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• $500 (10th donation), Mohammed A.
• $200, Karl F.
• $125.23, Frederic L. aka “”nofrog”"
• $100, Marc H.
• $100, Stacy D.
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• $90, John S.
• $75 (10th donation), Ralph Siegler aka “ziggy“
• $63.24, Nicholas L.
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• $50 (3rd donation), Jonathan L.
• $50, Howard S.
• $50, Jerry S.
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• $50, Johan R.
• $50, Peter G.
• $44.27, Julian S.
• $40 (4th donation), Alex Dolhescu
• $37.94, Alfred R.
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• $37.57 (38th donation), Olli K.
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• $31.62 (2nd donation), Christian P.
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• $30, Jerrick D.
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• $26 (2nd donation), Robert F.
• $25.3, Tamas S.
• $25.3, Hans E.
• $25.05, Jukka K.
• $25.05, Damien G.
• $25 (19th donation), Ronald W.
• $25 (11th donation), Adam D.
• $25 (2nd donation), Michael P.
• $25, Rhyss E.
• $25, Douglas L.
• $25, Peter P.
• $25, Dianna H.
• $25, Renquan C.
• $25, Galileo M.
• $25, Robert M.
• $25, Craig C.
• $25, David E.
• $20 (43th donation), Slavoljub aka “slw”
• $20 (25th donation), Tsuguo S.
• $20 (2nd donation), Gabriel D.
• $20 (2nd donation), iMarketing Solutions LLC aka “iMarketing“
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• $20, Stephen J.
• $20, Web M.
• $20, Mike T.
• $20, Moacir I. C. J.
• $20, Shestakov V.
• $20, John R.
• $20, Singing F.
• $20, Petr V.
• $20, Brent S.
• $20, Alex M.
• $20, Victor W.
• $20, Daniel B.
• $20, Evandro M. L. J.
• $20, Uncle Geek
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• $20, Terri C. aka “Austin’s Mom”
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• $16, Terry I.
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• $13.91, Guillermo O. A.
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• $12.65, Thorsten S.
• $12.65, Meiko M.
• $12.65, Ulrich H.
• $12.65, Simo M.
• $12.52 (2nd donation), Nicolas B.
• $12.52, Giorgio B.
• $12.52, Mario R.
• $12.52, Peter Mc Aulay
• $12.52, Pierre S.
• $12.52, Rune J.
• $12.52, Joachim T.
• $12 (25th donation), John A.
• $12, Aylen B.
• $10 (26th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
• $10 (7th donation), Jerry Jones
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• $6.32, Judith S.
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• $6, Andy Chung
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• $5.3, Christopher L.
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• $5, Hendrik C.
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• $5, Jerod F.
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• $5, Marco C.
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• $5, Matthew S.
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• $3, Matthew Brener aka “akkatracker“
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Donations:

A total of $4,793 was raised thanks to the generous contributions of 235 donors:

