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Monthly News – December 2013

February 12, 2014 by Clem·1 Comment

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Donations:

A total of $8518 was raised thanks to the generous contributions of 332 donors:

$264.98, Jacob A.
$150, Robert K.
$132.85 (4th donation), John M.
$132.85, Michael J-K
$132.49 (4th donation), funkajja
$132.49, Patrick K. .
$100 (3rd donation), David B.
$100 (2nd donation), Terrell F.
$100 (2nd donation), Markus S.
$100 (2nd donation), Kory W.
$100, Victor K.
$100, Linus G.
$100, George C.
$100, Dixit N.
$100, Anonymous
$100, Gregory G.
$100, Ginzburg P.
$100, Connie E.
$99.64, Ralf R.
$69.99 (2nd donation), David D.
$66.43, Robert S.
$66.43, Rolf P.
$66.42, Jochen S.
$66.24 (14th donation), Pasi K.
$66.24, Benjamin N.
$66.24, Niels B. aka “DetTårnHøjeHelvede“
$66.24, Kees Scherer
$66.24, Antoni K.
$60, Andres B.
$52, Douglas W.
$50 (45th donation), Matthew M.
$50 (44th donation), Matthew M.
$50 (11th donation), Philippe W.
$50 (5th donation), Carlos H. G.
$50 (3rd donation), Marko Kovic
$50 (2nd donation), Rudolph C.
$50 (2nd donation), Gordon W.
$50, David L.
$50, Antonio A. T.
$50, Thomas D.
$50, Arash E.
$50, Tage H.
$50, Christopher C.
$50, Castellini on Computers
$50, Igor R.
$50, Stuart S.
$50, Joshua K.
$50, Fred Houdei
$50, David T.
$50, Nubro
$50, Magne L.
$50, William N.
$50, Douglas B.
$50, James S.
$50, More Linux
$50, Derrik P.
$50, James M.
$50, Jim S.
$50, Joel O.
$44.44, Chris M.
$40, Lisa R.
$40, Rusty H.
$40, Jiri B.
$39.86 (3rd donation), Michael S.
$39.86, Philippe G.
$39.86, Oliver G.
$39.75 (46th donation), Olli K.
$39.75, Jean-Paul G.
$39.75, Xavier Viader Ricós
$35 (2nd donation), William M.
$35, Zbigniew K.
$33.21 (4th donation), Lars H.
$33.21, Michael W.
$33.21, Jan J.
$30 (7th donation), Scott S.
$30 (2nd donation), James A.
$30, Владислав Х.
$30, Antonio A. A.
$30, Felipe G. P.
$30, Paul U.
$30, Maria C.
$30, SeungHoon Han
$30, Ivelin Y.
$26.57 (2nd donation), Jean-charles D. aka “Hawaii”
$26.57, Joerg S.
$26.57, Denis B.
$26.57, Gabriela D.
$26.57, Thomas R. G.
$26.57, Mark A.
$26.57, Ladislav J.
$26.5 (2nd donation), Peter W.
$26.5 (2nd donation), Dorus A.
$26.5 (2nd donation), Francisco L. D. A.
$26.5 (2nd donation), Leon Domingo aka “leon.domingo“
$26.5, Nicolas K.
$26.5, Alleger R.
$26.5, Eric R.
$26.5, Jakob K. B.
$25 (27th donation), Ronald W.
$25 (17th donation), John M.
$25 (5th donation), stuart
$25 (3rd donation), Dick B. aka “Dick”
$25 (2nd donation), Lennart J.
$25 (2nd donation), John K.
$25 (2nd donation), Kevin S.
$25, Cornel B.
$25, Travis C.
$25, Vadim U.
$25, Michael H.
$25, Michael I.
$25, K K.
$25, Donald B.
$25, Everett H.
$25, David P.
$25, Thomas D.
$25, Dan C.
$25, Geoff_P
$25, Sean O.
$25, Ryan K.
$25, Tholkappiyan V.
$25, Suresh M.
$25, Barbara B.
$25, Kurt V.
$22.25, Bray Industries
$20 (32nd donation), Tsuguo S.
$20 (10th donation), Utah B.
$20 (4th donation), Sigbjorn S.
$20 (4th donation), Mark R.
$20 (3rd donation), Fernando P. P.
$20 (2nd donation), William S.
$20 (2nd donation), David E.
$20 (2nd donation), Mali
$20 (2nd donation), John L.
$20 (2nd donation), Scott Anderson aka “lwarranty“
$20, Daniel A. D. O.
$20, Aleksander L.
$20, David W.
$20, BLKINC
$20, Lloyd B.
$20, Mixso
$20, Michel S.
$20, Nathaniel Seeley
$20, Casey H.
$20, Rodrigo D.
$20, Rebecca P.
$20, Ross M.
$20, Bob Tregilus
$20, Alexander O.
$20, Bryan F.
$20, Ginzburg P.
$20, Jennapher L.
$20, Paul L.
$20, John H.
$20, Koltigun A.
$19.93, José L. P. P.
$19.87 (2nd donation), Jean P. O.
$19.87, Hugh M.
$19.87, Stephen G.
$19.87, Peter K.
