Linux Mint Newsletter Issue 7

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The Linux Mint Store

The Linux Mint Store was updated and visitors can now see the official artwork and packaging made for Bianca.

For more information about the products, visit the Linux Mint Store: http://linuxmint.com/store/

Bianca KDE Edition

A lot of things happened this week and things didn't look too good for the KDE Edition. The development team was experiencing compilation problems with Kicker-Kickoff and casper problems with the LiveCD. Fortunately an announcement was made and it appears most problems were solved.

  • Kicker-Kickoff although still included in the KDE Edition was replaced by "Tasty-Menu" as the default KDE Menu.
  • The KDE Edition, initially based on Bianca, was rebased on Kubuntu 6.10. Although this means the KDE Edition is back on schedule and a release date should be announced soon, it also means it will be harder to switch/upgrade from Bianca to Bianca KDE Edition.
  • The mint applications (mintWifi, mintDisk, mintDesktop, mintConfig, mintMenu..etc) were removed from the KDE Edition.
  • The current BETA 008 ISO file is less than 700MB. If everything goes well, the KDE Edition should fit on a CD.

Bianca Light Edition

A new edition was announced. The Light Edition is an effort to bring Linux Mint to countries which legislation doesn't allow the use or distribution of the main edition. The Light Edition is basically a version of Linux Mint with all proprietary, patented and restricted technologies removed.

Release dates were announced for Bianca Light Edition:

  • Beta version: 22/03/2007
  • Stable version: 29/03/2007

For more information about the Light Edition: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1623

For more information about packages being removed in the Light Edition: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1625

mintArt

The mintArt project came with 31 new logos. These logos were split into 6 groups and users are welcome to vote in each of these groups for their favorite logo:

The following announcement explains the format of this logo contest: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1722

Wiki

The Linux Mint Community started to make their own WIKI and a lot of content was added.

You can visit the Linux Mint Community Portal here: http://linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/Wikimint:Community_Portal

Among other things, a solution was found for the mintMenu focus problem under Beryl and a tutorial was published in the Community Portal: http://linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/Fixing_MintMenu_and_Beryl_focus_problems

Romeo

Envy 0.9.1 amd Remastersys 1.5 were added to Romeo. Both packages need 2 more positive feedback to make their way into Stable.

Envy 0.9.1 is significant step forward compared to Envy 0.8.2. It comes with a new GUI and a lot of improvements. Remastersys brings more flexibility (a configurable /etc/remastersys file) and a few bug fixes.

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