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• $125.23, Tommaso S. L. R.
• $100 (6th donation), Anonymous
• $100 (2nd donation), David B.
• $100 (2nd donation), Matthew P.
• $100, James R.
• $100, James B.
• $100, Glen A.
• $100, Saha S. K.
• $80 (2nd donation), David S.
• $70, Doug L.
• $64.38 (2nd donation), Damijan A.
• $64.38, Andreas B.
• $50 (36th donation), Matthew M.
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• $50 (2nd donation), Anne-christine U.
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• $50, Pete S.
• $50, Stephens D.
• $50, Keith T.
• $50, Scott B.
• $50, Shaun M.
• $50, TehGhodTrole
• $50, Mike Redman
• $40 (8th donation), bdantas
• $40 (8th donation), bdantas
• $40 (8th donation), bdantas
• $40, Mark W.
• $38.63 (37th donation), Olli K.
• $38.63, Andrea Z. aka “TexZK”
• $38.63, Rolf N.
• $32.19, Jose M. A.
• $32.19, Janne L.
• $32.19, Mohamed E. H.
• $32.19, Andreas B.
• $31.31, Ipicto S.
• $30 (42th donation), Slavoljub aka “slw”
• $25.75 (2nd donation), Miguel D. D. M.
• $25.75 (2nd donation), Gabriele G.
• $25.75 (2nd donation), Sebastiano C.
• $25.75, Nuno G.
• $25.75, Algirdas R.
• $25.75, Xose M. G. B.
• $25.75, Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
• $25.75, Peter S.
• $25.05 (2nd donation), Thomas S.
• $25.05, Ingo A.
• $25.05, Neven J.
• $25.05, Kircho D.
• $25 (18th donation), Ronald W.
• $25 (3rd donation), Charles R.
• $25 (3rd donation), Marcus L.
• $25 (3rd donation), Derek Turner aka “frderek“
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• $25, Daryl F.
• $25, Frank L.
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• $25, Nicholas W.
• $25, Richard W.
• $25, Daniel H.
• $25, Recursive Coaching
• $25, Leo P.
• $22.22, Martin Dressler
• $20 (9th donation), P. S. B. aka “fixpcpaul“
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• $20, Guy L.
• $20, David R.
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• $20, Arpit S.
• $20, Stephen D. H.
• $19.31, Frederic SEUX aka “plumachau“
• $19.31, Manuel B. aka “mani-b”
• $18.78, Andrei Z.
• $15.45 (17th donation), Jarkko K.
• $15 (2nd donation), Robert E.
• $15 (2nd donation), James T.
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• $15, Louis A.
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• $12.88 (8th donation), zerozero
• $12.88 (3rd donation), Janne S.
• $12.88, Nicholas H.
• $12.88, Lothar G.
• $12.88, Manfred J. L.
• $12.88, Björn B.
• $12.88, Alan P.
• $12.88, John aka “Vopac”
• $12.88, Havok1211
• $12.88, Graham U.
• $12.88, Anton K.
• $12.88, Serkan T.
• $12.88, Laot L.
• $12.88, Davide R.
• $12.88, Jan F.
• $12.88, Athales.com Nantes
• $12.52 (2nd donation), Owen Llywelyn
• $12.52, David aka “RedWarrior“
• $12.52, Renato M.
• $12.52, Gianluca T.
• $12.52, Soi D. H.
• $10 (25th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
• $10 (7th donation), Eduardo O.
• $10 (5th donation), Peter Larson
• $10 (4th donation), Fabio Ranquetat aka “Ranquetat”
• $10 (2nd donation), Paul W.
• $10 (2nd donation), Andrzej W.
• $10 (2nd donation), Tony C.
• $10 (2nd donation), iPhone & iPad apps
• $10 (2nd donation), Jeffrey B.
• $10 (2nd donation), Manpreet S. Dhillon
• $10, Alton G.
• $10, Ashwij S.
• $10, Drew B.
• $10, Rachael P.
• $10, Boris M.
• $10, Vincent P.
• $10, Kristopher P.
• $10, Thomas B.
• $10, William C.
• $10, Sinisa S.
• $10, Hennie M.
• $10, Doyt F.
• $10, Ganesh R. aka “TorvaldsIsGod“
• $10, Ozgu B.
• $10, Takahiro K.
• $10, Brooke V. D.
• $10, Jeffrey H.
• $10, Nigel S.
• $10, Igor S.
• $10, Humble Bundle Donator
• $10, Martin Vargas
• $10, Jade S.
• $10, Robert J aka “junivers”
• $10, Sonmez S.
• $10, Emmett I.
• $10, Robert R.
• $10, Omar J. A. C.
• $10, AJAY-TECH
• $9 (24th donation), John A.
• $7.73, Xavier N.
• $7, Vincent
• $6.44 (14th donation), Marco aka “Dictionary-Maker“
• $6.44 (4th donation), Robert K.
• $6.44 (2nd donation), Patrick R.
• $6.44, Marion E. aka “BraniseenQT“
• $6.44, Konstantinos M.
• $6.44, Federico S. A.
• $6.44, Panagiotis M.
• $6.44, Mario F.
• $6.44, Josef N.
• $6.44, Zigmars Dzenis
• $6.26 (7th donation), SilFox
• $6.26 (2nd donation), Stefan Infanger aka “noob_fl“
• $6.26, Guido S.
• $6.26, Jose L. D. B.
• $5 (9th donation), Miljenko D. aka “ljacmi”
• $5 (9th donation), SM
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• $5 (6th donation), Jerry Jones
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• $5, Ivanov O.
• $5, Donald P. J.
• $5, Jorge G.
• $5, Eric R.
• $5, Underline W.
• $5, Nereo M.
• $5, Onur Ü.
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• $5, Lance F.
• $5, Alhakim
• $5, Stephanie S.
• $5, Sas S.
• $5, L M.
• $5, Kristofer G.
• $4, Diogo P. D. O.
• $4, Muhammad N.
• $3.86, Jan C.
• $3.86, Leather Jackets for Men
• $3.03 (5th donation), Louis Pilfold
• $3 (2nd donation), Estate Agents London
• $3, Orlov Y. aka “Kvet“
• $3, Khalid A.
• $3, Prakob P. P. P. aka “kob“
• $19.26 from 17 smaller donations

