già lo fa, in questo modo, per milioni di utilizzatori.

• January 27, 2010
• 19:24

  Uscita Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox CE RC1

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  Per chi vuole testarla, è disponibile la versione RC1 di LinuxMint 8 “Helena” con il leggero DE Fluxbox; sono disponibili la ISO e il Torrent. Qui si può vedere l’annuncio originale, e qui le ultime novità di questa versione (entrambi in inglese).

  Sono richiesti un processore x86, 256 MB di ram e 3 GB di spazio libero su disco.

• 16:18

  Linux Mint 9: “Isadora”

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  Linux Mint 9, based on the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, will be released in May this year under the codename “Isadora”.

  Of Greco-Latin origin, “Isadora” means “Gift from Isis”.

• 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 338

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  Just Us: We discuss the Apple iPad, innovation in handheld devices, browsers, jollycloud, Klaatus multi-media blitz, SELF news, and much, much more.

• 11:29

  The Mint Newsletter – issue 99

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog
  * News about Mint

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox RC1 released!

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE RC1 released!

  Hardware database in the Community website

  Upgrading: x64 edition, version 7 to version 8

  mintMenu in Fedora

  mintCast Wallpaper Challenge

  The mintCast, the Mint podcast, is  found here

  * News about Linux

  KDE 4.4 RC1 released

  “Supergaming” LiveDVD for Linux

  SUSE Moblin to ship on MSI’s Pinetrail netbook

  Update of Acrobate Reader for Linux, probably wise to update if you have it

  Ted T’so goes from Linux Foundation to Google

  75% of Linux code now written by paid developers

  Two GNOME Contractors Required

  The latest news about the kernel is always found here

  * News about Open Source

  Samba is getting closer to Samba4

  The BBC’s digital rights plans will wreak havoc on open source software

  Save MySQL campaign

  Michael Widenius “Monty”, the founder of MySQL presents new database MariaDB

  * News about IT

  Microsoft joins IE SVG standards party

  The European Commission approves Oracle-Sun deal

  *Hardware news

  Intel presents new chips at CES 2010

  * Other news

  Towards quantum chemistry on a quantum computer

  Google Applies For Approval From FERC To Become Power Marketer

  In the previous newsletter I wrote “A sad ending – GM set to wind down Saab” It’s turned into a happy ending (hopefully) as SAAB is sold to dutch luxury car maker Spyker

  * Comic of the week

  
  

  Credit goes to xkcd

  * More about Linux Mint

  How to donate

  Home page

  Blog The planet Wiki Forum Twitter Mintcast community.linuxmint.com

  * Editors comment

  As always – if you find something I’ve missed in the newsletter please tell me – you can post a comment.

  Enjoy life

  Husse

• January 26, 2010
• 22:03

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox RC1

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)
  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox RC1 został wydany!

  
  Wprowadzenie do systemu Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox RC1:

  Jest to lekka a jednocześnie w pełni funkcjonalna edycja Linux Mint 8 oparta o menedżer okien Fluxbox. System jest łatwy w konfiguracji i uruchamia się bez probllemu nawet na starszych maszynach.

  
  Wymagania systemowe:

  • procesor x86
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 3 GB wolnego miejsca na dysku
  • karta graficzna obsługująca rozdzielczość 800 x 600
  • USB lub napęd CD-ROM

  
  Ważne informacje:

  To wydanie (RC1) skierowane jest do programistów i beta testerów, którzy chcą pomóc w wyszukiwaniu i usuwaniu błędów przed ukazaniem się stabilnej wersji. Prosimy nie używać tego wydania jako główny system.

  
  Aby pobrać Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox kliknij tutaj.

   

• 22:03

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox RC1

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)
  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox RC1 został wydany!

  
  Wprowadzenie do systemu Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox RC1:

  Jest to lekka a jednocześnie w pełni funkcjonalna edycja Linux Mint 8 oparta o menedżer okien Fluxbox. System jest łatwy w konfiguracji i uruchamia się bez probllemu nawet na starszych maszynach.

  
  Wymagania systemowe:

  • procesor x86
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 3 GB wolnego miejsca na dysku
  • karta graficzna obsługująca rozdzielczość 800 x 600
  • USB lub napęd CD-ROM

  
  Ważne informacje:

  To wydanie (RC1) skierowane jest do programistów i beta testerów, którzy chcą pomóc w wyszukiwaniu i usuwaniu błędów przed ukazaniem się stabilnej wersji. Prosimy nie używać tego wydania jako główny system.