$17.91, Jose M. G. C.
$16, James P.
$15.94, Brian H.
$15 (11th donation), Robert E.
$15 (4th donation), Jurgen Myrthe
$15 (2nd donation), Lukasz G.
$15, Rolf O.
$15, Steven P.
$15, David C.
$15, Pawan K.
$15, Jeff P.
$15, Ferenc A.
$13.29 (4th donation), Volker K.
$13.29 (3rd donation), Raymond E.
$13.29 (3rd donation), Luca D.
$13.29 (2nd donation), Serkan T.
$13.29 (2nd donation), Stijn V. aka “5oak”
$13.29, Hans W. M.
$13.29, Alfredo T.
$13.29, Henry G.
$13.29, Franco P.
$13.29, Benedikt K.
$13.29, Stefan K.
$13.29, Rico F.
$13.28 (2nd donation), Jesús O. M.
$13.25 (5th donation), Nicholas S.
$13.25 (3rd donation), Gabriele G.
$13.25 (3rd donation), Joanna Z. aka “GreenCatX”
$13.25 (3rd donation), Anita P.
$13.25 (2nd donation), Gerard C.
$13.25, Anastasios K.
$13.25, Uroš D.
$13.25, Axel K.
$13.25, Manfred M.
$13.25, Kostas T.
$13.25, Ian D. M.
$13.25, Frank K.
$13.25, Harm V. T.
$13.25, Maurice G.
$13.25, Giovanni M. aka “gmaggior”
$13.25, Maan A. H.
$13.25, Rob Mimpriss
$13.25, Pedro C. F.
$13 (2nd donation), L. Mikkel
$12, Waqas S.
$11.17 (3rd donation), Randolph Carter aka “Schattenjager”
$10.6, Rodrigue L.
$10 (34th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
$10 (11th donation), Maarten E.
$10 (10th donation), Charlie Robinson
$10 (10th donation), Maarten E.
$10 (9th donation), Jerry Jones
$10 (9th donation), Maarten E.
$10 (8th donation), Dan Jackson
$10 (7th donation), Dan Jackson
$10 (5th donation), Danie van der Merwe aka “Danie“
$10 (4th donation), Robert M.
$10 (3rd donation), Theis Hinz
$10 (3rd donation), Raman V.
$10 (2nd donation), Jeff T.
$10 (2nd donation), Eoin E.
$10 (2nd donation), Ryan S.
$10 (2nd donation), Scanplus aka “The Brochure Printers“
$10 (2nd donation), Roger A.
$10 (2nd donation), Harald S.
$10 (2nd donation), Hormis K.
$10 (2nd donation), Orhan Kupusoglu
$10 (2nd donation), Pfister Webservices
$10, Marcelo E.
$10, Mark G.
$10, Jonathan G.
$10, Torkil S.
$10, Antonio B.
$10, Lam Y. H.
$10, Jose O.
$10, Ainstainer
$10, Tika C.
$10, Marcos T.
$10, Ian E.
$10, Saurabh S.
$10, Kenneth D.
$10, Norman H.
$10, Daniel S.
$10, Seyed N. A.
$10, Damian B.
$10, Drozdov A.
$10, Hyperspace Web Solutions
$10, Todd W. aka “MysticGold04”
$10, Bruce M.
$10, Lee B.
$10, Peter H.
$10, Konstantinos K.
$10, Jonathan F.
$10, Cristiano B.
$10, Robert L.
$10, Bachir B.
$10, Jeff P.
$10, Houston T.
$10, Ryan E.
$10, Pavel B.
$10, Tagashira S.
$10, Daniel L.
$10, Peter B.
$9.3, Eric S.
$8.37, Bernard S.
$7.95, Evzen M.
$7.95, Darren H.
$6.88, Bc.karel S.
$6.66, Dima B.
$6.64 (3rd donation), Marco A.
$6.64 (2nd donation), Bertrand S.
$6.64, René W.
$6.64, Z. Lambov
$6.64, Joel P.
$6.64, Dennis B.
$6.62 (24th donation), Marco aka “Dictionary-Maker“
$6.62 (6th donation), Kjell O. B. aka “kob”
$6.62 (3rd donation), Guillaume G. aka “Tidusrose”
$6.62 (2nd donation), Rok O.
$6.62, Stéphane F.
$6.62, Khoa D.
$6.62, Marcos A. R. S.
$6.62, Daniel B.
$6.62, Ernesto M. R. G.
$6.62, Robert P.
$6.62, Segundo G. T.
$6.62, Adam
$6.62, Raphael M. S.
$5.31, Luca D.
$5 (10th donation), L M. aka “LinuxMint”
$5 (9th donation), L M. aka “LinuxMint”
$5 (6th donation), Carlos W.
$5 (5th donation), Mordi K. aka “Mordik”
$5 (4th donation), Edward S.
$5 (3rd donation), Edward S.
$5, Lohit K.
$5, M. V.
$5, Cecil K.
$5, Sergey K.
$5, Rajesh K.
$5, Geeksplus
$5, Stuart M.
$5, Jaroslaw L.
$5, Jaymar D.
$5, Anonymous
$5, Philip J.
$5, Ahmed A.
$4, Felipe L. L.
$3.99, Nicolas H.
$3.99, Daniel S. aka “Sennemaa”
$3 (6th donation), Javier Guijarro aka “chejofan“
$3 (6th donation), Sylvestre Burgos aka “sylvestre“
$3, Adam Y.
$3, Mansur S.
$3, 松浦太.
$24.76 from 18 smaller donations