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Screenshots

LMDE 201303 Cinnamon Edition

LMDE 201303 MATE Edition

Highlights

• Update Pack 6
• MATE 1.4
• Cinnamon 1.6
• Installer improvements (graphical timezone and keyboard selection, support for installation on multiple HDD, slideshow, webcam and face picture support)
• Device Driver Manager
• Plymouth splash screen

If you’re new to LMDE, welcome to Linux Mint Debian!

Important links

• Known problems
• Changelog

LMDE in brief

• Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is a semi-rolling distribution based on Debian Testing.
• It’s available in both 32 and 64-bit as a live DVD with MATE or Cinnamon.
• The purpose of LMDE is to look identical to the main edition and to provide the same functionality while using Debian as a base.

FAQ

1. Is LMDE compatible with Ubuntu-based Linux Mint editions?

No, it is not. LMDE is compatible with Debian, which isn’t compatible with Ubuntu.

2. Is LMDE fully compatible with Debian?

Yes, 100%. LMDE is compatible with repositories designed for Debian Testing.

3. What is a semi-rolling distribution?

Updates are constantly fed to Debian Testing, where users experience frequent regressions but also frequent bug fixes and improvements. LMDE receives “Update Packs” which are tested snapshots of Debian Testing. Users can experience a more stable system thanks to update packs, or switch their sources to follow Testing, or even Unstable, directly to get more frequent updates.

4. How does LMDE compare to the Ubuntu-based editions?

Pros:

• You don’t need to ever re-install the system. New versions of software and updates are continuously brought to you.
• It’s faster and more responsive than Ubuntu-based editions.

Cons:

• LMDE requires a deeper knowledge and experience with Linux, dpkg and APT.
• Debian is a less user-friendly/desktop-ready base than Ubuntu. Expect some rough edges.
• No EFI, GPT or secureBoot support.

Additional notes:

• About the installer: The live installer is developed from scratch with Debian in mind. It’s configurable and it can be re-used by other Debian-based distributions. We noticed a lack in live technologies and in live Debian installers, so we’re happy to take the lead on this. If you’re a developer and you’re interested in using it, have a look at its source repository and don’t hesitate to contact us so we can help you fork it and merge upcoming changes between our two projects.
• About bugs: Please use this blog to report bugs.
• Dedicated chat room: #linuxmint-debian is open to LMDE users on irc.spotchat.org.

