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Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

Platinum Sponsors:
Blue Systems - Netrunner
Gold Sponsors:
Opera
VMware Cloud Hosting
Silver Sponsors:
Idera (formerly R1Soft)
Nothing in Particular Blog
ThinkPenguin.com
Bronze Sponsors:
Vault Networks *
AYKsolutions Server & Cloud Hosting
7L Networks Toronto Colocation *
Gutscheindrache.de Coupons		 Community Sponsors:

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 $6,245 was raised thanks to the generous contributions of 303 donors:

  • $151.78, The Incredibly Useful Company Limited
  • $150, Dieter G.
  • $126.48 (3rd donation), funkajja
  • $126.48, Josef S.
  • $110, Scott G.
  • $100 (3rd donation), Jackson T. B.
  • $100, Tom H.
  • $100, Veli Øzd.
  • $100, Personal Computer Services
  • $100, Paul P.
  • $100, David F.
  • $63.24, Erik L.
  • $63.24, Jean-paul M.
  • $60, Kenneth P.
  • $55, Mark C.
  • $51 (2nd donation), J D. G.
  • $50.59, Brandon W.
  • $50 (44th donation), Slavoljub aka “slw”
  • $50 (3rd donation), Marcus M.
  • $50, David K.
  • $50, All About Circuits
  • $50, Lizbeth
  • $50, David P.
  • $50, Carlos T.
  • $50, Mr.Zurkon
  • $50, Kenneth M.
  • $50, Blair S.
  • $50, Daniel L.
  • $50, Peter W.
  • $50, Andrew M.
  • $50, Robert G.
  • $50, Wendel E.
  • $40 (5th donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
  • $40 (26th donation), Tsuguo S.
  • $40, American D. R.
  • $37.94 (39th donation), Olli K.
  • $37.94 (3rd donation), Matthias M.
  • $37.94, Bruno T.
  • $37.94, John B.
  • $35, Colin H.
  • $35, Raj R.
  • $33.33, Christoffer V.
  • $31.62 (3rd donation), LDW
  • $31.62, Brian C.
  • $31.62, Andrew R.
  • $31.62, Wolfgang H.
  • $31.62, Hans G.
  • $31.62, anonymous
  • $31.62, Paul S.
  • $30, Environmental cartoons
  • $30, Craig D.
  • $30, Rhakios
  • $30, Hiroshi K.
  • $30, Jesse J.
  • $30, John T.
  • $27.83, Michaël B. N. P.
  • $25.3 (2nd donation), Stefan B.
  • $25.3, David B.
  • $25.3, Tim O.
  • $25.3, Mark J. L.
  • $25.3, Massimiliano M.
  • $25.3, Harald S.
  • $25.3, Johannes F.
  • $25.3, Monread CRM Ltd.
  • $25.3, Michael V.
  • $25.3, Emil N. P.
  • $25.3, Oliver B.
  • $25 (20th donation), Ronald W.
  • $25 (4th donation), V. Mark Lehky aka “SiKing“
  • $25 (3rd donation), Geoff_P.
  • $25 (3rd donation), V Peace
  • $25 (2nd donation), Nicole H. in honor of jaspmatt
  • $25 (2nd donation), Juan B. G. M.
  • $25 (2nd donation), American D. R.
  • $25 (2nd donation), Kirill C.
  • $25, Clancy C.
  • $25, Alister B.
  • $25, Lennart J.
  • $25, Jordan S.
  • $25, Michael M.
  • $25, Peter R.
  • $25, S F.
  • $25, Peter P.
  • $25, David H.
  • $25, John C.
  • $25, Scott V.
  • $25, John H.
  • $25, Robert M.
  • $25, John P.
  • $25, Robert J. R.
  • $25, Post ReportingService, Inc
  • $25, Jim F.
  • $25, Justin C.
  • $25, Nicolas S.
  • $21, Kevin A.
  • $20 (8th donation), Jerry Jones
  • $20 (4th donation), Thomas M.
  • $20 (3rd donation), Bill
  • $20 (3rd donation), Utah B.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Singing F.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Robert S.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Andrew C.
  • $20, Igor S.
  • $20, Jim F.
  • $20, Maroun S.
  • $20, Murali A.
  • $20, William M.
  • $20, Dolores F.
  • $20, Eileen A.
  • $20, Mike H. aka “sloan”
  • $20, Paul B. aka “PaulBWatertownCT”
  • $20, Stan L.
  • $20, Goryaynov R.
  • $20, Gary G.
  • $20, Nick N.
  • $20, Alejandro F. M.
  • $20, Christopher M.
  • $20, Hugh A.
  • $20, Oscar A. B.
  • $20, Manuel Gonzalez.
  • $20, Roger B.
  • $20, Mark S.
  • $20, Ian S.
  • $20, David W.
  • $20, Fernando P. P.
  • $20, Peter B.
  • $18.97 (4th donation), Rufus
  • $18.97 (2nd donation), Thomas F.
  • $18.97, Jean-charles D. aka “Hawaii”
  • $18.97, Peter S.
  • $18.97, Mrs J. E. W.
  • $18.97, Thierry F.
  • $18.97, Dan F.
  • $18.97, Fabrice E.