If you want to help Linux Mint with a donation, please visit http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php

Events:

Linux Mint 16 “Petra” Xfce Edition was released
Linux Mint 16 “Petra” KDE Edition was released
Linux Mint 16 “Petra” improvements were backported to Linux Mint 13 “Maya”
Linux Mint 16 “Petra” OEM installation disks were made available
The development team posted 2 articles on Segfault
mintCast produced 3 podcast episodes

LMDE Update Pack 8

February 4, 2014 by Clem·182 Comments

Warnings

Update Packs are for LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) users only.
If you are using a regular edition of Linux Mint, do not follow the instructions below and ignore this post.

Introduction

Update Pack 8 was released as the “latest” update pack today.

How to upgrade

1. Perform a system backup (otherwise you won’t be able to go back)

When things go wrong and you have a backup, the only thing you lose is time.

Make a backup of your system. We recommend the following tool: http://redobackup.org/

2. Switch to the official repositories (otherwise things will break)

Point to the official repositories to make sure everything is up to date:

Run “gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list” or “gksu pluma /etc/apt/sources.list” in a terminal to edit your APT sources.
Replace the content of the file with the lines below and save the file:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

3. Switch to an UP8 mirror (otherwise it will take forever)

As everyone downloads the UP, the official repositories will be extremely busy. You can safely point to a mirror as long as it is up to date with UP8.

Here is the current status of the LMDE mirrors:

UP8 (safe):
- http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/
- http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/linuxmint-debian/latest/
- http://mirror.oss.maxcdn.com/linuxmint/debian/latest/
- http://linuxmint-apt.killerhorse.eu/debian/latest/
- http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/linuxmint-debian/latest/
- http://lmde-mirror.gwendallebihan.net/latest/
- http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/latest/
- http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/debian.linuxmint.com/debian/latest/
- http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/linuxmint/debian/latest/
- http://mintlinux.mirror.triple-it.nl/debian/latest/
- http://mirror.komsys.org/pub/linuxmint/debian/latest/
- http://ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz/linux/mint/debian/latest/
- http://mirrors.serverhost.ro/mint/debian/latest/
- http://debian.lth.se/lmde/latest/
- http://tux.rainside.sk/mint/debian/latest/
- http://mirror.metrocast.net/linuxmint-debian/latest/
- http://mirrors.xmission.com/linuxmint-debian/latest/

To select a mirror:

Run “gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list” or “gksu pluma /etc/apt/sources.list” in a terminal to edit your APT sources.
Replace http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ with the mirror of your choice.
Save the file.
Run “apt update” in a terminal.

4. Check your APT sources

In the Update Manager, click on the “Update Pack Info” button
Make sure “Your system configuration” shows up as green and doesn’t show any warnings or errors.
If you see a warning or an error, follow the instructions given and repeat the process until they’re gone.

5. Read about the Update Pack (otherwise you’ll be asking things we already answered)

In the “Update Pack Info” window of the Update Manager, make sure to read all the information related to Update Pack 8. Some of it might be irrelevant to you, but it will only take you a minute and it might save you hours.