Download links:

Torrents:

• Cinnamon 32-bit
• Cinnamon 64-bit
• MATE 32-bit
• MATE 64-bit

MD5 sums:

• Cinnamon 32-bit: b82ad03d022c7ad56ef8195642494f41
• Cinnamon 64-bit: 559d2f78c8f209eff56300d92d86458f
• MATE 32-bit: 06ae51a79afb8cf71ebc21e78fb630b0
• MATE 64-bit: 6f35b278e027ce6c26456f41346faf76

Cinnamon 32-bit:

• Argentina Cooperativa Telefonica de Villa Gobernador Galvez Ltda.
• Argentina Xfree
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Bangladesh IS Pros Limited
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Bulgaria Telepoint
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• Estonia Girl Technology Blog
• France GoPotato
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• France IRCAM
• France Nouknouk
• France Ordimatic
• France RTS Informatique
• Germany Artfiles
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Iceland Siminn hf
• India Honesty Net Solutions
• Ireland HEAnet
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Italy GARR
• Kazakhstan Neolabs
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Norway Communica
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• Serbia University of Kragujevac
• Slovakia Rainside
• South Africa University of Free State
• South Korea KAIST
• South Korea NeowizGames corp
• Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Taiwan NCHC
• Taiwan Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• Taiwan TamKang University
• Turkey Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
• Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
• United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
• United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
• USA James Madison University
• USA Linux Freedom
• USA MetroCast Cablevision
• USA mirrorcatalogs.com
• USA Nexcess
• USA Secution, LLC.
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• Vietnam FPT Telecom

Cinnamon 64-bit:

• Argentina Cooperativa Telefonica de Villa Gobernador Galvez Ltda.
• Argentina Xfree
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Bangladesh IS Pros Limited
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Bulgaria Telepoint
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• Estonia Girl Technology Blog
• France GoPotato
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• France IRCAM
• France Nouknouk
• France Ordimatic
• France RTS Informatique
• Germany Artfiles
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Iceland Siminn hf
• India Honesty Net Solutions
• Ireland HEAnet
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Italy GARR
• Kazakhstan Neolabs
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Norway Communica
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• Serbia University of Kragujevac
• Slovakia Rainside
• South Africa University of Free State
• South Korea KAIST
• South Korea NeowizGames corp
• Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Taiwan NCHC
• Taiwan Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• Taiwan TamKang University
• Turkey Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
• Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
• United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
• United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
• USA James Madison University
• USA Linux Freedom
• USA MetroCast Cablevision
• USA mirrorcatalogs.com
• USA Nexcess
• USA Secution, LLC.
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• Vietnam FPT Telecom

MATE 32-bit:

• Argentina Cooperativa Telefonica de Villa Gobernador Galvez Ltda.
• Argentina Xfree
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Bangladesh IS Pros Limited
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Bulgaria Telepoint
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• Estonia Girl Technology Blog
• France GoPotato
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• France IRCAM
• France Nouknouk
• France Ordimatic
• France RTS Informatique
• Germany Artfiles
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Iceland Siminn hf
• India Honesty Net Solutions
• Ireland HEAnet
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Italy GARR
• Kazakhstan Neolabs
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Norway Communica
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
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• Russia Yandex Team
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• South Korea KAIST
• South Korea NeowizGames corp
• Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Taiwan NCHC
• Taiwan Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
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MATE 64-bit:

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• Estonia Girl Technology Blog
• France GoPotato
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• France IRCAM
• France Nouknouk
• France Ordimatic
• France RTS Informatique
• Germany Artfiles
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
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• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Iceland Siminn hf
• India Honesty Net Solutions
• Ireland HEAnet
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Italy GARR
• Kazakhstan Neolabs
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Norway Communica
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• Serbia University of Kragujevac
• Slovakia Rainside
• South Africa University of Free State
• South Korea KAIST
• South Korea NeowizGames corp
• Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Taiwan NCHC
• Taiwan Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• Taiwan TamKang University
• Turkey Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
• Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
• United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
• United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
• USA James Madison University
• USA Linux Freedom
• USA MetroCast Cablevision
• USA mirrorcatalogs.com
• USA Nexcess
• USA Secution, LLC.
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• Vietnam FPT Telecom

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MDM now supports HTML5 themes. This allows artists to design beautiful login screens with animations, dynamism and all the technologies which are already available to web designers!