  
  Aby pobrać Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox kliknij tutaj.

   

• 16:33

  Linuxmint in italiano

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  Da qui potete scaricare la nostra distro completamente in italiano. Un ringraziamento particolare ad Albertoarpaia per il lavoro svolto, da tutto lo Staff di Mint Italia.
  

• 3:39

  How-to Install & Uninstall Linux Mint 7 inside the Windows C

   » ‎ YouTube

  	How-to Install & Uninstall Linux Mint 7 inside the Windows C This screencast tutorial video from www.OSGUI.com is all about How-to Install Linux Mint 7 or any version of Ubuntu inside the Windows C Drive from within Windows Vista in this Demo. This way of installing is not a Virtual Machine and does not require to re-partition the hard drive nor does it hurt Windows in any way. Then I show how to un-install Ubuntu or Linux Mint from within Windows Vista.	From: OSyTim Views: 573 5 ratings
  Time: 08:21	More in Entertainment

• 3:25

  How-to use & Install Google Picasa in Linux Mint 7 & Ubuntu

   » ‎ YouTube

  	How-to use & Install Google Picasa in Linux Mint 7 & Ubuntu This fresh new Screencast tutorial from www.OSGUI.com covers How-to use & Install Google Picasa in Linux Mint 7 & Ubuntu Tutorial	From: OSyTim Views: 112 6 ratings
  Time: 04:37	More in Entertainment

• January 25, 2010
• 21:34

  Sortie de Linux Mint 8 "Helena" KDE RC1

   » ‎ linuxmint-fr.org

  Jeudi 21 Janvier, Clem a annoncé sur le blog anglophone de linux mint la sortie de la première release candidate de Linux Mint 8 "Helena" KDE.

  Outre les améliorations déjà incluent dans Linux Mint 8 "Helena" Main Edition, on retrouve, installé par défaut, les applications suivantes :

  Minitube: Entrez un mot clé dans l'application et celle ci jouera à l'infinie des vidéos en streaming depuis youtube.

  Tucan: Uploadez et Téléchargez des fichiers sur les sites les plus connus de partage de fichiers (rapidshare, megaupload).

  Google Widgets: Ajoutez des widgets google sur votre bureau.

  Songbird: Parcourez le web tout en écoutant de la musique, trouvez de la musique en ligne, récupérez les morceaux de musiques sur les pages web.

  KDE partition manager: Gérez les partitions de vos disques durs.

  Guarddog: Configurez votre firewall facilement.

   Configuration minimale :

  • 4Go d'espace disque, 10Go recommandé
  • 256Mo de RAM, 512Mo recommandé 

  Téléchargement

  Téléchargement [http ]

  Téléchargement torrent  

   

  N'hésitez pas a faire part de vos rapports de bugs sur le forum officiel.

• 20:58

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox RC1 released!

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Fluxbox Community Edition RC1.

  

  Quick steps:

  • Download the ISO or the torrent.
  • While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox CE, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
  • After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
  • Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy testing Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox RC1.
  • Report bugs on the dedicated forum thread.

  Introduction to Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox:

  This release has been built with the emphasis on a lightweight and yet fully functional desktop centered on the Fluxbox window manager. Even though we strive to provide out-of-the-box readiness for all your hardware and common computing tasks, Linux Mint Fluxbox CE is easily configurable to run on lower-spec hardware with the tools needed for doing so readily available.

  For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox, please read “What’s new in Helena Fluxbox?“.

  System requirements:

  • x86 processor
  • 256 MB of system memory (RAM)
  • 3 GB of disk space for installation
  • GA graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD-ROM drive or USB port

  Important information and known issues:

  As an RC (Release Candidate) this release is targeted at developers and beta-testers who want to help Linux Mint find and correct bugs before the stable release. Please do not use this release as your main desktop. For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

  Feedback and bug reports:

  Please report any bug you may find via the Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox RC1 Bug Thread and give us your feedback on this release by posting a comment right here on the blog.

