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Monthly News – April 2013

May 3, 2013 by Clem·41 Comments

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

Platinum Sponsors:

Gold Sponsors:

Silver Sponsors:

Bronze Sponsors:

Community Sponsors:

Alyx Biologicals B.V.
CouponCodeSwap.com
Windows VPS Hosting
Kamal G
Mark Cohen
+++ PDF Reader for Android +++
+++ PDF Reader for Android +++
Caturix
cialis
Craig
D M Hamilton
David Salvo
deep64blue
Free Bounce House
Helmut Kleinhans
Jerrick Davis
John Bayles Pianos
Kristian S.
Out of Hours IT Help Ltd
Sascha Reinsch
SEER Interactive
The Survival Monkey
Ultimate Gadget Laboratories Kft.
Unixmen- Linux News & Howtos

To become a sponsor or to see the full list of Linux Mint sponsors, please visit: http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

Donations:

A total of $4,667 was raised thanks to the generous contributions of 210 donors:

$500 (10th donation), Mohammed A.
$200, Karl F.
$125.23, Frederic L. aka “”nofrog””
$100, Marc H.
$100, Stacy D.
$100, Frédéric S.
$100, anonymous
$90, John S.
$75 (10th donation), Ralph Siegler aka “ziggy“
$63.24, Nicholas L.
$63.24, Walter P.
$63.24, Stuart H.
$63.24, Mathieu L. aka “Matlo”
$62.61, Dr. R. M.
$51 (2nd donation), Mike M.
$50.09, Jean-claude R.
$50 (37th donation), Matthew M.
$50 (4th donation), JMB
$50 (4th donation), stuart
$50 (3rd donation), Jonathan L.
$50, Howard S.
$50, Jerry S.
$50, 2001 Refrigeration & HVAC, Inc.
$50, Johan R.
$50, Peter G.
$44.27, Julian S.
$40 (4th donation), Alex Dolhescu
$37.94, Alfred R.
$37.94, Baroukh M.
$37.57 (38th donation), Olli K.
$37.57, Raimo M.
$31.62 (2nd donation), Christian P.
$31.31, Malcolm C.
$30, Jerrick D.
$30, Rene K.
$30, Jean-pierre R.
$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“
$20 (2nd donation), Nicholas T.
$20 (2nd donation), Utah B.
$20 (2nd donation), Tom T.
$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
$20, Philip M.
$20, Terri C. aka “Austin’s Mom”
$18.97 (4th donation), Knut E. E. aka “Animoy”
$18.78 (18th donation), Jarkko K.
$18.78 (3rd donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
$18.78 (2nd donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
$18.78, Eoin E.
$18.78, Antonios P.
$18.78, Jeroen W.
$18.78, Loris A. aka “lorisangele“
$18 (6th donation), Dominik K. aka “doke“
$16, Terry I.
$15 (3rd donation), Steve T.
$15 (3rd donation), Robert E.
$15 (2nd donation), Dani Kupak
$15 (2nd donation), Daniel H. aka “Semper Fidelis“
$15, Seth E.
$15, George P.
$15, Edward S.
$13.91, Guillermo O. A.
$12.65 (2nd donation), Andreas S.
$12.65, Hugo L. R.
$12.65, Daniel W.
$12.65, Jose M. R.
$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
$10 (4th donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
$10 (3rd donation), iPhone & iPad apps
$10 (3rd donation), Kirk P.
$10 (2nd donation), Charles P.
$10 (2nd donation), Eduardo R.
$10 (2nd donation), Stephen B. aka “Fio”
$10 (2nd donation), Brian T.
$10, Christopher H.
$10, Alain M.
$10, Alfredo A.
$10, Neil B.
$10, Brandon C.
$10, Bretislav W.
$10, Michael Dowden
$10, Roberto B. O.
$10, Beom J. S.
$10, Matthew L.
$10, Howard P.
$10, George W.
$10, Charles P.
$10, Paul P.
$10, Garre B.
$10, Carlos W.
$10, Brian B.
$10, Richard A.
$10, Jerry H.
$10, Dmitry F.
$10, William Wynn
$9 (26th donation), John A.
$8.77, Nelson T. Silva
$7.99 (4th donation), Stephan J.
$7.84 (5th donation), Librestickers.com
$7 (2nd donation), Grigore R.
$6.32 (16th donation), Marco aka “Dictionary-Maker“
$6.32 (6th donation), Yannick G. aka “Uggy”
$6.32 (2nd donation), Vrettos M.
$6.32, Giovanni B.
$6.32, Frank B.
$6.32, Judith S.
$6.32, Manfred G.
$6.32, David R. G.
$6.32, Antonio T.
$6.32, Adam K. aka “Dakiro”
$6.26 (18th donation), Marco R.
$6.26 (15th donation), Marco aka “Dictionary-Maker“
$6.26 (8th donation), SilFox
$6.26 (6th donation), Mark W.
$6.26 (3rd donation), Patrick R.
$6.26, Stephane F.
$6.26, Tobias K.
$6.26, Juan A. B. M.
$6.26, Umberto B.
$6.26, Jens P. F.
$6, Andy Chung
$5.69, Mihai A.
$5.3, Christopher L.
$5 (11th donation), Michael Gstettenbauer
$5 (4th donation), Roman Nikolaevitch aka “rv82”
$5 (3rd donation), Jose M. D. A.
$5 (2nd donation), Christopher D.
$5 (2nd donation), Redsandro
$5, Justin S.
$5, Alexander P.
$5, Hendrik C.
$5, Jacob G.
$5, Rodrigo H. M.
$5, Wei-ju Wu
$5, Jerod F.
$5, Roofing Grand Rapids
$5, Marco C.
$5, Donald K.
$5, Matthew S.
$5, Larry F.
$5, Freddy Shen
$5, Luong B.
$5, Alhakim
$5, Andrew P.
$4.25, Ivan I.
$3, Matthew Brener aka “akkatracker“
$2.53 (2nd donation), Athales.com Nantes
$2.53, Stefano V.
$2.53, Andrea F.
$2.26, Dean W.
$14.03 from 14 smaller donations

