Linux Mint 5 Elyssa XFCE CE RC1 (BETA 025) is out!

[darthchaosofrspw]

Okay, I just found something horribly annoying. I went to delete a bunch of backup files from an external HDD and it took 10 minutes to "move" the files to the trash. confused?

I didn't even want them in the trash, I just wanted them gone, so I right-clicked on them and selected delete, but I had to wait 10 minutes, and then empty the trash.

Under Gnome I can right-click on folders or files and select "Delete" and they just go away without moving them or putting them in the trash. This SERIOUSLY needs to be added to XFCE!! (Please?)

There's no "permanently delete files" option in Thunar, so you have to hold in the Shift key then delete the files. When I first started using Xfce4, I didn't know how to permanently delete files in Thunar at first until I discovered it on my own.

[kenetics]

The only problem I have now is that the special function keys on my MS keyboard ( a cheap one) don't work, although they do with Mint Elyssa Gnome. The keys are Mail, Home (internet), history, calculator pop-up. and sound.

[Lolo Uila]

@ darthchaosofrspw,

Thanks for the info on Thunar, I will give that a try.

Still running well. After fiddling with the font and dpi settings I got the system fonts to a readable size (I mentioned in a previous post that the default was really tiny). Still can't get the volume control to work (Intel D815EPFV mobo with on-board sound)? But overall it's running very well on this old system (running the Gnome version on my main box).

[Lolo Uila]

"XFCE's mintDesktop also enables/disables Compiz Fusion or even adds it to auto start on login."

Okay, on that [Enable/Disable] stuff in the config, there should be some indication as to what it's doing, or it's current state.

I'm clicking on it and nothing is happening. So I log out & in, and I still don't see anything new (CF is not working, but it is listed in the autostart apps). How do I know if it's enabled or disabled?

[merlwiz79]

"XFCE's mintDesktop also enables/disables Compiz Fusion or even adds it to auto start on login."

Okay, on that [Enable/Disable] stuff in the config, there should be some indication as to what it's doing, or it's current state.

I'm clicking on it and nothing is happening. So I log out & in, and I still don't see anything new (CF is not working, but it is listed in the autostart apps). How do I know if it's enabled or disabled?

You must not have the 3d acceleration drivers for your Graphics card installed.
If you did you would have notice the window border change and noticed the other Compiz Fusion effects.
If you open System Monitor and select the Processes tab, you would see compiz running.

For the audio check that Mixer settings is set to the correct audio device.

[Lolo Uila]

"glxinfo | grep direct" returns "direct rendering: Yes" so it seems my drivers are working.

And yea, I know I should be seeing changes. That's my point. Nothing happens, and that control panel [Enable/Disable] button gives no indication if it actually did anything. There should be more feedback.

[merlwiz79]

"glxinfo | grep direct" returns "direct rendering: Yes" so it seems my drivers are working.

And yea, I know I should be seeing changes. That's my point. Nothing happens, and that control panel [Enable/Disable] button gives no indication if it actually did anything. There should be more feedback.

Try this site http://forlong.blogage.de/article/pages/Compiz-Check
What do you get if you run compiz manually from the terminal.

[hotweiss]

Great job, everything works so far. Surprisingly Flash videos play perfectly full screen.

Just one question, how do I enable the Bluetooth application?

[dnmint]

I have just installed Elyssa as dual boot on both my Desktop & Laptop,
My use is mainly, Mail, Chat, Drafting Word, PPS etc fo teaching purposes. I listen to Music on my computers - notmuch Video watch.
Do I have to change this version XFCE or get along with what I have already which is working well for me.
Thanks for any advice.

[Insane1 (Not Logged In)]

Nothing happens, and that control panel [Enable/Disable] button gives no indication if it actually did anything. There should be more feedback.

I personally agree closely with this. The control panel "Enable/Disable" buttons should have some sort of way of showing if they are currently in an enabled or disabled state. I feel very uncomfortable when I use the control panel and have no idea if clicking the button is enabling or disabling the option, with both the compiz options, and others such as the LCD fonts.

[addicted]

Any news about the progress so far?

[netter]

Hello

I'm a newby to Linux - skint Mac (that blew up) user.

I've got a Dell 4550 and I want to make it as Mac like as possible. If any of you know Mac then OS 8.6 was absolute heaven for me!

I'm now going to ramble - hope it doesn't offend anyone.

Being Mac like means that it installs easily, and does everything out of the box. It also has to look good, or be easy to make so.

In the last year I've tried Suse, Fedora, (K)Ubuntu, PCOS, Mepis and on live CD's quite a few others!

All are good, but for a lightweight like me, they've needed too much command line stuff to make or keep them working.

For the last few days I've been running Mint - I LIKE IT - sorry for shouting.

I've also got GOS on another partition, which does look better, but I'm spending 90% of my time in MINT.

Thank you all very much.

I've only had one very minor problem where after I've had Firefox open for a long time it, sometimes won't play videos - not major cuz restarting it cures this problem. Or as we Mac users would call it 'a feature'!

[hotweiss]

The only problem that I am now having with Flash is the old problem that occurred with the original Flash 10. Flash 10.0.0.d525 is still causing some web pages with Flash video to produce blank boxes where the video box is supposed to be.

[addicted]

2 days have passed and not a word about the XFCE release? What's going on? Tell us! Tell us! Tell us!

[merlwiz79]

2 days have passed and not a word about the XFCE release? What's going on? Tell us! Tell us! Tell us!

It's on the Home page: http://www.linuxmint.com/start/elyssa/
With a link to here: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=227

[Bali]

Hi,

Me also, I am very impatient to test the final release of this XFCE! Hurry up, my old PIII 650 Mhz is waiting !

[rfpa]

Will it be necessary to download the new iso or it just requires an update of the current beta 025?

[persev]

This is by far the fastest distro I have tried on my Ubuntu Pre-Installed Dell Inspiron 1525n. Compiz is very fast and stable under Elyssa XFCE CE, much more so than Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 Gnome. Much better hardware support and program selection than Zenwalk 5 which uses XFCE also. I've tried other distros also but this by far is the best. It is so good I installed it on my Inspiron 531 desktop with AMD64 Athlonx2 and Nvidia geforce 8400gs, it actually seems to run faster on the laptop. Thanks for a great distro.

[jasmac]

This is my first try at an XFCE based distro and I am impressed. That pretty much makes it a clean sweep for me it is Mint all the way, no more XP. I believe that the developers of each of the different Mint distros produce the best and most stable linux distros I have tried, and I am what is know as a distro junkie. I think I have tried just about it all but always Mint is there as my base and it always will be. Very, very nice work. Everything works perfectly well and quickly, and as is the standard is very easy to set up. I especially like the intuitive help with creating a desktop launcher, would like to see it work the same for the panel. Again great work I love it.


Jason

[oliverjames]

If I start my laptop with WiFi activated (and Etho connection plugged in) the Internet connected is established via WiFi. If I turn the WiFi off I lose the connection and cannot bring up network management by clicking the tray icon. Opening XFCE 4 Mintconfig and Networking doesn't allow the wired network to be connected either. My only solution is to reboot, seems unnecessary.

It would be nice if the system connected to the fastest of the available connections with manual overide.