Introduction and background info about MDM

In Linux Mint, MDM is the default display manager. It is the software which is responsible for the login screen, and which coordinates the authentication and the launching of the desktop sessions.

MDM features 3 different login screens, also known as “greeters”.

The “GTK” greeter is a simple login screen made of a GTK dialog. It looks like that:

The GTK greeter, clean and simple

The “GDM” greeter is a login screen which uses a canvas and is compatible with XML themes known as “GDM themes”. It’s probably the one you’re using right now, and it can look very different depending on which theme you’re using. Here’s an example of the GDM greeter running the Arc-Brave-Userlist theme:

The GDM greeter, good looking and themeable

The “HTML” greeter is a new login screen which uses webkit and is compatible with themes written in HTML. Here’s an example of a theme designed by the development team:

The HTML greeter, good looking, interactive and easy to theme

It might not look great like that, but keep in mind that this was designed by the MDM/Mint developers.. not by Web artists. This particular theme was made using HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap and JQuery.

Even though it’s only a screenshot, you can see the transparency used on the login dialog and see how the user picture rotated when we placed the mouse over it.

Some of the possibilities provided by Web technologies

Using web technologies within Linux Mint means we can not only create beautiful themes but also dynamic ones and use one of the biggest resources available: web content.

Here are a few examples of what can be done using Web technologies today:

• Easy background effects: http://hakim.se/experiments/html5/origami
• A dynamic interface: http://www.theamazingspidermangame.com/
• An entire game: http://www.cuttherope.ie/
• Another game: http://canvasrider.com/

Using these technologies, MDM HTML themes can define the way the login screen looks, but also the way the navigation works, how the user interaction works, the conditions to enable log in etc etc…

Your HTML login screen can make the user jump, play a minigame and even finish a level before he can log in…. but please don’t do that…

It goes without saying that including Flash or Java content in the login screen, asking the user to wait for something to load, or to play a minigame to be able to log in would cause some frustrating experience. But these technologies can be used to implement subtle effects appreciated by users and without efforts from the artist, for instance:

• Giving the theme an animated background by using an animated gif or playing an HTML5 video in the background
• Making snow flakes fall on top of the login dialog
• Placing sessions and languages in side-widgets which expand when the user hovers them
• Using a javascript carousel for user selection… etc etc..

A good example of this is unity-greeter, the LightDM greeter implemented by Ubuntu:

unity-greeter is a good mix or subtle effects and animations and is easy to implement as an HTML theme

Although this greeter is non-configurable and certainly non-themeable, the end result is a good example of how animations and effects can be used to improve the user experience. Using web technologies, a unity-greeter looking theme can be made easily.

A simple concept (credits to http://mysteryweb.deviantart.com)

MDM 1.2 in Linux Mint 15

MDM 1.2 will be available in Linux Mint 15 and will feature this new Webkit greeter and a selection of HTML themes.

MDM 1.1.x available as BETA for theme artists

On github.com, the development branch of MDM (1.1.x) already features a functional Webkit greeter.

We’re calling all interested artists and web designers to participate in this. We’d like to design good looking themes for it. We want to help artists make the most of the greeter we developed, guide them through and listen to their feedback to improve it and provide additional features themes might need.

If you’re interested in designing an HTML login screen:

• Grab and install the latest development package for MDM at http://build.linuxmint.com/automate/www/instances/linuxmint/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mdm/
• Open a terminal and remove the Mint adjustment by typing this (without the quotes): “rm -f /etc/linuxmint/adjustments/15-mdm.overwrite”
• Reboot your computer

Then:

• Launch the MDM setup tool by clicking on Menu->Administration->Login Window (or from a terminal with “sudo mdmsetup”)
• In the “local” tab, set the “Style” to “HTML”.
• Make a copy of /usr/share/mdm/html-themes/mdm and modify it to create your own theme
• Place your theme in /usr/share/mdm/html-themes or drop an tar.gz archive of it on the setup dialog to install it

To test your theme easily, we made an emulator!