  Download Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox RC1:

  You can download Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox RC1 via torrent or via [HTTP:]

  Size: 653MB LiveCD
  MD5Sum:  b70be8c9caa4712cf109c66daa3a7f95

  Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-Fluxbox-RC1.iso.torrent
  HTTP download: [www.linuxmint.com]

  Asia:

  • [ftp.jaist.ac.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.riken.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.oss.tw] (Taiwan)

  Europe:

  • [gd.tuwien.ac.at] (Austria)
  • [mint.nano-box.net] (Bulgaria)
  • [mirrors.cytanet.com.cy] (Cyprus)
  • [ftp.klid.dk] (Denmark)
  • [ftp:] (France)
  • [linuxmint.copahost.com] (Germany)
  • [linuxmint.cybermirror.org] (Germany)
  • [ftp5.gwdg.de] (Germany)
  • [mirror.netcologne.de] (Germany)
  • [ftp.cc.uoc.gr] (Greece)
  • [ftp.heanet.ie] (Ireland)
  • [ftp.akl.lt] (Lithuania)
  • [ftp:] (Poland)
  • [cesium.di.uminho.pt] (Portugal)
  • [ftp.df.lth.se] (Sweden)
  • [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net] (UK)

  Northern America:

  • [mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca] (Canada)
  • [mirror.amarillolinux.com] (USA)
  • [mint.ez.by] (USA)
  • [linuxmint.secsup.org] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [mira.sunsite.utk.edu] (USA)

  Rest of the World:

  • [mirror.aarnet.edu.au] (Australia)

  Enjoy!

  Have a lot of fun testing this release candidate and let’s all hope it will help us make a great stable release.

• 20:19

  Sortie de Linux Mint 8 "Helena" Flubox RC1

   » ‎ linuxmint-fr.org

  Moins d'une semaine après la sortie de Linux Mint 8 "Helena" KDE RC1, la communauté Linux Mint frappe encore avec la version fluxbox, le fameux gestionnaire de fenêtre ultra léger.

   Les nouveautés : 

  Mises à jours : Il n'est désormais plus nécessaire de lancer les mises à jour manuellement. De plus, celles ci sont plus rapides et plus fiables.

  Sélection multiple de logiciels :  Dorénavant, le gestionnaire de logiciel autorise le sélection multiple afin d'installer ou de désinstaller plusieurs logiciels en même temps.

• 20:04

  LINUXMINT-ITALIA potrà risultare non visibile dalle 23 del 27.1 alle 02 del 28.1

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  

  Per manutenzione dei database, l’intero portale LinuxMint-Italia potrà non risultare navigabile dalle ore 23 di mercoledì 27 alle 02 di giovedì 28 gennaio.

  Il blog potrebbe risultare fuori servizio anticipatamente e per un periodo maggiore.

  Ci scusiamo con gli utenti per il disservizio.

• January 23, 2010
• 17:12

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE RC1

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE RC1 już jest!

   

  

   

  
  Wprowadzenie do systemu Linux Mint 8 KDE RC1:

  Tworząc KDE Community Edition mamy na celu dostarczenie Linux Mint użytkownikom korzystającym ze środowiska graficznego KDE.

   

  Wymagania systemowe:

  Minimum 4GB wolnego miejsca na dysku oraz 256MB RAM. Do komfortowej pracy zalecane jest 10GB wolnego miejsca oraz 512MB RAM.

   

  Ważne informacje:

  To wydanie (RC1) skierowane jest do programistów i beta testerów, którzy chcą pomóc w wyszukiwaniu i usuwaniu błędów przed ukazaniem się stabilnej wersji. Prosimy nie używać tego wydania jako główny system.

   

  Aby pobrać Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE kliknij tutaj.

• 17:12

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE RC1

   » ‎ linuxmint.pl (pl)

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE RC1 już jest!

   

  

   

  
  Wprowadzenie do systemu Linux Mint 8 KDE RC1:

  Tworząc KDE Community Edition mamy na celu dostarczenie Linux Mint użytkownikom korzystającym ze środowiska graficznego KDE.

   

  Wymagania systemowe:

  Minimum 4GB wolnego miejsca na dysku oraz 256MB RAM. Do komfortowej pracy zalecane jest 10GB wolnego miejsca oraz 512MB RAM.

   

  Ważne informacje:

  To wydanie (RC1) skierowane jest do programistów i beta testerów, którzy chcą pomóc w wyszukiwaniu i usuwaniu błędów przed ukazaniem się stabilnej wersji. Prosimy nie używać tego wydania jako główny system.

