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Mint 11 released
27-05-2011 11:15 AM
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From the home page
Quote New features at a glance:
One click install for multimedia codecs and extra applications
The Software Manager
UI improvements
New splash screen
Fonts category
More accurate package information
More application icons by default
More accurate search by default
The Update Manager
Performance boosts
Improved dependencies handling
Better changelog retrieval
UI improvements
The Desktop Settings tool
“Desktop-agnostic”, detection and upcoming compatibility with other desktops
New setting for the fortunes in the terminal
Artwork improvements
Backgrounds, overlay scrollbars, plymouth, Mint-X, search add-on.
System improvements
new “apt download” command
Adobe flash plugins
Changes in the software selection
For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 11“.
After trying (and failing) an apt install yesterday, I have done a "clean" install - now to install all my add ons again.
New stuff noticed so far FF 4.01, new themes. EVEN FASTER boot/start-up seems in the 1's of seconds now.
Re: Mint 11 released
27-05-2011 1:09 PM
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Re: Mint 11 released
27-05-2011 1:58 PM
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Now got all my ppa's added and my usual stuff loaded to test it out further.
Re: Mint 11 released
27-05-2011 2:26 PM
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Re: Mint 11 released
28-05-2011 3:43 PM
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Quote sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar
log out and in.
This brings back the proper scrollbars.
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Re: Mint 11 released
29-05-2011 6:14 PM
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Re: Mint 11 released
29-05-2011 6:28 PM
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Re: Mint 11 released
29-05-2011 8:53 PM
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Development of Gnome 2 is essentially stopped.
So we are all going to be faced (eventually) with a choice between Gnome 3 and Unity - which isn't really much of a choice.
[edit] Perhaps the following distro is worth considering[/edit]
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Re: Mint 11 released
30-05-2011 9:50 AM
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Quote from: A I assume those comments are aimed at Mint?
Well mine were as that is what I am running now.
As to Gnome 3 in 6 months it will be more "mature" and may have some things we want, at the mo it doesn't.
And I am quite happy with Gnome 2.32 as a desktop - I used to be a KDE fan when I first used Linux (Mandriva) but have gotten used to Gnome - so even if the base doesn't change is that so bad? (Look at how long xp has been around with only ONE WM!)
Re: Mint 11 released
30-05-2011 10:48 AM
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Well Windows doesn't come with Banshee by default that's for sure, Mint does though
Quote from: A I assume those comments are aimed at Mint?
Re: Mint 11 released
06-06-2011 11:18 AM
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Quote May 2011; All the focus was on Linux Mint 11 and it lead to a very nice release. Katya got a formidable echo throughout the community and the decision to stick to Gnome 2.32 didn’t go unnoticed. Our website attracted 14% more people than usual and our user base grew by 10%. This includes people who traditionally switch back to Linux Mint after the stable release, as well as newcomers switching from Mac and Windows, but this time also a lot of unhappy users from other distributions featuring Unity and to a lesser extent Gnome 3. Though it’s nice to see it happen and I hope they get a nice welcome, the main purpose of this decision wasn’t tactical, but rather technical. Mint 11, despite significant regressions (particularly with Compiz), gave us yet another great Gnome desktop and another 6 months to see how things go with the Gnome 3 and GTK3 projects.
My bold.
Re: Mint 11 released
06-06-2011 11:49 AM
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Quote unhappy users from other distributions featuring Unity
Quote Mint 11, [...] gave us yet another great Gnome desktop and another 6 months to see how things go with the Gnome 3 and GTK3 projects.
Sounds ominous - is Mint going to imitate using your big monitor as if it were a screen taken off of an old smart-phone?
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Re: Mint 11 released
06-06-2011 3:45 PM
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BUT it is interesting just how MANY people are leaving Ubuntu since unity was released. 10+% increase in Mint users since April/May Wonder why?
The idea of one desktop fits all doesn't work at all. Why have a 1280+ screen that works like an 800- screen, Ok at lot of users are only interested in getting work done, but at the same time docks/launchers have been around for years and not everyone uses one - why because we all have different ways of doing things - the Linux way is being different not just being a "number".
Re: Mint 11 released
06-06-2011 3:59 PM
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Quote The idea of one desktop fits all doesn't work at all
Re: Mint 11 released
06-06-2011 5:17 PM
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Quote from: Hairy BUT it is interesting just how MANY people are leaving Ubuntu since unity was released. 10+% increase in Mint users since April/May Wonder why?
I don't know the relative proportions, but 10% increase in MINT probably equates to a loss of maybe only 5% or less to Ubuntu.
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