• Open a terminal and type “mdm-theme-emulator”
• Click “open” and select your index.html file
• Click “Add dummies” to add random users and sessions to your theme

Use the emulator to test your HTML theme

Note the various javascript functions present in index.html and read their comments. Some of them are called by MDM.

Let us know about your theme or any question you might have. The development team is available on IRC at irc.spotchat.org on #linuxmint-dev

• From Linux Mint, launch Menu->Internet->Xchat IRC, then type “/join #linuxmint-dev”

• You can also use the forums. We created a dedicated thread for MDM HTML theme designers at http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=126979

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Events:

• Linux Mint 15 was given the codename “Olivia”
• The price of the mintBox basic was reduced by 20%

Latest development:

Development is a lot of fun and it doesn’t take much to get started. If you’re tempted to join the team, don’t hesitate to follow our development on http://github.com/linuxmint and come and chat with the developers at #linuxmint-dev (irc.spotchat.org).

In Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Cinnamon won’t only handle the desktop, the file browsing and the window manager, but also the screensaver and the control center. This will provide better integration and a better user experience.

All your settings will be in one place and they will all be relevant to your Cinnamon desktop:

The screensaver is also tightly integrated with Cinnamon and MDM. You can switch users (like you did with GNOME Screensaver) and you can also set an away message for people to see when you’re not there.

This message is visible on your screen while you’re away.

It’s a very simple feature which was primarily designed for companies where employees might be looking for each others and the ability to set away messages might prove useful.

Of course it’s configurable. You can turn it off altogether and you can set a default away message, which then appears on your screen when the computer locks itself automatically or when you don’t enter any message.

The artwork and layout of the screensaver itself are not final.

The goal of these two projects (known on github as “cinnamon-screensaver” and “cinnamon-control-center”), within the scope of Cinnamon 1.8 and Linux Mint 15 is to replace GNOME components which no longer fit well within Cinnamon, to provide a more coherent desktop and to improve its level of integration. Of course once we’re in control of their maintenance we also take the opportunity to innovate and enlarge the scope of the Cinnamon project. With that in mind, towards Cinnamon 2.0 and Linux Mint 16, these projects will continue to be developed, and they will gain new features. The screensaver for instance isn’t currently a “screensaver”, since all it does is locking the screen. We’re experimenting with webkit (we’ll talk more about this and MDM in a future blog post) and we’ll be looking at the possibility to make Cinnamon Screensaver compatible with screensavers written in HTML5.

News and summary:

• The new LMDE ISOs passed QA and were released yesterday. They were initially planned for January but time was spent on improving the installer, adding plymouth and DDM and we ran into a few issues with networking and name resolution which had to be fixed prior to the RC. Our apologies for the delay.
• About 2/3 of the features planned for Linux Mint 15 were implemented. The team is extremely focused at the moment and the development is going really well. MATE 1.6 and Cinnamon 1.8 will be released at least a month before Linux Mint 15 to ensure we have time to properly test and integrate all these new features.
• Many thanks to our sponsors, partners, donors and all the people who support us and allow us to work on Linux Mint.

Screenshots

LMDE 201303 MATE Edition

LMDE 201303 Cinnamon Edition

Highlights

• Update Pack 6
• MATE 1.4
• Cinnamon 1.6
• Installer improvements (graphical timezone and keyboard selection, support for installation on multiple HDD, slideshow, webcam and face picture support)
• Plymouth splash screen

If you’re new to LMDE, welcome to Linux Mint Debian!

Important links

• Known problems
• Changelog

LMDE in brief

• Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is a semi-rolling distribution based on Debian Testing.
• It’s available in both 32 and 64-bit as a live DVD with MATE or Cinnamon.
• The purpose of LMDE is to look identical to the main edition and to provide the same functionality while using Debian as a base.

FAQ

1. Is LMDE compatible with Ubuntu-based Linux Mint editions?

No, it is not. LMDE is compatible with Debian, which isn’t compatible with Ubuntu.

