[News] Linux Mint Community is Born, More Participation from Users Expected
Roy Schestowitz
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community.linuxmint.com (alpha)
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| We’re currently developing a website for the
| Linux Mint community where you’ll be able to
| do the following:
|
| * Have ideas to improve Linux Mint,
| comment and rate other people’s ideas
| (similar to a light version of
| “Brainstorm”)
| * Register your hardware devices, find
| people with the same hardware as you and
| if it doesn’t work for you and it worked
| for them, see how they got their hardware
| to work with Linux Mint.
| * Browse, rate and install software
| (what’s currently called “Software
| Portal”)
| * Suggest new software
|
| [...]
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http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1195
Recent:
Linux Mint 8 Installation Visual Walk Through – VirtualBox
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| Here’s a walk through of the Linux Mint 8
| Helena. You’ll notice a ton of
| similarities between the installation
| process of Linux Mint 8 and the base it’s
| built from Ubuntu.
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http://www.benkevan.com/blog/linux-mint-8-installation-visual-walk-through-virtualbox/
Linux Mint 8
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| Product: Linux Mint 8
| Web Site: http://www.linuxmint.com/
| Price: Free
| Pros: Software Manager & Update Manager upgrades,
| configurable places, Upload Manager & File Uploader
| added.
| Cons: Slightly less attractive default wallpaper, no bundled
| games, Chrome browser not available in software repositories.
| Suitable For: Beginner, intermediate or advanced desktop
| Linux users.
| Summary: Linux Mint 8 brings Linux Mint up to speed with Ubuntu
| 9.10 and adds some custom upgrades of its own. An excellent desktop
| distribution that any Linux user should consider using.
| Rating: 4/5
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http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2009/12/16/linux-mint-8/
Linux Mint Helena: C’est fantastique!
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| Having seen what the open source community
| can do to improve and support a product, I
| have to say I’m extremely impressed with
| the work they’ve done. Just last week I
| stated that I would probably run a dual
| boot with Windows 7 as my primary system
| and Mint or Ubuntu as my secondary system.
| Well, after installing and using Helena, I
| have to say I’m strongly considering
| sticking with Mint and possibly having
| Windows 7 as a secondary OS for
| compatibility issues. I can definitely say
| that I wasn’t expecting a free operating
| system to work as well as this one does.
| Bravo.
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http://thelinuxexperiment.com/guinea-pigs/sasha-d/linux-mint-helena-cest-fantastique/
Two other great Linux distributions: MEPIS & Mint
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| I also like the additional utilities, the
| so-called MEPIS Assistant programs. These
| take what can sometimes be complicated
| tasks on other Linux distributions, such
| as networking and X-Windows set-up, and
| make them simple. Last, but not least,
| MEPIS has always done an outstanding job
| of using the KDE 3.5x to good effect. In
| the upcoming MEPIS 8.5, he's using the
| brand-new KDE 4.3.4 for those who like the
| KDE 4.x series. But, for those who are
| still fond of KDE 3.5, and while I finally
| warmed up to KDE 4.x I also continue to
| like KDE 3.5x, he'll continue to support
| it in the MEPIS 8.x line.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15269/two_other_great_linux_distributions_mepis_mint
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JeffM
>community.linuxmint.com (alpha)
>
They have also made some baby steps with a Linux Mint Magazine.
http://www.linuxmint.com/mintMag/mintMag-001.pdf (780kB)
Roy Schestowitz
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____/ JeffM on Friday 18 Dec 2009 22:23 : \____
Maybe they can hire Mark Shuttleworth for CEO soon... :-)
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JeffM
>Maybe they can hire Mark Shuttleworth for CEO soon... :-)
Now I'm wondering if you had seen this when you wrote that.
"Shuttleworth To Step Down As Canonical CEO In 2010 "
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/17/1958251
Roy Schestowitz
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____/ JeffM on Saturday 19 Dec 2009 07:04 : \____
Yes, a nice lady will take over. She beats Jobs and Ballmer hands down.
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