  • $18.97, Matthias O.
  • $15.18 (19th donation), Jarkko K.
  • $15.18, Aaron B
  • $15 (4th donation), Michael W.
  • $15, Zach B.
  • $15, C L.
  • $15, Joseph L.
  • $15, Gerard C.
  • $15, John E.
  • $12.65 (4th donation), Siegfried H.
  • $12.65 (4th donation), Nicholas S.
  • $12.65 (3rd donation), Nicolas B.
  • $12.65 (3rd donation), Maarten E.
  • $12.65 (2nd donation), Gabriel T.
  • $12.65 (2nd donation), Veeti
  • $12.65 (2nd donation), David R.
  • $12.65, Roy S.
  • $12.65, Isidro P. A.
  • $12.65, Franjo B.
  • $12.65, Hans B.
  • $12.65, Alfons K.
  • $12.65, Carlo F. aka “peterpan405”
  • $12.65, Dorus A.
  • $12.65, Roman O.
  • $12.65, Roger M
  • $12.65, Roberto G.
  • $12.65, Govind C.
  • $12.65, Peter O.
  • $12.65, Roberto S. P.
  • $12.65, Rob S.
  • $12.65, Ludmil F.
  • $12.65, Bertrand S.
  • $12.65, Hans B.
  • $12.65, Hubert D.
  • $12.65, Steve S.
  • $12.65, Alejandro L. E.
  • $12.65, Karl H.
  • $12.65, Luis M. C. A. L. L. M. L.
  • $12.65, pepikJS
  • $12.65, Christian G. aka “cepharch”
  • $12.65, Oleksiy S.
  • $10 (27th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
  • $10 (5th donation), Fabio Ranquetat aka “Ranquetat“
  • $10 (4th donation), iPhone & iPad apps
  • $10 (3rd donation), Stephen B. aka “Fio Steve”
  • $10 (3rd donation), Charles P.
  • $10 (3rd donation), Salim Farah aka “Verix”
  • $10 (2nd donation), Thomas Z.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Maarten E.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Vladimir Kivernik
  • $10, Larry I.
  • $10, Javier Fish aka “javierfish”
  • $10, Daniel M.
  • $10, Anonymous
  • $10, Christopher B.
  • $10, Will L.
  • $10, Betsafe Bonus
  • $10, Donghyun KIM
  • $10, Bradley W.
  • $10, Razvan E.
  • $10, Howard P.
  • $10, Javier Guijarro aka “chejofan“
  • $10, Adam S.
  • $10, Stevan B.
  • $10, Keiko N.
  • $10, Markus N.
  • $10, Hussein E.
  • $10, David T.
  • $10, Ilan S. aka “Koed”
  • $10, Vladimir Svrkota
  • $10, Andrew W.
  • $10, Thilina Buddhika
  • $10, Frank Bird (Wales) aka “Budgie “
  • $10, Robert L.
  • $10, Mikhail I.
  • $10, Susumu M.
  • $10, John D. G.
  • $10, Harshad S.
  • $10, Deepak N. R.
  • $10, Kulistov V. aka “Q_List”
  • $10, Richard G.
  • $10, Dag E. L.
  • $10, William P.
  • $10, Chris L.
  • $10, 高松 和徳
  • $10, James R.
  • $10, Hormis K.
  • $10, Basil S.
  • $10, Benjamin G.
  • $7.59, J. E. aka “libre-software.net“
  • $6.32 (17th donation), Marco aka “Dictionary-Maker“
  • $6.32 (5th donation), Robert K.
  • $6.32 (3rd donation), Genet W.
  • $6.32 (2nd donation), Marco Zanatta aka “Reiki75”
  • $6.32 (2nd donation), David vantongerloo
  • $6.32, Wojciech C.
  • $6.32, Mimmo P.
  • $6.32, Juanma G.
  • $6.32, Andreas M.
  • $6.32, André L.
  • $6.32, Justo D. L. C. R.
  • $6.32, Luis D. aka “metralha761”
  • $6.32, Marco Zanatta aka “Reiki75”
  • $6.32, David vantongerloo
  • $6.32, Code reduc
  • $6.32, Patrick M.
  • $6.32, Julian D.
  • $6.32, Emile S.
  • $6 (2nd donation), Theis Hinz
  • $6, Ruhaizad D.
  • $5.06, Michael P.
  • $5 (4th donation), Jose M. D. A.
  • $5 (3rd donation), Özgür ILGIN
  • $5 (2nd donation), Vladimír V.
  • $5 (2nd donation), L M.
  • $5 (2nd donation), Wei-ju Wu
  • $5 (2nd donation), Carlos W.
  • $5, Csói B.
  • $5, Felipe A.
  • $5, Zakariya P.
  • $5, Gábor B.
  • $5, 73-Bill
  • $5, Jose A. Ruiz
  • $5, Dario C.
  • $5, Kevin M.
  • $5, James T.
  • $5, Gil W.
  • $5, Gerald C.
  • $5, Randolph K.
  • $5, Stephen W.
  • $5, Robbie D.
  • $5, Abel N. V.
  • $5, Joseph S. aka “RSP16”
  • $5, Christine P.
  • $5, Richard R.
  • $4.43, Mirko aka “nitrous”
  • $4.3, Thomas S.
  • $3.79, Alexander K.
  • $3.79, Tamas R.
  • $3 (2nd donation), Marc D.
  • $3, chicha pas cher
  • $3, Xin D.
  • $3, Eric T.
  • $2.55 (3rd donation), Athales.com Strasbourg
  • $2.53 (2nd donation), Ghiunhan Mamut aka “V3n3RiX“
  • $2.53, Andreas R.
  • $2.5, UB DataN00b
  • $16.84 from 14 smaller donations