2. Is LMDE fully compatible with Debian?

Yes, 100%. LMDE is compatible with repositories designed for Debian Testing.

3. What is a semi-rolling distribution?

Updates are constantly fed to Debian Testing, where users experience frequent regressions but also frequent bug fixes and improvements. LMDE receives “Update Packs” which are tested snapshots of Debian Testing. Users can experience a more stable system thanks to update packs, or switch their sources to follow Testing, or even Unstable, directly to get more frequent updates.

4. How does LMDE compare to the Ubuntu-based editions?

Pros:

• You don’t need to ever re-install the system. New versions of software and updates are continuously brought to you.
• It’s faster and more responsive than Ubuntu-based editions.

Cons:

• LMDE requires a deeper knowledge and experience with Linux, dpkg and APT.
• Debian is a less user-friendly/desktop-ready base than Ubuntu. Expect some rough edges.
• No EFI, GPT or secureBoot support.

Additional notes:

• About the installer: The live installer is developed from scratch with Debian in mind. It’s configurable and it can be re-used by other Debian-based distributions. We noticed a lack in live technologies and in live Debian installers, so we’re happy to take the lead on this. If you’re a developer and you’re interested in using it, have a look at its source repository and don’t hesitate to contact us so we can help you fork it and merge upcoming changes between our two projects.
• About bugs: Please use this blog to report bugs.
• Dedicated chat room: #linuxmint-debian is open to LMDE users on irc.spotchat.org.

Download links:

Torrents:

• MATE 32-bit
• MATE 64-bit
• Cinnamon 32-bit
• Cinnamon 64-bit

MD5 sums:

• MATE 32-bit: 4ebcf5ae6268bec0b26a10143e4f7b55
• MATE 64-bit: 90dcb75e716a791429eda16374c5ab31
• Cinnamon 32-bit: f0153fa28ae5a4014962046fc66156a6
• Cinnamon 64-bit: 82527fd02e6f0b8458c59488a2681396

MATE 32-bit:

• Argentina Xfree
• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Bangladesh IS Pros Limited
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Bulgaria Telepoint
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• France GoPotato
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• France IRCAM
• France Ordimatic
• France RTS Informatique
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Iceland Siminn hf
• India Honesty Net Solutions
• Ireland HEAnet
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Italy GARR
• Kazakhstan Neolabs
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• Serbia University of Kragujevac
• Singapore NUS – School of Computing – SigLabs
• Slovakia Rainside
• South Africa University of Free State
• South Africa Web Africa
• South Korea NeowizGames corp
• Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Taiwan NCHC
• Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
• United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
• United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
• USA James Madison University
• USA Linux Freedom
• USA MetroCast Cablevision
• USA Nexcess
• USA Quintex Alliance Consulting
• USA Secution, LLC.
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• Vietnam FPT Telecom

MATE 64-bit:

• Argentina Xfree
• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Bangladesh IS Pros Limited
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Bulgaria Telepoint
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• France GoPotato
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• France IRCAM
• France Ordimatic
• France RTS Informatique
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Iceland Siminn hf
• India Honesty Net Solutions
• Ireland HEAnet
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Italy GARR
• Kazakhstan Neolabs
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• Serbia University of Kragujevac
• Singapore NUS – School of Computing – SigLabs
• Slovakia Rainside
• South Africa University of Free State
• South Africa Web Africa
• South Korea NeowizGames corp
• Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Taiwan NCHC
• Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
• United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
• United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
• USA James Madison University
• USA Linux Freedom
• USA MetroCast Cablevision
• USA Nexcess
• USA Quintex Alliance Consulting
• USA Secution, LLC.
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• Vietnam FPT Telecom

Cinnamon 32-bit:

