Charles Olsen and the mintCast team published the second episode of their podcast. Happy listening everyone!

In Episode 2:

• Fedora 10 released
• Wine 1.1.10 Released
• Backing up your PC: mintBackup, FlyBack, Jungle Disk
• Microsoft segment – Preview of Internet Explorer 8 (by Adam Hainstock)
• Listener feedback

To subscribe to this podcast use the following address: http://mintcast.org/podcasts-only/rss2.aspx

For more information about this podcast please visit http://mintcast.org/

If you want to contribute to the podcast or join their mailing list, please visit https://launchpad.net/~linuxmint-podcast-project

Note: mintCast is looking for a new logo. If you think you can help don’t hesitate to contact them.

A little bit more than 8% of you are currently running Linux Mint 6 RC1 and you’re probably wondering how “stable” it is and how to upgrade it to the upcoming stable version. Well here’s some good news, it’s very stable and you can upgrade it with only two commands.

How stable is RC1?

RC1 is fit for usage. If you’ve got it installed, you don’t need to wait for the final release, you can already consider your system stable.

What’s missing in RC1 is the new Windows installer “mint4win” which only makes a difference for the liveCD, and a few bug fixes which you can get by “upgrading to stable”.

How to upgrade from RC1 to stable?

Install the following package:

• gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks

Upgrade the following packages to their latest version:

• mint-artwork-gnome
• mintassistant
• mintbackup
• mintdesktop
• mintinstall
• mintmenu
• mintnanny
• mintupdate
• mintupload

This can be achieved by running the following command in a terminal:

apt update; apt install gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks mint-artwork-gnome mintassistant mintbackup mintdesktop mintinstall mintmenu mintnanny mintupdate mintupload

Eventually restart X and you’re all set.

I briefly mentioned mintCast in my previous post but I think it deserves a little more attention.

MintCast is a brand new podcast “by the Linux Mint community for all users of Linux”. It’s hosted by Charles Olsen, whom I’m sure you’ll get to know very well, and it’s currently aiming at releasing on a biweekly schedule.

In Episode 1:

• Introduction to the podcast
• SCO loses again
• Linux Mint 6 RC 1 available
• Installing software in Linux — it’s easier than installing in Windows
• Setting up Samba

To subscribe to this podcast use the following address: http://mintcast.org/podcasts-only/rss2.aspx

For more information about this podcast please visit http://mintcast.org/

If you want to contribute to the podcast or join their mailing list, please visit https://launchpad.net/~linuxmint-podcast-project

Note: mintCast is looking for a new logo. If you think you can help don’t hesitate to contact them.