   

  Aby pobrać Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE kliknij tutaj.

• January 22, 2010
• 22:14

  Ré-ouverture du site, quoi de neuf?

   » ‎ linuxmint-fr.org

  Le site est de nouveau en ligne, après plusieurs semaines de tests, quelques heures de capilo-tractions, plusieurs dizaines de café... et quelques centaines d'heures de lecture de site web zen, le site est donc de nouveau là pour vous servir. Nous avons tenté de tenir compte des avis et des demandes des membres du forum au sujet des fonctionnalités et de l'ergonomie du site.

  De plus nous avons décidé d'amorcer un tournant dans l'usage de LinuxMint-fr, en effet vous serez certainement agréablement surpris par le côté "communautaire" que nous avons donnés au site. Nous éspérons que cette nouvelle mouture vous conviendra ;)

  Les derniers petits réglages sont en cours et il reste encore quelques termes à traduire sur l'interface mais le site est de nouveau fonctionnel. N'hésitez surtout pas à nous contacter pour nous proposer ou nous demander des améliorations !

  A bientôt donc sur le forum, et bienvenue dans votre communauté !

• 16:10

  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-Fluxbox-DEV-052.iso approved by Clem and Exploder for an RC release.

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-Fluxbox-DEV-052.iso approved by Clem and Exploder for an RC release.

• 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Special Announcement

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  A Special Announcement from Klaatu

• 10:30

  Linux Mint 8 Helena

   » ‎ YouTube

  	Linux Mint 8 Helena Linux Mint 8 Helena under virtualbox	From: OneLamer Views: 34 1 ratings
  Time: 02:39	More in Science & Technology

• January 21, 2010
• 13:46

  Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE RC1 released!

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE Community Edition RC1.

  

  Quick steps:

  • Download the ISO or the torrent.
  • While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 8 KDE CE, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
  • After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
  • Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy testing Linux Mint 8 KDE RC1.
  • Report bugs on the dedicated forum thread.

  Introduction to Linux Mint 8 KDE:

  The KDE Community Edition aims to provide a version of Linux Mint which uses the KDE desktop.

  For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 8 KDE, please read “What’s new in Helena KDE?“.

  System requirements:

  A minimum of 4GB of free space and 256MB RAM are needed. For a comfortable experience we recommended to have at least 512MB RAM and 10GB of free space.

  Important information and known issues:

  As an RC (Release Candidate) this release is targeted at developers and beta-testers who want to help Linux Mint find and correct bugs before the stable release. Please do not use this release as your main desktop. For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

  Feedback and bug reports:

  Please report any bug you may find via the Linux Mint 8 KDE RC1 Bug Thread and give us your feedback on this release by posting a comment right here on the blog.

  Download Linux Mint 8 KDE RC1:

  You can download Linux Mint 8 KDE RC1 via torrent or via [HTTP:]

  Size: 1.1GB LiveDVD
  MD5Sum:  011e30de612adeccaa555da16c4ff0c6

  Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-KDE-RC1.iso.torrent
  HTTP download: [www.linuxmint.com]

  Asia:

  • [ftp.jaist.ac.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.riken.jp] (Japan)
  • [ftp.oss.tw] (Taiwan)

  Europe:

  • [gd.tuwien.ac.at] (Austria)
  • [mint.nano-box.net] (Bulgaria)
  • [mirrors.cytanet.com.cy] (Cyprus)
  • [ftp.klid.dk] (Denmark)
  • [ftp:] (France)
  • [linuxmint.copahost.com] (Germany)
  • [linuxmint.cybermirror.org] (Germany)
  • [ftp5.gwdg.de] (Germany)
  • [mirror.netcologne.de] (Germany)
  • [ftp.cc.uoc.gr] (Greece)
  • [ftp.heanet.ie] (Ireland)
  • [ftp.akl.lt] (Lithuania)
  • [ftp:] (Poland)
  • [cesium.di.uminho.pt] (Portugal)
  • [ftp.df.lth.se] (Sweden)
  • [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net] (UK)

  Northern America:

  • [mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca] (Canada)
  • [mirror.amarillolinux.com] (USA)
  • [mint.ez.by] (USA)
  • [linuxmint.secsup.org] (USA)
  • [ftp:] (USA)
  • [mira.sunsite.utk.edu] (USA)

  Rest of the World:

  • [mirror.aarnet.edu.au] (Australia)

  Enjoy!

