I know what you’re thinking.. third announcement about mintInstall in less than a week. Well, things go fast at the moment we’re getting good feedback and I’d like to finalize mintInstall so I can start working on something else (namely x64 and an upgrade tool).

Hopefully, this is the last mintInstall update until Linux Mint 6. Here are the improvements since mintInstall 5.1:

  • Under KDE, kdesu is used instead of gksu
  • The gksu/kdesu dialog now shows a simple “Please enter your password” message instead of a long and obscure command line (the message is localized of course).
  • Known categories (including all categories from the Software Portal) are now localized.

If you missed the previous announcements about mintInstall 5 you can read about them here:

MintInstall 5.2 is available in Romeo. If you don’t have Romeo enabled you can get the debs from here:

Let us know what you think, report any bug you may find and have a lot of fun with this brand new mintInstall.

To translate mintInstall into your own language, use this forum thread: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=16406

5 little improvements were added to mintInstall 5:

  • A progress bar now appears when mintInstall is refreshing/loading
  • A new button called “Versions” lets you see the packages and repositories defined by the mint file, and for each package the available and installed versions.
  • The error message shown at startup was replaced with an information message asking you to refresh the application.
  • All tables now show rows with alternate colours
  • Email addresses are hidden within reviews (joeuser@hotmail.com shows as j…r@hotmail.com)

If you missed the announcement about mintInstall 5, read here:

http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=239

MintInstall 5.1 is available in Romeo. If you don’t have Romeo enabled you can get the debs from here:

Let us know what you think, report any bug you may find and have a lot of fun with this brand new mintInstall.

To translate mintInstall 5.1 into your own language, use this forum thread: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=16371

The IRC Quizz wasn’t popular at all this month. Only one player.. and winner:

1              mocap  — 0.225 pts,  2 games. * Congrats! *

There were 1 users playing 2 games.

If you haven’t joined the Quizz yet, it’s very easy:

– In Linux Mint: open up Xchat-Gnome (or Konversation) then when it’s connected join the #pimpmymint channel.
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