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Post by elvisuk on Nov 12, 2010 19:21:53 GMT
Linux Mint 10 Julia released
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 10. Linux Mint 10 New features at a glance: Welcome screen Install codecs and upgrade to the DVD edition from the welcome screen Menu Highlights newly installed applications Finds and installs software from the repositories Search engines GTK bookmarks support GTK themes support Software manager Application icons Better categorization Update manager Ignore updates Download size Upload manager UI, speed, ETA Connection test Cancel / [...]
blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1581
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Post by mikkh on Nov 12, 2010 20:13:34 GMT
Yes I've been using the RC (release candidate) for weeks and it's been updating itself constantly so I am basically using the final release already
One of the better Ubuntu spin offs definitely - in fact like most re-workings, it's much better than it's parent distro by quite a long way
They (and dozens of others) are themselves just based on another main distro - Debian
Pure Debian is pretty horrendous though, rock solid stability but not very user friendly
It's left to the likes of Parsix, Mint and Mepis to make Debian user friendly
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Post by elvisuk on Nov 13, 2010 1:08:21 GMT
I have been trying to download it to day but i cannot as they are to busy i will have to leave it a few days i think
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Post by elvisuk on Nov 13, 2010 19:07:07 GMT
Well i got Linux Mint 10 64bit downloaded and installed on my hardrive no problems most of my stuff is on finish it off on Sunday and have a play with it
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Post by elvisuk on Nov 30, 2010 16:40:47 GMT
Just started to use Linux Mint 10, 64bit on my new 1TB hardrive i see they have changed the icons which is very confusing but i like it still got Linux Mint 9, 64bit on my laptop i do not need to change it yet
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Post by mikkh on Nov 30, 2010 23:40:53 GMT
I've swapped computers to give the server a good run out and installed PClinuxOS and Fedora Fusion on the two Linux partitions
I'll probably put Mint on 'wubi' style though as I also installed XP Pro because it has the COA for that on the case
The new icons are great
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Post by elvisuk on Dec 1, 2010 1:25:45 GMT
I am thinking about putting open souse on with my mint witl it mess my bootlist up as i don't want to lose mint?
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Post by mikkh on Dec 1, 2010 9:42:18 GMT
It should be OK, but Mint has no easy way of restoring an MBR bootloader - unlike many distros, and OpenSuse tries to make you use the Ext4 file system and two partitions (one for home and one for the system) if you don't change the defaults.
On a multi booting Linux system, I install as many as possible with the bootloader on it's own partition, then let one - usually PClinuxOS, manage the MBR bootloader for all installed operating systems.
I guess what I'm saying is that booting several Linux distros on the same hard drive is not to be taken lightly as it brings a whole new set of problems to the table.
The ideal solution for you would be to install Mint 'wubi' style - i.e. inside a Windows folder and any extra Linux's on their own Linux partitions, but I assume it's too late for that?
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Post by elvisuk on Dec 1, 2010 13:19:13 GMT
"The ideal solution for you would be to install Mint 'wubi' style - i.e. inside a Windows folder and any extra Linux's on their own Linux partitions, but I assume it's too late for that?
" Yes just a bit BUT i still have my old hardrive with W7 & Mint 9 i will try Opan Suse on that first as i have no use for it now, no files on it any more but not till tommorow.
I will let you now what happens.
Thanks
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Post by elvisuk on Dec 1, 2010 20:52:00 GMT
I now have to reinstall W7 & Mint 10 as i had put W7 home upgrade on to a new 1TB hardrive & it will not let me use the W7 upgrade number so i will have to format & reinstall but at least i have the partitions already in place
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Post by ken on Dec 2, 2010 8:26:49 GMT
You should have copied the Win7 system over from the other drive Elvis, otherwise you have to install twice if its a clean drive. An upgrade is only valid if theres another copy of Windows installed. It doesn't matter what it is as long as its a Windows system. Unregistered copies and even pirate copies are good enough. Thats the only real difference between a full copy and an upgrade. Luckily Win7 installs fast, but its much quicker to transfer an image from the old drive and you get all your programs and drivers at the same time.
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Post by elvisuk on Dec 2, 2010 19:19:18 GMT
I never thort of that KC but i have not got a image of W7 64bit only W7 32bit so i had to reinstall anyway, i put XP on and then W7 had to do it twice as i messed the first a temp up F&%$821 Windows just got Linux Mint 10 64bit to put on now the best OS
You do now this is a Linux thread don't you? KC
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Post by ken on Dec 2, 2010 20:28:39 GMT
I've got 3000 gig of storage being managed by Linux Elvis, how much have you got???
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Post by elvisuk on Dec 3, 2010 1:02:19 GMT
About £50 KC ;D
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Post by nike on Jan 16, 2011 13:05:20 GMT
I downloaded the ISO file, and installed it on a brand new computer, and I must say, after previous involvement with linux, I was suitably impressed
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Post by mikkh on Jan 17, 2011 16:20:51 GMT
Linux is a bit of an enigma with the standards varying greatly. There's always been good 'distros' but many more average and downright rubbish ones too unfortunately.
I don't think there's one (out of hundreds) I haven't tried in some form or another over the last ten years and most don't cut the mustard even for a geek like me.
It can go in cycles too, like OpenSuse or plain SuSe as it used it be 10/11 years ago. I was happily using version 8.something all those years ago, but each new release seemed to bring bloatedness and bugs rather than improvement so I abandoned it as a bad job a few years ago. Then I recently tried version 11.2 and lo and behold, it's back on my top 5 best Linux 'distros' list
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Post by nike on Jan 18, 2011 6:06:33 GMT
My first experiment with this wave of Linux, was Eeebuntu-3, which I installed on an ASUS netbook, which originally came with XP Home. I reloaded XP Home on it initially and was left with 84mb on the 4 gig hard drive. Eeebuntu was duly loaded in it's place and it left me with 1.2 gig of space, as well as loading all the necessary drivers to get the thing up and running.
Suitably impressed with that, I decided to have a good look at Linux Mint, and as the "Julia" version had just been released, I decided to download the ISO, put it on disc and load it onto a new machine I had just built for stock. If a customer hadn't come along and ask me for XP Pro to be loaded onto it, it would still have been there so I could have had a good play with it. I was impressed at just what was installed along with the OS. Open Office, Maxathon, and other stuff as well. I'll do it again soon, as it has piqued my interest in Linux once again. I think it is something I could sell to a new computer user myself. It's the closest to Windows that I have seen so far.
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Post by mikkh on Jan 18, 2011 11:42:31 GMT
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 18, 2011 14:42:58 GMT
I still think Linux Mint 10 64bit is the bees knees i use it most of the time i was quit chuff when i put in my web cam and it worked with out me having to put drivers in and when i try my other web cam it work as well to my surprise with out putting drivers in
I think i will try Sabayon gamer sometime just for something to do
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 18, 2011 14:46:05 GMT
Just to say webcams have never work up to Linux Mint 10
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Post by nike on Jan 18, 2011 21:46:46 GMT
I'll have a look at PCLinuxOS Mikkh, thanks fer that. It's been years since I last played with Linux. It seems to have come a long way since then. I think the last distro I had a go at was PCLinuxOS, but that was quite some time back, and it didn't give me what I was after.
Possibly, it was having to chase drivers that put me off, that's what I liked about Mint10, it auto loaded everything I needed to have the computer up and running.
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