  Have a lot of fun testing this release candidate and let’s all hope it will help us make a great stable release.

• January 20, 2010
• 18:30

  Episode 29: CES Special

   » ‎ mintCast

  Enclosure: [download]

  Rothgar’s favorite items from CES 2010. Also this was supposed to be done as a different episode so sorry if there are random edits where I changed numbers and corrected myself on a few acronyms. I left a few mistakes still in the podcast but trying to edit that stuff out is hard.
  I also threw in some different music this time just to mix things up. Let us know what you think. The music is from 15:30

  The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 337

   » ‎ TLLTS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  Just us with Lord D again! Joel Tech Support Horror story, Threethirty is a Fedora Ambassador, Linc says some stuff, MythTv settins, some android, dunce of the week, other goodness

• January 19, 2010
• 14:34

  Hardware database in the Community website

   » ‎ Linux Mint Blog

  A new “Hardware module” was added to the Community website. This module allows you to register your hardware and to search for hardware devices based on multiple criteria.

  Here are some typical use cases of this module:

  • You want to buy an nVidia 8600GT video card and you’d like to know if the 3D effects work well with it under Helena and what kind of FPS you can expect when playing your favorite games. You use the hardware module to search for Helena users who own a 8600GT and you check their notes.
  • You’re shopping for a new printer and you’re wondering which ones are well recognized under Elyssa. You use the hardware module to search for printers which work under Elyssa.

  Using the Hardware module you can search for hardware using a combination of the following criteria:

  • Model names
  • Brands
  • Types (printers, monitors..etc)
  • Status (i.e. how well it works)
  • Release (i.e. under which Linux Mint release)

  At the moment you can’t comment on a particular device, and so therefore you can’t have a conversation with the device owner that others would see but we’ll probably add that in very soon.

  Note: Other modules are planned and the community website ( [community.linuxmint.com] ) is still in ALPHA (so expect things to break now and then).

• 1:08

  Linux Mint 8 KDE CE Release Candiate Leaked

   » ‎ The Blue Mint
  
  
  

  Hello from CampKDE in sunny rainy San Diego, California! Just a quick note to inform you all that the day has finally come. Really! The Linux Mint 8 KDE Release Candidate was recently leaked and can, as of this writing, be downloaded either directly or via a torrent. If you download the torrent, please seed to at least 1.5x (150%). We will, of course, have a full review upon the return from CampKDE.

  Also, please note that any comments regarding the Release Candidate on this blog will be forwarded to the developers for their review. This feedback allows them to make any needed changes for the "official" release. Thanks!

  Direct link

  Torrent link

  Since there is no "official" announcement as of yet, a list of included packages and release notes in general are non-existent at the moment. Take the Linux Mint 8 KDE RC DVD out for a spin, and as always please let us know what you think.

  

  
  

  

• January 18, 2010
• 17:28

  Pronta la RC1 di Mint 8 “Helena” Kde Community Edition!

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  

  E’ disponibile per il test la Release Candidate di LinuxMint 8 “Helena” nella versione con Kde come desktop environment, gestita dalla Community di LinuxMint.
  Chi desidera testare la Kde 4.4 aromatizzata alla menta non ha che da scaricarsi questi 1,1 GB di dati e bruciarli su un dvd.

• 13:59

  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-KDE-DEV-048.iso approved to be released as LinuxMint-8-KDE-RC1.iso

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-KDE-DEV-048.iso approved to be released as LinuxMint-8-KDE-RC1.iso
• 13:55

  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-Fluxbox-DEV-052.iso approved by Exploder for an RC release, waiting on Clem's approval.

   » ‎ Twitter
  Linux_Mint: LinuxMint-8-Fluxbox-DEV-052.iso approved by Exploder for an RC release, waiting on Clem's approval.

• 5:21

  The Computer Action Show! Season 2 Episode 2

   » ‎ LAS (podcast)

  Enclosure: [download]

  This week on, The Computer Action Show!

  China Hacks Google. Google Delta Force, powered by Chuck Norris, Hacks China right the heck back, we have the great Boxee Box debate, discuss Intel hating on AMD, and ramble on about Firefox dropping the THREE DOT SEVEN RELEASE!