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

Rankings:

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  • Alexa (website ranking): 7,446th

Events:

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.
  • We were thrilled with the release of Linux Mint 15 “Olivia”. A huge amount of development went into it and it was fantastic to be able to finally put it all together and get it out. Many rough edges were fixed in the RC (I’d like to take the opportunity again to thank all the people who sent us their feedback during that time) and we were delighted with the end-result. Of course there’s a lot of reviews being published right now and we’ll gather them and react to them like we did for previous releases here on this blog, to analyse what worked well, what could have been done better and to give you some insight as to how things happened.
  • Although it was selected as default in Ubuntu 13.04, the 3.8.0-19 kernel used in Linux Mint 15 didn’t work as well as we’d have expected. Many people were unable to get the sound working through HDMI and some even experienced kernel panics and system freezes. A few workarounds were identified during the RC but the cause of the problem wasn’t clear to us so we spent time looking into this… we’ll vulgarize our findings on the Segfault blog and we’re likely to upgrade the kernel to 3.8.0-25 (up-to-date with upstream 3.8.13)  in the upcoming KDE and Xfce editions.
  • Development started on Cinnamon 2.0 already and I’m happy to confirm what people read on “Linux User & Developer”, it is becoming an independent desktop environment. Although it will continue to use GNOME libraries and technologies such as GTK and Clutter, it will no longer require the GNOME desktop environment to run in the background (gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-session in particular). This will make it easier for us to innovate further on Cinnamon but also to backport it to previous Mint releases and to provide it to other distributions, no matter what version of GNOME they’re using.
  • The KDE and Xfce editions of Linux Mint 15 are coming up. The KDE edition is already in QA. The Xfce edition should get there in the days to come.
  • Some backports were pushed towards LMDE and Linux Mint 13 Maya, including newer versions of Cinnamon and MDM.

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The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 15 “Olivia”.

Linux Mint 15 Olivia

Linux Mint 15 is the most ambitious release since the start of the project. MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new features, including a screensaver and a unified control center. The login screen can now be themed in HTML5 and two new tools, “Software Sources” and “Driver Manager”, make their first appearance in Linux Mint.

New features at a glance:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 15“.

Important info:

  • PAE required for 32-bit ISOs
  • EFI support
  • HDMI Sound Output
  • Mint4win
  • GnomePPP and local repository

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).
  • 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
  • 5 GB of disk space
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD/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 (if any) available in the Update Manager.

Download:

Md5 sum:

  • Cinnamon 32-bit: 4b60240ea2f5b59735c332e818434d2a
  • Cinnamon 64-bit: 2396a39e802a0463bf1727acd72d0700
  • MATE 32-bit: 4b5ff169b019889aedf1d054b2d97447
  • MATE 64-bit: 63114a66d8da27f50fe8d6ba6d118462

Torrents:

HTTP Mirrors for the Cinnamon 32-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the Cinnamon 64-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the MATE 32-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the MATE 64-bit DVD ISO:

Alternative downloads:

No-codecs images:

Distributors and magazines in Japan, USA and countries where distributing media codecs is problematic can use the “No Codecs” ISO images. These images are available for both the MATE and Cinnamon editions, in 32-bit and 64-bit at the following address:

http://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=20

OEM images:

Manufacturers can pre-install Linux Mint on their computers using the OEM installation images. These images will be made available next week, for both the MATE and Cinnamon edition in 64-bit at the following address:

http://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=20

Enjoy!

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

 

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The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 KDE.

Linux Mint 14 KDE

KDE is a vibrant, innovative, advanced, modern looking and full-featured desktop environment. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of KDE 4.9.

New features:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 14 KDE“.

Important info:

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

  • PAE required for 32-bit ISO
  • AMD Radeon HD2xxx-4xxx series card
  • Additional drivers
  • Mouse integration in Virtualbox
  • Moonlight
  • mint4win
  • CD images
  • GnomePPP and local repository

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).
  • 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
  • 5 GB of disk space
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD/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 (if any) available in the Update Manager.

Download:

Md5 sum:

  • 32-bit: b3e5442a8283f60d1a68417655c0f4aa
  • 64-bit: c98650e0ee446d0570c104dd6e8c5b41

Torrents:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit DVD ISO:

Enjoy!

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