6. Upgrade the packages

When you’re ready and you know all that there is to know, press the “Install Updates” button.

7. Join us

You can chat with other LMDE users or with the dev. team while the system is upgrading. Don’t hesitate to ask questions if you encounter issues.

From the menu you can launch “Xchat”, or join #linuxmint-debian on irc.spotchat.org with any IRC client.

FAQ

Will LMDE get new ISO images with Update Pack 8?

Yes.

Linux Mint 16 “Petra” Xfce released!

December 22, 2013 by Clem·75 Comments

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 16 “Petra” Xfce.

Linux Mint 16 Petra Xfce Edition

Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment which aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of an Xfce 4.10 desktop.

New features at a glance:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 16 Xfce“.

Important info:

Recommended packages and 32-bit libraries
DVD playback
EFI Support
PAE required for 32-bit ISOs
mint4win

Make sure to read the “Release Notes” to be aware of important info or known issues related to this release.

System requirements:

x86 processor (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
384 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
5 GB of disk space
Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
DVD drive or USB port

Upgrade instructions:

To upgrade from a previous version of Linux Mint follow these instructions.
To upgrade from the RC release simply apply any level 1 and 2 updates available in the Update Manager.

Download:Md5 sum:

32-bit: cf18e01f38fc81da81076ab902aa2ac6
64-bit: 2629963a2a7413d402ea321f95d5c372

Torrents:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit DVD ISO:

Argentina Xfree
Australia AARNet
Australia Internode
Australia uberglobal
Australia Western Australian Internet Association
Australia Yes Optus Mirror
Austria Goodie Domain Service
Bangladesh dhakaCom Limited
Belarus ByFly
Belgium Cu.be Solutions
Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
Bulgaria Telepoint
Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
China Qiming College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
France Gwendal Le Bihan
France IRCAM
France Ordimatic
Germany Artfiles
Germany Copahost
Germany FH Aachen
Germany GWDG
Germany Hochschule Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Germany killerhorse.eu
Germany NetCologne GmbH
Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
Greece National Technical University of Athens
Greece University of Crete
Iceland Siminn hf
India Honesty Net Solutions
Ireland HEAnet
Israel Israel Internet Association
Italy GARR
Luxembourg root S.A.
Netherlands NLUUG
Netherlands Triple IT
New Zealand University of Canterbury
New Zealand Xnet
Norway Communica
Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
Portugal Universidade do Porto
Russia Yandex Team
Serbia University of Kragujevac
Singapore 0x.sg
Singapore NUS – School of Computing – SigLabs
Slovakia Rainside
South Africa University of Free State
South Korea KAIST
South Korea NeowizGames corp
Spain Oficina de Software Libre do Cixug
Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
Switzerland SWITCH
Taiwan NCHC
Taiwan TamKang University
Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
USA James Madison University
USA MetroCast Cablevision
USA mirrorcatalogs.com
USA Nexcess
USA University of Maryland, College Park
USA University of Oklahoma

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit DVD ISO:

Argentina Xfree
Australia AARNet
Australia Internode
Australia uberglobal
Australia Western Australian Internet Association
Australia Yes Optus Mirror
Austria Goodie Domain Service
Bangladesh dhakaCom Limited
Belarus ByFly
Belgium Cu.be Solutions
Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
Bulgaria Telepoint
Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
China Qiming College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Czech Republic Ignum, s.r.o.
France Gwendal Le Bihan
France IRCAM
France Ordimatic
Germany Artfiles
Germany Copahost
Germany FH Aachen
Germany GWDG
Germany Hochschule Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Germany killerhorse.eu
Germany NetCologne GmbH
Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
Greece National Technical University of Athens
Greece University of Crete
Iceland Siminn hf
India Honesty Net Solutions
Ireland HEAnet
Israel Israel Internet Association
Italy GARR
Luxembourg root S.A.
Netherlands NLUUG
Netherlands Triple IT
New Zealand University of Canterbury
New Zealand Xnet
Norway Communica
Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
Portugal Universidade do Porto
Russia Yandex Team
Serbia University of Kragujevac
Singapore 0x.sg
Singapore NUS – School of Computing – SigLabs
Slovakia Rainside
South Africa University of Free State
South Korea KAIST
South Korea NeowizGames corp
Spain Oficina de Software Libre do Cixug
Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
Switzerland SWITCH
Taiwan NCHC
Taiwan TamKang University
Ukraine OSDN.Org.UA
United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
USA James Madison University
USA MetroCast Cablevision
USA mirrorcatalogs.com
USA Nexcess
USA University of Maryland, College Park
USA University of Oklahoma

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun with this new release!