  THEN – We review the Litl webbook and part two of our Droid view

  PLUS SO MUCH MORE!

  GoDaddy.com: Support the show, and use our code LINUX to save 10% off any order!

  All this week on, The Computer Action Show!

  
  

• January 17, 2010
• 23:57

  LQ Votes Again!

   » ‎ Shane Joe Lazar

  We have the Grammys, the Oscars, the Golden Globes, the Webbys and the LQ Members' Choice Awards! Yes folks, it is that time of the year - time for the 2009 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards!

  
  
  

  For as long as I've been using Linux, the Linux Questions site and forums have been a wealth of help, ideas and knowledge. It is probably the largest non distro specific Linux forum out there with over 420,000 registered members. Every year members of the Linux Questions community vote for their favorite applications, programming languages, distributions, toolkit, desktop environment and more! It is a great way to show your support and appreciation for the projects you love and use, to find projects that are sparking others' interest and feel the pulse of what's beating in the the heart of the Linux world.

  
  
  

  Voting ends on February 9th. So head over, register (if you're not already registered) and vote!

  
• 14:17

  Tidbit: Firefox Extension - Invert Colors

   » ‎ Shane Joe Lazar

  I spend a lot of time in front of the computer screen and this can be a real strain on the eyes. The easiest way for me to cope with this is to use dark themes and reduce the brightness of the screen. But these have their limitations. Using dark themes only affects window decorations and system wigdets, while decreasing brightness can make things near unreadable especially during the day time. Then there is the fact that most a lot of my time on the computer is spent in the web browser where themes have no effect and most pages are bright.

  
  
  

  Enter Invert Colors. This is a great little experimental addon for Firefox. Basically it does does what it says on the box. It inverts the colors of web pages and removes background images. It works relatively well. So far only one site (www.hattrick.org) crashes Firefox with this Addon enabled. Gmail is not affected by this addon but this can be rectified easily with Gmail themes.

  
  
  

  In general, sites continue to work well although some buttons and links do not appear on some sites e.g. the thumbs up and down icons for youtube comments. Pages look more "90s" without all the images and backgrounds. But the important thing is that it does what I expect it to do and that is dim down the pages and reduce eye strain. If you would rather Invert Colors does not modify a site, you can configure it to do just that. Simply disable it for the site and reload to see the page as it was meant to be.

  
  
  

  I would recommend Invert Colors to someone who likes dark themes because they are easy one the eyes and can handle the less flashy and occasionally buggy web experience. I certainly think it is worth it. If you use some other method to achieve this effect, please do let me know!

  
  
  

  Here are some example screenshots

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Click here for a Google Wave invite. First come, first serve!

  

• 11:55

  Linux Mint 8, prova su strada

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  Da Gusions blog

  
  Sembrava una di quelle noiose giornate d’inverno, pioggia incessante, cielo scuro e poca voglia di fare. Sarà l’aria tetra e cupa, sarà la voglia di far nulla, sarà l’ombra di Plauto che incombe su di me (penso che domani mattina mi tratterrà a casa ) che mi ha messo nelle condizioni di frugare nel mio armadio e di trovare un vecchio hd da 20gb.

  Continua a leggere questo articolo di Gusions

• 11:32

  Aggiornare mint7 x64 a mint8 x64

   » ‎ Mint-Italia

  E’ stata resa nota (meglio tardi che mai) la procedura “ufficiale” per aggiornare la versione x64 di LinuxMint dalla 7 alla 8. Qui l’originale.

  Upgrade vs. installazione da zero:

  Il metodo consigliato per installare Mint 8 è di scaricare e creare il cd di installazione e installare da lì. In questa guida è indicato come effettuare l’avanzamento di versione (upgrade), ma non per questo è il metodo raccomandato. Si presume che siate a conoscenza dei vantaggi e degli svantaggi:

  Pro:

• - con l’upgrade si mantengono i programmi aggiunti successivamente all’installazione, senza bisogno di reinstallarli (cosa che avverrebbe con un’installazione da zero);
• - con l’upgrade si mantengono impostazioni e documenti personali senza bisogno di passare per un backup. Da notare che si può ottenere questo stesso risultato anche usando una partizione a sé stante per la directory /home, cosa consigliata in ogni caso.