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

Rankings:

Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 3876 (1st)
Alexa (website ranking): 6,745th

Events:

Segfault was open on segfault.linuxmint.com

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).

Last months we talked about “mintSources” and the fact that it was going to replace “software-properties-gtk”. One of the features handled by software-properties-gtk and which isn’t handled by mintSources is the installation of proprietary drivers. In Linux Mint 15, this is handled by a tool called “mintDrivers”.

MintDrivers, the “Driver Manager”, relies on the same Ubuntu backend as software-properties-gtk. The main difference is that “Driver Manager” isn’t just a tab in some other tool but its very own independent application.

That makes it easier to discover for novice users and we took the opportunity to improve its user interface a little bit as well:

Drivers are no longer listed by description but by package name.
Versions are clearly stated (in the case of the nVidia drivers you can therefore choose according to a particular version instead of wondering what “current” or “updates” really mean)
The recommended choice is clearly stated
Devices from popular brands (nVidia, ATI, Broadom, Samsung…etc) are now illustrated with an icon

News and summary:

Many thanks to our sponsors, partners, donors and all the people who supported us this month and who allowed us to work on Linux Mint. As always you’ve been really generous and this is helping us a lot.
In addition to EUR and USD, Linux Mint now accepts Bitcoins. Users of the P2P currency can donate to Linux Mint using the following address: 1PQCrkzWweCw4huVLcDXttAZbSrrLbJ92L
A new blog called Segfault was created, targeted at enthusiasts and people interested in upcoming technology, technique and development. Articles are written by developers and team members at a rough pace of 1 post per day. If you want more in-depth news from us, more often, and you’re not afraid of getting too much details.. go and check it out.
Cinnamon 1.8 should be out in a matter of days, this week-end or early next week. Only one bug left is considered a release blocker.
Linux Mint 15 is just around the corner. The MATE and the Cinnamon editions will come out first, with an RC mid-may and a stable release at the end of the month.

Monthly News – March 2013

May 3, 2013 by Clem·2 Comments

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

Platinum Sponsors:

Gold Sponsors:

Silver Sponsors:

Bronze Sponsors:

Community Sponsors:

Alyx Biologicals B.V.
CouponCodeSwap.com
Windows VPS Hosting
Kamal G
Mark Cohen
+++ PDF Reader for Android +++
Caturix
cialis
Craig
D M Hamilton
David Salvo
deep64blue
Free Bounce House
Helmut Kleinhans
John Bayles Pianos
Kristian S.
Out of Hours IT Help Ltd
Sascha Reinsch
SEER Interactive
The Survival Monkey
Unixmen- Linux News & Howtos

To become a sponsor or to see the full list of Linux Mint sponsors, please visit: http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

Donations:

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

$250, Ken Watson
$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.
$50 (3rd donation), Roy B.
$50 (2nd donation), Anne-christine U.
$50, Felix H.
$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“
$25 (2nd donation), Hutch
$25, Daryl F.
$25, Frank L.
$25, Thomas N.
$25, Oren S.
$25, James T.
$25, Leo D.
$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“
$20 (8th donation), Charlie Robinson
$20 (4th donation), Scott S.
$20 (3rd donation), Jorgebadad aka “jungle_boy”
$20 (2nd donation), RusL
$20 (2nd donation), Steven L.
$20 (2nd donation), Antony P.
$20 (2nd donation), Gerald G.
$20, Michael H.
$20, Graham H.
$20, Deja S.
$20, Tom T.
$20, Steven L.
$20, John B.
$20, Ilya M.
$20, Tony V.
$20, Scott Q.
$20, Charles H.
$20, Tomasz S.
$20, Tsugio S.
$20, Charles H.
$20, Guy L.
$20, David R.
$20, Robert S.
$20, James H.
$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.
$15, Derek W.
$15, Louis A.
$15, Barry H.
$15, Alexander A..
$15, Robert M. N.
$15, Daniel A.
$15, Peter V. B.
$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
$5 (8th donation), lupinehorror
$5 (6th donation), Jerry Jones
$5 (3rd donation), Clayton S.
$5 (2nd donation), Özgür ILGIN
$5 (2nd donation), Jose M. D. A.
$5, Peter R.
$5, Labros L.
$5, Blaine W.
$5, Rami B.
$5, Ewan B.
$5, Jirapa T.
$5, Ivanov O.
$5, Donald P. J.
$5, Jorge G.
$5, Eric R.
$5, Underline W.
$5, Nereo M.
$5, Onur Ü.
$5, Dmytro D.
$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

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

Events:

LMDE 201303 was released

Linux Mint Debian 201303 released!

March 22, 2013 by Clem·155 Comments

The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201303.

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

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.

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