• Argentina Xfree
• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Bangladesh IS Pros Limited
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Bulgaria Telepoint
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• France GoPotato
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• France IRCAM
• France Ordimatic
• France RTS Informatique
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Iceland Siminn hf
• India Honesty Net Solutions
• Ireland HEAnet
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Italy GARR
• Kazakhstan Neolabs
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• Serbia University of Kragujevac
• Singapore NUS – School of Computing – SigLabs
• Slovakia Rainside
• South Africa University of Free State
• South Africa Web Africa
• South Korea NeowizGames corp
• Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Taiwan NCHC
• Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
• United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
• United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
• USA James Madison University
• USA Linux Freedom
• USA MetroCast Cablevision
• USA Nexcess
• USA Quintex Alliance Consulting
• USA Secution, LLC.
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• Vietnam FPT Telecom

Cinnamon 64-bit:

• Argentina Xfree
• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Bangladesh IS Pros Limited
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Bulgaria Telepoint
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• France GoPotato
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• France IRCAM
• France Ordimatic
• France RTS Informatique
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Iceland Siminn hf
• India Honesty Net Solutions
• Ireland HEAnet
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Italy GARR
• Kazakhstan Neolabs
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• Serbia University of Kragujevac
• Singapore NUS – School of Computing – SigLabs
• Slovakia Rainside
• South Africa University of Free State
• South Africa Web Africa
• South Korea NeowizGames corp
• Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Taiwan NCHC
• Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
• United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
• United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
• USA James Madison University
• USA Linux Freedom
• USA MetroCast Cablevision
• USA Nexcess
• USA Quintex Alliance Consulting
• USA Secution, LLC.
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• Vietnam FPT Telecom

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun testing the release candidate!

In collaboration with CompuLab, we are starting the year with a 20% sale on the MintBox Basic, with a price reduced from $476 down to $379.

For more information on the mintBox please visit: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2055

You can order the mintBox from CompuLab at: http://www.fit-pc.com/web/purchase/order-direct-mintbox/

Just as “killer-apps”, games are among the top reasons which prevent people from switching completely to Linux. In 2012, 15 games were scored 90% or higher on Metacritic. None of them were released on Linux.

A couple of things happened though and the future might look a little brighter for Linux gamers.

2012 was a big year for “Indie gaming”. Independent developers challenged major studios with games like Minecraft, The Walking Dead and Journey. The fact that a few developers could achieve so much, without resources, changed the perception of many. Then came the Humble Bundles which sent two strong signals: Linux users want games and they’re ready to pay for them.

At the end of last year, Valve and Canonical announced they were working together to bring Steam (which is estimated to have a 70% share of the digital distribution market for video games) to Linux. Their efforts paid off and the Steam client is now available and working fine in most distributions.

The screenshot below shows Steam running on Linux Mint 14:

Valve is planning a new gaming console in 2013 based on Linux and the company is currently promoting its Linux client, even to its Windows users. Gaming media, blogs and magazines are covering the news and some of the major studios are considering porting their games to Linux.

If you like strategy games for instance, you’ll be happy to know Paradox Interactive already ported Crusader Kings II.

Crusader Kings II was given a 8/10 by IGN and Gamespot and a 9/10 by Destructoid. It is one of the very good strategy games of 2012. Other popular games are likely to follow; some old ones like Counter Strike 1.6 or Half Life, or brand new ones like “The Cave”.

If you’re into gaming and you’d like to play on Linux Mint, don’t hesitate to get involved and to send Valve your feedback:

• Browse the Steam Linux catalog online at http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/
• Install Steam in Linux Mint with this .deb or add this repository: http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/
• Get involved in the Linux Steam community at http://steamcommunity.com/linux
• Send issues and ideas at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues

We’d also like to hear from you on how you’d like us to improve or facilitate things for you in regards to gaming on Linux Mint.

Note: Most popular games are commercial and developed by major studios, so if they come to Linux they’re likely to become available through Steam. However, if you’re interested in HTML5 or online gaming or if you have ideas on how to further promote Indie gaming and Free Software games, please let us know. Many Windows games also run quite well using Wine. We like for things to work out of the box, but maybe we can help here as well. Don’t hesitate to comment if you’ve some experience to share with Wine or wine-related software.