Contro:

• - l’upgrade è lento, visto che è necessario scaricare gli aggiornamenti per tutti i pacchetti. L’installazione da zero avviene in 10-15 minuti;
• - a seconda di che cosa è installato sul vostro sistema, l’aggiornamento dei pacchetti può occasionalmente portare a dei conflitti, che solo utenti che hanno un po’ di confidenza con APT possono risolvere rapidamente. I meno esperti si ritroverebbero in questo caso con una via di mezzo fra Mint 7 e Mint 8, e in casi estremi anche con un sistema inutilizzabile (sic!);
• - prima che Ubuntu venga rilasciato c’è un code-freeze, poi il testing continua. Lo stesso avviene per LinuxMint, quindi in seguito ad un’installazione da zero si ottiene un sistema testato perfettamente stabile e funzionante. Con l’aggiornamento, tutti i pacchetti vengono aggiornati indiscriminatamente all’ultima versione disponibile indipendentemente dal loro livello di sicurezza, dal livello 1 al livello 5, quindi eventuali regressioni derivanti da questi aggiornamenti verranno portati anche nel vostro sistema;
• - con l’uscita di ogni nuovo kernel ci sono delle differenze fra i componenti hardware supportati. Per sapere se i vostri componenti sono supportati dovete provare ad avviare il sistema da liveCD e verificare che tutto funzioni almeno quanto nella versione precedente, prima di decidere per l’avanzamento. Molti utenti hanno lamentato malfunzionamenti a schede wifi, audio o altri componenti che precedentemente funzionavano regolarmente, quindi l’”aggiornamento ad ogni costo” non è necessariamente la scelta migliore. L’avanzamento di versione non permette di stabilire in anticipo se si sta facendo la scelta giusta.

Confronto con Ubuntu:

• - L’upgrade di Ubuntu non è meno rischioso dell’upgrade di Mint. E’ egualmente rischioso.
• - Ubuntu non fa cenno ai rischi impliciti nell’avanzamento di versione; la loro politica è di risolvere in seguito eventuali problemi e di presumere che le regressioni causate sul vostro sistema saranno risolte in seguito con aggiornamenti.
• - LinuxMint al contrario sottolinea questi rischi e raccomanda un approccio più prudente agli aggiornamenti. La nostra politica è di evitare possibili regressioni con una maggiore selettività degli aggiornamenti raccomandati.
• - Avanzare di versione in Ubuntu è semplice, più semplice che farlo in LinuxMint. Non dovrebbe essere così in ogni caso; e se è coinvolto il rischio che rendiate inusabile il vostro sistema, il meno che possiamo fare è di scrivere un lungo post noioso in proposito in maniera che ci pensiate due volte prima di farlo, e i lanciare dei messaggi di attenzione prima che premiate quel pulsante scintillante

Avanzare di versione graficamente (più semplice):

• – Aprite un terminale e scrivete i seguenti comandi: “apt update” e “apt install mint-upgrade-tool-x64”
• – Aprite mintMenu e lanciate “Menu->Administration->Upgrade to Linux Mint 8?
• – Seguite le istruzioni.
• – Quando viene chiesto, scegliete sempre “Replace”.
• – Quando viene chiesto, scegliete sempre “I”.
• – Al termine riavviate il computer.
• – Cambiate il wallpaper a “Fresh” e il tema a “Shiki-Wise”
• – Avviate nuovamente il tool di aggiornamento dal menu e lasciate che questo porti a termine l’operazione.

Avanzare di versione da linea di comando (più veloce):

Aprite il terminale e scrivete i seguenti comandi:

• – gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list (Cambiate tutte le occorrenze di “gloria” in “helena”e tutte quelle di “jaunty” in “karmic”, rimuvete le linee per la Community section del repository di Linux Mint, poi salvate e chiudete l’editor di testo)
• – apt update
• – apt install mint-info-main (scegliete “Y” o “I” per installare la versione del mantenitore del pacchetto)
• – apt install mint-meta-main (scegliete “Y” o “I” per installare la versione del mantenitore del pacchetto)

Nel terminale, ripetete i seguenti comandi finché entrambi i comandi di aggiornamento non indicano più aggiornamenti disponibili:

• – apt upgrade
• – apt dist-upgrade
• – apt install mint-meta-x64